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17. Beneath the Surface
violin (Emily & Anja), G shakuhachi

Emily and Anja first met just before the gig when this piece was born. They are both remarkable improvisers. All sorts of things were going on for each of us beneath the surface, and of course for each audience member too. Entering a resonant space deep under a hillside, and opening yourself to fall into the moment, into the sound waves… makes way for magic to be born. Music created spontaneously is an expression of things that one is not conscious of, and completely unable to put into words at the time.

Listening back to this improvisation, hearing the innocent beauty of the distant violin, and then as the music swells, I recall how the two violinists closely pursued me along the length of the tunnel, and my feeling of being hunted… trapped. Emily’s foot pounded the iron cladding over and over, and Anja scraped the rusty walls with a credit card... a powerful journey. It makes me ponder the story of the WWII Oil Storage tunnels and the bombing of Darwin.

Beneath the surface of our construct of reality lurk many things… and thankfully this includes mischievousness, fun and paradox! Here I am, an Australian woman who spent years studying shakuhachi in Japan, playing my little bamboo flute within a giant transverse subterranean flute, constructed in response to attacks by Japanese bombers. The world is upside down. Thank goodness there’s always a flip side. This tunnel may not be good for storing oil, but it makes a fabulous concert hall!

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from Beneath the Surface, released August 3, 2016

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Anne M Norman Melbourne, Australia

Anne is a shakuhachi player performing in a wide range of music. Anne trained in Japan in 3 lineages with Nakamura Shindo, Tajima Tadashi and Yamaguchi Goro. She has played since 1986 (following 14 years of playing silver flute). Some of Anne's albums are available as Compact Disks.
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