Summ Conduit is indigenous Australian improvising vocalist Sonya Holowell, and Ben Carey on modular synthesiser. Their debut release is called TRACK. Sonya and Ben have been performing as Sumn Conduit since the end of 2018, focusing on long form improvised performances. Our music combines the raw emotional power of the voice with the expansive and chaotic textures of the modular synthesiser. Our improvised sets unfold unhurriedly throughout their often long durations, unfurling microtonal harmonies, fragments of text and bursts of noise with a spirit of discovery. Presented as one, unbroken piece, TRACK was recorded live in Sydney in late 2019 as part of the Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art.
As both solo and collaborative artists their work has appeared at the Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival, Resonant Bodies Festival, Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art, Vivid Sydney, Sydney Biennale, the NOW now Festival, Totally Huge New Music Festival, the Festival de Mùsica Electroacùstica (Chile), the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK) and the New York City Electroacoustic
Music Festival (USA). Carey’s debut solo release ANTIMATTER was released on 45rpm vinyl in October 2019 ( Hospital Hill) . Holowell has released two albums, Mungo with Splinter Orchestra (Splitrec) and Afternoon Tea at Six with Eishan Ensemble (Art As Catharsis).
Playlist:
- Sumn Conduit - TRACK - Radio Excerpt 1
- Keith Jarrett - In Your Quiet Place
- Christoph Waelkens - Border Music
- Harri Marstio ja Antero Jakoila - Tama Maa (Toivon Tuolla Puolen)
- F. Schubert - Nacht und Träume
- Ron Carter - The Shadow Of Your Smile
- Sumn Conduit - TRACK - Radio Excerpt 2
- New London Consort, Philip Pickett - Cuncti simus concanentes
- Vangelis Katsoulis - Whispers of Heavenly Wildness (feat. Thymios Papadopoulos)
- Mahmood Fadl (Umm Kalthum) - Aghdan Alkak Part 1
- Saint-Saëns 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' (Samson et Dalila)
- Laurie Anderson - Freefall
- Schütz Deutsches Magnificat - Herreweghe
- Pharoah Sanders - After The Morning ( Nujabes - flowers)