A/am/ams (come ashore, turn over), by Rufus Isabel Elliot

A/am/ams (come ashore, turn over)

by Rufus Isabel Elliot

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1.	[introduction] 00:17	buy track
2.	Blue Sgith Music 08:44	buy track
3.	Crocuses, violents, etc. 04:37	buy track
4.	Achilles Lyre (with the bridge of silver and everything) 05:11	buy track
5.	ADRIFT 07:56	buy track
6.	The second speech of the antagonies 05:37	buy track
7.	The second speech of the protagonists 01:34	buy track
8.	On the beach (at the end of the war) 09:26	buy track

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When a met e, tha sgith was blue…”

A/am/ams is the debut solo release by composer Rufus Isabel Elliot of the OVER / AT project and label: a trans music-making world that released FOLK SONGS E.P. in March 2021 to much critical acclaim. Recorded live in one evening in Glasgow in September 2021, A/am/ams arrives here in cassette form with the help of GLARC, the Greater Lanarkshire Auricular Research Council (GLARC) as a limited edition tape and digital release.

A/am/ams (come ashore, turn over) is the story of two characters, A/am/ams and E/e/e, walking forever down an eternal beach, spiralling down and down and down. There’s a mystery – who are these characters, and what happened between them? It is an expansive piece about apocalyptic love and loss, and a kind of raw, dead anger.

The music features Scots traditional singer and GLARC alumni Josie Vallely, a.k.a. Quinie, and a small supporting cast of instruments with their own characters, played by three other musicians whose work spans traditional, experimental, and classical modes – Stevie Jones (Sound of Yell), Harry Gorski-Brown, and Andrew Herrington (Awkward Family Portraits).

The cassette release comes in a specially designed and handmade fabric pouch, with an accompanying text in Gaelic by Cass Ezeji, and artwork by Jamie Crewe.

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released November 28, 2021

Music and words by Rufus Isabel Elliot

E/e/e portrayed by Josie Vallely (voice) and Stevie Jones (bass guitar)

A/am/ams portrayed by Andrew Herrington (guitar) and Harry Gorski-Brown (violin)

Recorded and mixed by Stevie Jones

Mastered by Gordon Bruce

Gaelic words by Cass Ezeji

A/am/ams (come ashore; turn over) was commissioned by OVER / AT as part of Sound and Music’s Composer-Curator programme. Sound and Music was funded by Arts Council England and PRS Foundation. OVER / AT was funded by Creative Scotland.

Initial development of A/am/ams (come ashore; turn over) was supported by Magnetic North.

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