Rachel Langlais "Dothe" CS (2021)

Details: Rachel Langlais "Dothe" CS (2022 release, this format, Unjenesaisquoi, France). Comes packaged in a green-striped O-card. Clear cassette shell with black pad printing. Full-color matte insert. New stock, clear poly resealable sleeve. D/L included. New stock, import (EU). Description: "Composed, played, recorded, and mixed by Rachel Langlais, Dothe is an album that was built around two upright pianos, which she tuned and played differently. In line with John Cage and his prepared pianos, Rachel Langlais relies on this broad practice which consists in modifying the very nature of the sounds a piano makes by applying various materials directly onto the strings (paper, metal objects, pieces of wood, adhesive tape, plastic…). She completes her approach to the prepared piano with diverse recording and digital processing techniques (cut, slowdown) turning Dothe into a contemporary experiment.The title was borrowed from Ursula K. Le Guin’s science-fiction novel The Left Hand of Darkne