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Lie on the Ground and Breathe

by Pefkin

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Recorded at Glo-Spot by John Cavanagh.
Sleeve art: Carrick Smith

Review on Foxy Digitalis by Constantin Dubois:
When Cook an Egg's Francois-Xavier sent me some samples of the label's latest productions, little did I suspect to stumble upon something like Pefkin's music, as much as I was aware that behind those Boa Melody Bar newsletters was an English girl called Gayle Brogan that was responsible for that music.
Unexpectedly a long piece compared to the existing productions of Pefkin, "Lie On The Ground And Breathe" is a consistent 21-minute piece, perfect and progressive, elegiac and dreamy. Brogan uses lots of different, but mainly acoustic, instruments (accordion, guitar, bass, zither, etc.) in a way that reminds one of Richard Skelton's recent productions for Sustain-Release, but in a less dense and more focused way. "I can hear the trees," repeats Brogan like a mantra in the second half of the piece, not afraid to try minimalist ways, invoking silences full of tension, just adding to her reverberated voice some close and choked sounds of chains. All this composes a piece sometimes really close to Charalambides in its mood and minimalism, but in a much less improvisational and confrontational way. Brogan's focused, gentle, and powerful use of minimalism creates a wonderful piece, standing really high both in Pefkin's discography and in Cook an Egg's young catalog. 9/10

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released January 1, 2007

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Pefkin Sheffield, UK

Pefkin is the alter ego of Gayle Brogan, creator of slowly-unfolding, ritualistic hymnals that draw heavily on the landscape and natural world.
She is also a member of Burd Ellen, Greenshank and Meadowsilver.

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