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Ground Song

by Simon Barker

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Simon Barker - Drums/production
Drums recorded by Stu Hunter at the Habitat

Lately I’ve been imagining that asphalt roads could be repurposed as a kind of learning text that is touch-read by bare feet. The “text” being a form of granular terrain-writing that offers the body advice on barefoot running. These thoughts led to the creation of two tracks that occupy a similar sound world but are based on different rhythmic shapes: ”Granular Road Song" (released about two weeks ago), and this track, "Ground Song". I’ve been running barefoot for many years now and I’m starting to wonder if the primary pleasure is not so much the running bit (which is always amazing) but instead the deeply pleasurable sensory experience of bare feet coming into contact with complex granular terrain such as asphalt.

If you're interested in the rhythmic systems behind Ground Song or Granular Road Song please get in touch.

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released August 13, 2023

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Simon Barker Sydney, Australia

I'm a drummer and I like documenting drumming experiments and explorations. To find out more please visit my website:
simonbarker.com.au
For more high/low drum chants visit:
chantcoils.bandcamp.com

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