Folded Landscapes Erland Cooper & Scottish Ensemble

• 1 Movement 1 - Pt. 1 05:39
• 2 Movement 1 - Pt. 2 01:03
• 3 Movement 2 05:03
• 4 Movement 3 - Pt. 1 00:19
• 5 Movement 3 - Pt. 2 03:33
• 6 Movement 4 07:09
• 7 Movement 5 - Pt. 1 01:28
• 8 Movement 5 - Pt. 2 03:58
• 9 Movement 5 - Pt. 3 01:27
• 10 Movement 6 03:57
• 11 Movement 7 - Pt. 1 04:23
• 12 Movement 7 - Pt. 2 04:38
• 13 Movement 1 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental 04:59
• 14 Movement 1 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental 01:02
• 15 Movement 2 - Instrumental 05:03
• 16 Movement 3 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental 00:19
• 17 Movement 3 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental 02:59
• 18 Movement 4 - Instrumental 07:41
• 19 Movement 5 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental 01:28
• 20 Movement 5 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental 04:12
• 21 Movement 5 - Pt. 3 - Instrumental 01:12
• 22 Movement 6 - Instrumental 03:54
• 23 Movement 7 - Instrumental 03:08
• Total Runtime 01:18:34

Info for Folded Landscapes

Groundbreaking Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Erland Cooper shares his ambitious fourth studio album Folded Landscapes. Known for merging modern classical-electronic music with evocative storytelling and conceptual art, Erland shares his urgent observation on climate change, temperature and time. This poignant chamber string work figuratively and literally thaws over seven movements, unfolding with electronics, poetry, soprano, piano, harpsichord, field recordings and samples. The work features Scottish Ensemble, UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and other voices including activist Greta Thunberg, multi-award winning conservationist Dara McNaulty and & visual artist Norman Ackroyd. Field recordings of the natural world include the California wildfires and crashing glaciers.

The creative process mimicked the rising temperature of the piece from glacial to a threatening burn - musicians were recorded in subzero temperatures and the audio master tape was sun-burnt on the hottest day in UK history. The heat, moisture, salt and sunlight worked its way into the fabric of the tape, which has been mixed into the finished work, underscoring the work with an unsettling burn that crackles and pops.

A percentage of the copyright share will go to Brian Eno’s EarthPercent charity as a beautiful way of embedding the planet as a stakeholder in musical creativity and raising money for climate/environmental organisations. The Earth’s share of the song - and its income - will be directed to EarthPercent to redistribute to organisations tackling the climate crisis. Folded Landscapes is released on Mercury KX.

“If geology could speak its dreams and geography could sing in its sleep, then this is what it would sound like” (Simon Armitage)

Experience this incredible collaboration between one of Scotland’s most unique musical voices, and Scotland’s leading string ensemble.

Erland Cooper
Scottish Ensemble

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