Alexandra Spence (@alexandraspence) is an artist and musician living on Gadigal country. She has a current, near-spiritual, obsession with the animation of material and object through sound. Alex has performed and presented work on radio, in concerts, festivals, symposiums and galleries in Australia, Canada, Asia, and Europe. She has three current releases: Waking, She Heard The Fluttering and A Necessary Softness at Room40, Immaterial at Longform Editions, and two forthcoming releases, one on Canti Magnetici and a collaboration with M.P. Hopkins on Moremars.
"When I moved to Canada I was surprised with how quickly my voice picked up the accent, it confused my sense of identity as an Australian. I didn't feel in control, my voice didn't feel entirely my own anymore. Inversely, upon relocating to Australia I was saddened when my Canadian intonations began to dissipate, this part of my identity, no longer audible, was being involuntarily let go by my body.
I wanted this mix to focus on the voice (housed in breath and body). The voice beginning within and reaching outward - unravelling and connecting, degrading, and changing form, leaving traces along the way. This is a mix of artists I admire working with voice: sung, spoken, neighed, whispered, whistled.
The last two tracks are from my sophomore album, A Necessary Softness, out April 16 on Room40: alexandraspence.bandcamp.com/album/a-ne…y-softness"
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/cachichi/alexandra-spence
alexandraspence.net/
