‘Dome’ is the forthcoming album and sound design project by London-based experimental producer, saxophonist, lyricist and DJ Lara Jones, released on Ltd. cassette via Lo Recordings on October 4th 2024.
Known for creating upbeat, dance driven tunes, this album is a reminder that saxophone and improvisation is often at the core of Lara's work. Composed as a 45 min piece, split over two sides of a limited cassette, side A ebbs and flows like a synthesized tidal pull, winding and meandering through your subconscious. While side B offers glimpses of delicate, yet pleasingly disparate rhythms sitting gleefully atop snapshots of restful field recordings, like Burial post-anger management, all before giving way to a transcendent final epilogue, leaving us cleansed both sonically and spiritually.
After being commissioned by the Jerwood Arts Jazz Encounters Fellowship programme, Lara wanted to create an accessible, immersive, cinematic audio visual experience by building a 5m geodesic dome, inside which would play sounds and visuals composed and created by herself, and also surrounded by soft furnishing and essential oils to create a calming experience, where people could pause, breathe and reflect.
Based on specific frequencies and panning techniques that aim to relax the listener, combined with a subtly diminishing BPM count throughout the album, the end objective is decreased heart rate through increased tranquility. The full audio immersive installation will be presented at the St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow from 19th – 29th September 2024, between 10:00-19:00.
Listen to an extract, pre-order Ltd cassette/pre-save digital: sq.lnk.to/Lo243DA