correspondences is thrilled to offer for sale our first record, L'ECOLE DE LA CAZ, by the incomparable sound artist Aarti Jadu, which has truly been our constant companion and soundtrack for our space since we opened here in Bulleke-bek (Brunswick), touching the lives of all who have listened.

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Presented by Heavy Machine Records, the album is described thus.

L'ECOLE DE LA CAZ explores displacement, belonging and isolation with stories that negotiate the material and the ethereal. A time capsule of a home lost; as one moves in multiple directions of change, travelling across, ascending, and transcending.

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The first taste of the record is the opening track IT / THAT.

IT / THAT is a poem acknowledging the interchangeability between that which is classified object and human. Spelling out a list of earthly qualities, the chant presents flaws that are associated with living, affirming self-acceptance and the reality of being. It is a multilingual song of earth language and alien, delivered through electronic manipulation as these characters communicate this celebration of self from afar. A symphony of heavenly strings throws the voices into the vastness spiralling away in zero gravity.

The 7 track LP begins in a setting of another world. A select group of basic school femmes are summoned by authorities to test uncharted territory without prior warning. Through the course of the album, they sing their experience of being uprooted and flying, of time in strength and connectivity, of pensive moments and the inevitable growth in journey. In contrast, shadowing their path is an entity, branded and lone. This being symbolises ‘other’ that quietly lurks, reminding the subjects of what they have together; company, identity, conversation, memories, a sense of home and belonging.

Ref: Heavy Machine Records @Bandcamp.

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Credits

Presented by Heavy Machinery Records
Released February 11, 2022
Written, performed & produced by Aarti Jadu
Strings: Aurora Darby & Esther Henderson
Vocal ensemble: Abbey Howlett, Aurora Darby, Emma Ovenden, Joli Boardman, Melanie Taylor, Olive Yaah, Siobhan Housden, Stav Shaul, Xan Coppinger, Yannick Rosette.
R -Beat by Aarti Jadu & Joli Boardman
Strings + Ensemble
Recording Engineer: Erik Scerba
Mixing Engineer: Andrew Huhtanen McEwan
Project Coordination by Annalee Koernig
Series curated and produced by Miles Brown
Photography and graphics by Joli Boardman
Design by Luke Fraser @ Grin Creative
Concept by Aarti Jadu
Model: Nina Alfers
Hair: Banan

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Artist acknowledgment

This artwork was created alongside a dedication to the human struggle experienced with cancer amongst the many other challenges of our lives. Our prayers go out to those resilient beings and their support.

Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu

This record was made on and of Wurundjeri + Whadjuk Noongar land. I pay my respects to Noongar + Woi Wurrung people and acknowledge their sovereignty.

Photograph of Aarti by Chloe Sobejko