Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent

Here are all three parts of the series “Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent” in a limited box including: Bloom, Huge and Allure.
Quote from Brian Eno: "Some of the most extraordinary songs I've heard in years."

Personnel:


One: Bloom
2005
Die Stadt/Janet records
DS83/JR001

• Voices: Clodagh Simonds, Laura Sheeran, Lydia Sasse, Brian Eno
• Harmoniums: Clodagh Simonds, Roger Eno
• Violas, Violins: Cora Venus Lunny
• Disappeared piano: Carter Burwell
• Keyboards, Zither, Guitars, other interesting things: Clodagh Simonds, Andrew McKenzie, Brian Eno

Two : Huge
2006
Die Stadt/Janet Records
DS86/JR002

• Voices: Clodagh Simonds, Laura Sheeran, Lydia Sasse, Sarah McQuaid
• Keyboards, Harmonium, Odd Sounds, Psalteries, Chimes: Clodagh Simonds
• Glass and Treated Voices: Roger Doyle
• Keyboards: Brian Eno
• Violas, Violins, Strings arrangement: Cora Venus Lunny
• Shredded Piano: Carter Burwell
• Subaquatic Fretless Bass: Percy Jones
• Marsh Warbler & Dipper Field Recordings: Geoff Sample
• Trumpet: Hugh O'Neill
• Shifting, Sieving, Tricks of Light: Colin Potter

Three : Allure
2007
Die Stadt/Janet Records
DS89/JR003

• Voices: Clodagh Simonds, Laura Sheeran
• Keyboards, harmonium, glass, zither, odd sounds : Clodagh Simonds
• Violin: Cora Venus Lunny
• Cello: John Contreras
• Guitar: Robert Fripp
• Treated bodhrans: Donal Lunny
• Treated bass, guitar: Steven Wilson
• Piano treatments, melancholia implants, and the 17:10 waverley: north berwick express: Michael Begg
• Subaquatic fretless bass: Percy Jones
• Field recordings: Geoff Sample
• Shifting, sieving, and sleights-of-ear: Colin Potter

Label: Die Stadt
Cat. #: DS89C
Format: 3xCD
Release date: 2007

Tracklisting:
1-01 - Don't These Windows Open (03:19)
1-02 - We Sleep You Bloom (09:30)
1-03 - That River (04:24)
2-01 - Huge (The Joy Of Trouble) (07:00)
2-02 - A Song For Magda (04:30)
2-03 - While You're Away (07:49)
3-01 - Allure (10:53)
3-02 - Long Distance (07:43)
3-03 - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (06:47)

Links:
Fovea Hex
Die Stadt

Fovea Hex / The Hafler Trio - An Answer

This is The Hafler Trio remix of “Allure” EP. It is included in a special edition of 300 copies of DS89 release.

Label: Die Stadt
Cat. #: DS89B
Format: CD
Release date: 2007

Tracklisting:
01 - An Answer (60:00)

Links:
Fovea Hex
The Hafler Trio
Die Stadt

Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent Three: Allure

from Vital Weekly # 586:

'Allure' is the third part of the Fovea Hex trilogy, following 'Bloom' (see Vital Weekly 501) and 'Huge' (see Vital Weekly 529). Fovea Hex is centered around Clodagh Simonds, who receives help by the best from the left: Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree), Robert Fripp and on previous releases also the brothers Eno and Andrew McKenzie. Again three tracks, like before, two of which are sung by Simonds, who also plays glass, harmonium, piano, beds of shimmer and bodhran treatments.
Absolutely gorgeous music, again. Folk like singing, heavenly sung, with an instrumental backing that is largely ambient related, but in 'Long Distance' has a firm percussive backing too, adding a kind of menacing backdrop.
Beautiful stuff, once again. Also part of this is, at least with the first few hundred copies, is another Hafler Trio remix, this time called 'The Answer', which is an hour long rework of whatever is done on the CDEP. I think, at least. In this exactly sixty minute piece, sounds are looped around, stretched out and fed through whatever
The Hafler Trio are using and create a drone like piece that is however a big deceptive: it's not the full hour of of monotone drone, but a work that evolves, builds up and cracks down and starts again in order to move into a new direction, getting at times louder than is usual in the recent trio work.
A fine if somewhat unsettling work. All three Fovea Hex releases fit nicely in a box that makes this a true box of beauty.

(Frans de Waard)

Label: Die Stadt
Cat. #: DS89
Format: CD
Release date: 2007

Tracklisting:
01 - Allure (10:53)
02 - Long Distance (Oblivion) (07:43)
03 - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (06:47)

Links:
Fovea Hex
Die Stadt