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requiem - clean sweep

from orphant by ian:o

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My mother died about 3 years ago..which kick started a number of changes in my life. I had no idea that it would have such a profound effect on my life. My father had died many years ago...so I was now officially an orphan. This track was written in the immediate aftermath and wake of her death. I last saw few her the day before she died. Although we suspected she didn't have long to last, I left on a 2 week trip to China after saying farewell...and I got the news of her death as I landed in Shanghai. The voice you hear in the middle of the track is her - Joan Oakley. I sat with her a few weeks prior to her passing and talked about family, memories etc - recording what I could. Her memory was fading and not at all what it used to be...but she had some interesting things to say about the death of another close relative of hers - Aunty Kit, describing her passing as a 'clean sweep. The song captures something of the grief I felt in that moment, bereft of the woman who brought me into this world. This is for you Mum.

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"And then of course my real experience was with Aunty Kit really - when she died it was the first time in my life that I realised it was only her body. You know you have this feeling about bonding and closeness...I really felt when Aunty Kit died and they took her off, it wasn't really her, you know? She had really gone. It was a clean sleep. She just went,'

Sung all at the same time:
I will miss you. I will miss you.
Kiss your face and hold your hand it'll be ok, we understand
Kiss your face and hold your hand I know it'll be ok, goodbye
I hold your hand, I don't know. Will I see you again. I hold I hope.

Where have you gone?
Where have you gone?
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from orphant, released September 5, 2019

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ian:o Aldershot, UK

UK based experimental electronic musician. A friend of noise and dirty ambience. One half of LiveAV duo void_null. Co- founder of the Modular Cafe Aldershot. Bass player in Alt-noise trio PRINCESS. Available for live AV shows or improv experimental sets. ... more

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