For the heart of the various musical projects of David Little, including Smallhaus and Lines of Silence.
Latest release: Solstice 1 by Lines of Silence
Lines of Silence, Smallhaus and more
For the heart of the various musical projects of David Little, including Smallhaus and Lines of Silence.
Latest release: Solstice 1 by Lines of Silence
Smallhaus started in 2015 after a number of years away from making music. Starting as a way to explore sound and music making outside of a traditional band format, initial experiments concentrated on manipulating found sounds and field recordings, alongside guitar and electronics. The sound developed to incorporate life-long influences from psychedelia, shoegaze and post-rock, along with electronica and ambient music.
Lines of Silence was started as a side project in 2020 to explore more esoteric and conceptual recordings. The first Lines of Silence album, Terra / Aqua was released by TQN-aut in November 2020. The current Stations of the Sun project will release largely improvised pieces at the turning of the seasons.
A live Lines of Silence improvisation recorded for the Virtual Electronic Open Mic night in December. First time I’ve tried anything like this. It was quite fun but fiddly so not sure if I’d fancy doing a live stream.
Lines of Silence presents two slices of rural utopian psychedelia to see in midwinter – in praise of nature who persists in the face of all that humanity throws at her. And Nature Shall Regain Her Rightful Place features a glissando guitar improvisation and the sound of rain recorded at Lines of Silence HQ. Earth …
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Terra / Aqua – the first album by my side project Lines of Silence is now available to buy on CD or download from the TQN-aut Bandcamp page. Terra / Aqua by Lines of Silence Lines of Silence is an exploration of more esoteric, conceptual long form compositions. Terra and Aqua were composed to help …