An intimate return to live music to celebrate the launch of Kate Carr’s new vinyl edition dawn, always new, often superb, inaugurates the return of the everyday, featuring performances by Kate Carr, album collaborator Graham Dunning and artist Hannah Dargavel-Leafe, all using turntable techniques and ambient sound.

dawn, always new, often superb, inaugurates the return of the everyday is a limited edition vinyl by Kate Carr, produced as part of the inaugural artist’s residency at FormaHQ. In 10 new compositions, Carr samples geological recordings captured during the building works of the new site and the immediate surrounding. Working with highly sensitive equipment, including geophones capable of capturing deep vibrations in the Earth’s crust, the album responds to shifting geographical and cultural landscapes. Slices of field recordings were converted by Graham Dunning into rhythmic samples embedded throughout the album. We are very happy to welcome Graham Dunning as a performer at this event.

The vinyl edition was developed with designer Louise Mason a.k.a Sawn Off, each record is a limited edition artwork crafted by hand. Individually cut in realtime on a manufacturing lathe by industry specialists Bladud Flies!, each transparent vinyl is carved and assembled by hand in a custom acrylic sleeve. A limited number will be available to purchase at the event.