David Lacey – The Root, The Interim CD

A follow up to ‘A Year In Any Other Place’ (Falt) from 2022, ‘The Root, The Interim’ is a tape composition in four parts, drawing on the influences of musique concrete, cinema & dub. Constructed over 14 months in 2022-3, it is a tour of parks, hotels, kitchens, churches, utility rooms. Obstacles are encountered. Objects tested, discarded or transported from one space to another. Recordings endlessly played back and forth through different media. Song fragments forgotten and remembered. Voluntaries recorded on a Foley stage.

David Lacey is a musician from Dublin, working at the intersection of improvisation and composition. He uses percussion, objects, recordings, cassettes and crude electronics, as well as making tape compositions. He has released music on Fort Evil Fruit, Verz, Falt, Confront and numerous other labels. As an improviser, he worked with musicians such as Rhodri Davies, Keith Rowe, Annette Krebs and Derek Bailey. Regular collaborators include Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, David Donohoe, Rob Casey & Aonghus McEvoy. Recent releases include collaborations with Patrick Farmer (‘Metre’), Susan Geaney (‘Tempf’), Fergus Kelly (‘Magnetic North’) and David Donohoe (‘Noctules’ & ‘Obsequio’).