Kirk Barley - Marionette

Whether drawing from field recordings, found sound, instrumental improvisa9ons or synthe9c processes, Barley’s composi9ons evoke unfolding sound worlds, as simple ideas or mo9fs are layered and developed into complex set-pieces that reveal themselves over 9me.
Marione(e showcases the breadth and variety of the Yorkshire-born ar9st’s sound, weaving together familiar and uncanny moods of rural England and its Victorian architecture, as suggested by the gated garden print of the album’s cover. Unfurling between physical textures – the pa9na of vinyl crackle or gentle rain – and the hyper-real spaces that his music inhabits, Barley describes the composi9ons as “landscape or sta9c scene pain9ngs,” with many of the album’s tracks taking nature’s rhythms as their composi9onal cue.