All Things, Will Stay, Silent
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01 In the Sea, In a Hole 7:47
02 All Things, Will Stay, Silent 5:27
03 Balloons 5:39
04 Heaven Is Okay 7:27
05 I Couldn’t Say 3:21
06 Trifecta 9:06
All compositions by David Long © Concord Music Publishing (2023)
Featuring:
Carolyn Mills (harp), Bridget Douglas (flute), Pat Barry (clarinet), Rachel Vernon (bass clarinet), Haonan Zhu (tuba), David Long (guitar, voice, and random tinkering), Tom Callwood (electric bass), and Riki Gooch (drums), with Nell Thomas (voice on tracks 1, 2 and 4), Luke Buda (voice on track 3), and Graham Kennedy (extra guitar on tracks 1 and 3).
Produced by David Long
Recorded and mixed by Graham Kennedy at The Surgery and Adam Concert Room
Mastered by Mike Gibson
Cover image “Aro Valley” by Karl Maughan
Design by UnkleFranc
David Long composes and performs music. His new album, All Things, Will Stay, Silent has been released in October 2024. In 2022 he released the album Ash and Bone through Rattle Records and in 2023 released a chamber orchestra piece I’ll Hum the First Few Bars. A new solo album working with a similar ensemble to Ash and Bone, will be released in late 2024.
In 2024 he has performed in Ciggy Butts in the Sand (and composed the score) with Tupa Tigafua, composed the score for the feature documentary, Marimari and produced the credits song for a forthcoming movie. The Moon is Upside Down, composed in 2023 and directed by Loren Taylor was released in May 2024. In late 2024 he is composing (with Stephen Gallagher) the score for Red Rocks.
In 2023 he composed for the Auckland Festival show The Savage Colonisers, Little Bits and Add Ons for Tupua Tigafua with the NZDC and the documentary, Siouxsie, directed by Gwen Isaac.
In 2022 he composed for three feature films - The Moon is Upside Down, Mysterious Ways and Touchdown. With Stephen Gallagher he won best TV score for Mystic at the 2022 APRA Awards.
Watch the animation by David Downes
The title track for this album, I’ll Hum the First Few Bars, is a piece for chamber orchestra, electric guitar and mechatronics. Commissioned by Orchestra Wellington, the work was recorded with Stroma under the ever-reliable baton of Hamish McKeich. Riki Gooch adds percussion and mr sterile, drums.
The remaining pieces on the album were composed for Douglas Wright’s dance work, Rapt, and are performed by David Long and Jeff Henderson.
