One of Tāmaki Makaurau's raddest humans, Beth "Ducklingmonster" Dawson has been making wild sounds and inimitable art for as long as we can remember. Now, Audio Foundation present their very own label debut, which also happens to be the debut solo LP from Ducklingmonster; I know....a....way! The album utilises found and foraged sounds - from "scratched 45 records, broken beats emanating from a JVC boombox, field recordings of crashing oceans and Karangahape footpaths" - in conjunction with Beth's experimental electronics and vocal layering to create "a collage of damaged sounds". - Flying Out
‘I know….a….way’ is the first solo LP by Ducklingmonster aka Beth Dawson. Created during her 2023 Winter Residency at Tāmaki Makaurau’s Audio Foundation, ‘I know….a….way’ weaves a disembodied playfulness - building its own environments through the materiality of creation.
Utilising a combination of scratched 45 records, broken beats emanating from a JVC boombox, field recordings of crashing oceans and Karangahape footpaths, electronic and vocal textures laid into walls of sonics - ‘I know….a….way’ revels in the forgotten, neglected and overlooked. This collage of damaged sounds shines a light on lost passages of real time and space.
Ducklingmonster/Beth Dawson is a leading figure in the vibrant experimental arts scene in Aotearoa. Her work crosses many media, cities, and decades, and has made an indelible impression on the sound and shape of Aotearoa’s experimental music history.
Track List:
- Humid
- Spill Into Streams
- Tororaro
- Be My Ocean
- Run into Waves
- Cold As
- Earth on Fire
- Is Past
