A Compendium Of Beasts - Volume 1

Edition of 100 CDs in FSC sustainably sourced card sleeve. A Compendium of Beasts - Volume 1 is a modern day Medieval Bestiary in sound. Composed, performed and produced by internationally acclaimed musician and composer Laura Cannell. It's the first in a series of EPs created to search for strength and solidarity in the world of real and imagined beasts. Cannell's ‘Beasts’ series opens the door on a new chapter in which she is searching for meaning amidst chaos. She embraces her feral medieval and improvisatory roots through her instruments as she plays a game of catch and release to explore the minds of these mythical and real animals. Volume 1 features 4 tracks which include the mythical Norfolk puma and the bittern who booms across the marshes. For centuries people have looked to animals for answers and inspiration. Both animals and instruments communicate so much yet never speak, they are otherworldly, sharing with us the same air, the same space, but they are never truly of the same world as us.