A strange new a capella work from Bristol-based sound artist Yas Clarke, The Thicket is an intricate, rhythmic and melodic text score, composed for four voices.
A strange new a capella work from Bristol-based sound artist Yas Clarke, The Thicket is an intricate, rhythmic and melodic text score, composed for four voices. Sometimes narrative, sometimes abstract & non-verbal – this text is an arcane expression of the human relationship with its environment.
Each singer is conducted by a distinct in-ear score, a process which allows for detailed structuring of the four-part score; phrases, words and syllables layered into elaborate rhythms and harmonies otherwise impossible to perform. The result is mesmerising & uncanny, an experience which transports & transfixes.