Originally recorded specially for Manchester International Festival 2017’s Manchester Street Poem - a live installation telling the stories of people who find themselves homeless in the city - Doris is one part of the hour-long Manchester Street Poem installation Score and a reflective moment and reminder to look out for one another; it sounds as if a piece of Japanese environmental music has been reimagined as the soundtrack to sunrise over the rain soaked pavements of a Northern industrial town as it shakes itself awake.
Now available for the first time, the whole score, including Doris can be purchased here. Proceeds from its sale will be used to help run the ongoing Manchester Street Poem project, which strives to amplify the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness.
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from DRIFT Episode 4: SPACE,
released June 8, 2020
Produced by Rick Smith
Written and Performed by Rick Smith and Karl Hyde
Rick Smith & Karl Hyde are published by Mute Song Ltd. (PRS) for the world excluding the USA, Canada and Mexico and by Big Deal Beats (BMI) administered by Words & Music for USA, Canada and Mexico.
(p) & (c) 2019 Smith Hyde Productions.
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