The Felt Order, by Handful of Smoke

The Felt Order

by Handful of Smoke

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1.	Gut, Grit, Lathe 09:04	buy track
2.	Unison 03:03	buy track
3.	Wrists, Arms, Knees 04:12	buy track
4.	Strike 06:14	buy track
5.	Stone, Spruce, Bronze 07:22	buy track
6.	Interview 02:18	buy track

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Formed in 2014, Handful of Smoke are Ellen McSweeney (tabletop violin, voice) and Sam Scranton (percussion, voice)

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released February 15, 2018

Handful of Smoke is the collaborative duo/two-piece band comprised of composer/performers Sam Scranton and Ellen McSweeney. We developed this work together over long period of sonic experimentation together: a process that yielded many new sounds, new text, new combinations of elements, and new techniques for amplified tabletop violin.

In performance, we face off at a low ceremonial table, highly attuned to each other’s every movement. The violin -- an easy symbol of refinement and the Classical canon -- is laid flat on the table, reduced to its most basic physical elements, and played with homemade tools ranging from metal screws to rubber hammers. The table, covered with wood, metal, and stone, becomes an instrument in itself, played by four highly integrated hands.
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released February 15, 2018

Handful of Smoke are:
Ellen McSweeney; tabletop violin, voice
Sam Scranton; percussion, voice

Recorded by Grayson Elliott Taylor in St. Gregory Cathedral, Chicago, IL August 15, 2016

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Sam Scranton Chicago, Illinois

I play percussion and electronics. I make music with friends and also alone.The music is sometimes noisy, sometimes very wordy, sometimes very chill, sometimes all of the things at once.

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