Simon Parris - songs to console insects

Details


GOV001 - Simon Parris’ edition is part auto-compositional, a 20 minute 'musical' taking spirit and discreet majority form through found field recordings of insects and their environments. a processed reconciliation of life, death and regeneration in recognition of the great recyclers.

part I: courting sémi
part II: shadowings I
part III: 96 tears and 96 eyes
part IV: shadowings II
part V: enough
part VI: environmental music
part VII: admonition
part VIII: forward

prompted by a visit to mushizuka 虫塚 (insect mound), kan’ei-ji temple, tokyo in may 2026. a memorial to dead insects erected by aristocrat sessai matsuyama in 1821. its purpose was to console the spirits of the flies, crickets, and grasshoppers that had been killed in the production of a scientific text - an anatomical study of insects that matsuyama himself had commissioned.

all sounds sourced, distilled and processed from earth, nature or machine by s.parris the first week of august 2026.

title and insect artworks drawn by and with special thanks to Crow 鴉

each side of this cassette contains the same material and presents as a single piece when downloaded.

released October 7, 2026 through Gates of Vanitas
catalogue number GOV001

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Material

Produced in an edition of 25, comprising a cassette with bespoke case, two pin-badges and photo print set within a customised box.

Shipping
Please note that this edition is available to buy directly via the artist’s Bandcamp page

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