- ib002ltd - 2009 (available december 10th 2008, on olivier messiaen's 100 birthday)
- special editon of 60, including a bonus 3" cd hand-made and signed by mr. sheffield, hand-made booklet &
- original print of a photograph by the famed tarrl lightowler, all enclosed in horse-hair fabric in a hand-made box
- 1 beneath the waves - 19.29
- 2 arise - 6.11
- 3 surrender - 6.40
- 4 breath of day - 27.30
- 5 broken light (bonus disc) - 18.05
- these pieces were composed without the use of a computer, only a turntable, old sampler
- and a portable 64-track digital workstation.
- each track is a distillation of commercially available recordings with the essential
- qualities remaining, only very brief sections are selected and the raw components then
- contracted into gradually shifting and unfolding atmospheres, offering subtle nuances
- and quiet restraint.
- fragments from these tracks include sounds from birds or water, some being partially
- obscured while others are veiled references to those elements.
- (in "broken light," the low rumbling that appears at the beginning and for the first few
- minutes is the sound of birds' wings flapping upon takeoff).
- all compositions by colin andrew sheffield
- photos by tarrl lightowler
- sleeve design by diane granahan
- * indefinite thanks and gratitude to klaus-ullrich rötzscher of pettingell book bindery for his expertise & generous advise in this project
