Two broken piano’s nailed together were discarded on Stoke Newington High Street in late March 23’.
For 48-72 hours these piano’s were accessible to anyone walking in the area.
Stopping to document these instruments, Laila Sakini explores their melodic and percussive capabilities whilst interacting with passers-by and including them in this short 21 min long audio story.
Recorded on a Sony TCM-313 from March 28th - to April 1st.
Limited edition of 20 cassettes, with individual, handmade art work.
1. Afternoon.
2. Evening.
3. Morning
A variety of very short excerpts are available for preview or purchase.
Working with piano, voice, guitar, found sound, electronics and silence Laila creates dynamic and textured environments that provide the listener with space to develop their own meanings and responses.
“It’s like a dream where everything’s bright and gilded and beautiful but you keep remembering something is very, very wrong” - Low Company, 2020