{"product_id":"grains-of-space","title":"Grains Of Space","description":"\u003cp\u003eNottingham-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Thomas William Hill returns to Village Green with \u003ci\u003eGrains Of Space\u003c\/i\u003e, his second album for the label following 2017’s multi-textured \u003ci\u003eAsylum For Eve\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrains Of Space\u003c\/i\u003e started life as a series of minimal loops, recorded using a viola da gamba - a stringed instrument most popular in the Renaissance and Baroque eras - and a loop pedal. Using the negative space within each loop as the primary drive for composing, Thomas began a process of ‘joining the dots’, allowing the silence to dictate the next layer, informing the length, pitch and timbre of notes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing those recordings as the foundation, Thomas began incorporating a wide variety of other instruments into his palette, including bowed metallophones, gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, African kalimbas and metal tongue drums, as well as drum machines and analogue synthesisers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the tense, opening drones of \u003ci\u003eCarriages \u003c\/i\u003eto sparser, more lyrical works such as \u003ci\u003eCurvature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRefract,\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas again demonstrates profound compositional insight, crafting highly poignant moments rich with harmony and texture. Complementing this, a more developed sense of pulse and rhythm characterises much of the album, such as the propulsive undertow of \u003ci\u003eWillow\u003c\/i\u003e and the tactile, modernist polyrhythms of \u003ci\u003eFurnace\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Tongue.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrains Of Space\u003c\/i\u003e also sees Tom collaborating and cowriting with a number of other musicians, bringing trumpet, violin, double bass and harp together to provide a broad and varied form to each piece. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Village Green","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50498414117195,"sku":"1062692","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498413756747,"sku":"1062691","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/61ac5611-dbe5-4a32-9f5d-d84d0fb24e17_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727747478","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/grains-of-space","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}