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Symbiosis

by Gary Bamford

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    2 disc set. Comes in 6 panel gatefold digipak with 8 page folded booklet. With an introduction by Gary explaining how Symbiosis came to fruition, the booklet contains photos of the 5 paintings by Harrie Dearing that accompany the music on the CDs, as well as shots of the pair performing live.

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Sinking, Symbiosis, The Year That Wasn't, HB SB 2019, Cold (extended version), Improvisation - JOG 171016, The Beat Monkeys Demos EP, 21, and 16 more. , and , .

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PAINT1NG 25:54
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Obstructions 22:27
"Da da da da da da. No, camera..." "Two green capsules, one yellow pill, one white, a second white pill and then a third. Is that all of them today? Hm, vitamins. Can't be forgetting those vitamins. One orange, one yellow. Done." "Okay, we're live." "Yeah, I think about him every day. Sometimes it gives me strength, sometimes it fills me with rage." "It feels like remote control painting. Can you see it, sort of transmitting through?" "Maybe it's chemical, maybe it's nature, maybe it's situational; whatever the reason, I think you just have to try and find your way through it and not spend too much time blaming other people, you know?" "Aw, the camera wasn't set up right this whole time!" "Stop it! The door is locked. The door is locked, the door is locked. The door is locked - did you lock the door? Ah. No, you did, don't be daft, you locked the door. You locked the front door, the house is safe. Did you though? Did you lock the door? Ah. Did I leave something plugged in? No, no, stop it. Stop it, you're fine. You're fine, you're going to work. Gah. I'm not sure that I actually locked the door. But you can't, you can't turn back round 'cause if you walk home then, then you're going to be late for work and then you're going, you're going to start panicking about losing your job. The door isn't locked and I'm going to be thinking about that all day. No, you locked it, you know you locked it. You know you locked it, you're being daft. You're being daft, you know you locked it. That's fine. Yeah. The door is locked. You're going to work. Everything's going to be fine. Everything is going to be fine." "I think it's been both a blessing and a curse. It's helped make sense of pretty much my whole life, to date; validated some of my personality traits, behaviours and so on, but at the same time I think it's shaken my confidence and kind of made me question how others look at me." "Food break, a break for food!" "Hiya, good morning. Um, I'm just calling to see if I can get a doctor appointment today. Um, how about tomorrow? Right. It's just that I need to talk to someone about my prescription. Yeah it can send an email but I really... okay. No no no, I know, um, yeah, thank you for your help anyway. Have a good day." "It's so meditative." "Funny what happens when you rotate it and then you think, "wow"." "No, see the thing is that people don't understand about depression is that it doesn't really look like anything. Um, yeah, I'm just sat at home, trying to get out of bed and it's not always the easiest thing. I know, it's not like I'm, it's just, y'know...it's not like it's just one day. Every day is that, ah...no, I'm not lazy, it's not about motivation or.... Yeah, no. See this is why I can't talk to you about this. Alright. Okay. Changing the subject then. Um... Yeah, did you see the thing on the news last night? About the turtle? Ah, I frickin' love turtles man. It made me really sad, yeah. No no, yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine...yeah. You know me..." "I was keeping up for a while." "Fucked that up." "So yeah, I managed to get through to the psychology team, but they said that there's no, um, appointments for about six months now, so... Yeah, think we're going to have to increase the tablets. I just... I just need some help." "I'm not sure it was so much a deliberate act or a clear decision, as it was a vague desire to escape..." "I'm gonna do this thing where I'm just not gonna ever have enough paint on my palette though."

about

"I met Harrie through our mutual connection with Wrong Shoes Theatre Company: she is a trustee and has performed with them; I've composed the soundtracks for their last three shows.
Unknown to me, Harrie had spent much of 2020/21 listening to my music while painting, and when she was invited to exhibit her work at Mams Gallery in the summer of 2021 she suggested we join forces. Not only was I flattered and touched that she had found inspiration in my work, I was excited about the prospect of working with her, having been a fan of her artwork for some time.
I curated a playlist of my recordings for Harrie's 'Antidote' exhibition at Mams and we performed a series of improvised sets, during which we simultaneously created; Harrie at her easel, myself with keyboards, guitar and pedals.
Over the following weeks and months, having recorded the performances on my phone, I recreated, edited and enhanced five of the improvisations, while Harrie put finishing touches to the paintings that had originated from those performances.
The results are what you see and hear on these CDs - five paintings, accompanied by the music that was created at the same time (or vice versa), in symbiosis.
The bonus track: 'Obstructions' is the soundscape to one of the spaces in the SYMBIOSIS exhibition. It represents the creative, physical, emotional and psychological barriers that can prevent or delay us from achieving our ideal goals." GB, August 2022

credits

released September 2, 2022

Composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Gary Bamford.
Inspired by the painting of Harrie Dearing.
Mastered by Stu Rowe.
CD cover and booklet design by Gary Bamford.
All paintings by Harrie Dearing.
Photographs by Harrie Dearing, Gary Bamford and Elmar Rubio.
Produced by Gary Bamford.
Made in Swindon, UK.
© 2022 Gary Bamford ℗ 2022 Kintu Records
www.garybamford.co.uk www.harriedearingart.com www.instagram.com/symbiosis.colab

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Gary Bamford Swindon, UK

Gary Bamford is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the UK who produces music in a variety of genres. He has worked with numerous artists, including members of XTC, Jethro Tull, Kasabian, ABC, Portishead, Siouxsie Sioux Band, Robert Plant Band, Jacob Collier Band, Radiohead, and jazz artists including Gilad Atzmon, Bobby Wellins, Derek Nash and Paul Dunmall. He prefers animals to humans. ... more

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