CREDITS
Earth Rising is commissioned and produced by Artangel. It features artists, poets, writers and musicians living and working across the world. The albums are produced in collaboration with international residency partners:
Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation / Yinka Shonibare Foundation based in Nigeria and the UK, Alice Yard in Trinidad and Tobago, Artica in Svalbard, Green Papaya Art Projects in the Philippines, Kiosko in Bolivia, McCahon House in New Zealand, Organhaus in China, PARTage in Mauritius, Theertha in Sri Lanka and URRA in Argentina.
With special thanks to Catherine Petitgas.
Artangel is generously supported using public funding by Arts Council England, and by the private patronage of The Host of Angels, The Artangel International Circle, Special Angels, The Guardian Angels and The Company of Angels.
PRODUCTION
Sound and Mastering by Blacklisted Mastering.
Visual identity and Website:
Alex Piacentini and Ilaria Roglieri
Artangel would like to thank the following for their contribution to the project:
Emilia Álvarez, Nayomi Apsara, Clara Arnaud, Jude Chambers, Melina Berkenwald, Max Cooper, Charlotte Hetherington, Belinda Holden, Evan Ifekoya, Huang Jiao Jody, Sam Kinchin-Smith, Magda Kaggwa, Ni Kun, Nicholas Laughlin, Theresa Lola, Krishna Luchoomun, Grubby Mitts, Michel Nieva, Milkweed, Porsha Olayiwola, Sharda Patasar, Plumm, Leo Robinson, Douglas Rodrigo Rad, Zane Rodulfo, Norberto Roldan, Nitin Sawhney, Raquel Schwartz, Yang Shu, TÄRA, TIMPANA, t l k, Ofem Ubi, Sebastiàn Riffo Valdebenito, Jagath Weerasinghe, Duruo Wang, Tong Wenmin, Wenxin Zhang.
Tara Bhasin, Persilia Caton, Sam Collins, Lili-Maxx Hager, Anita Lawlor, James Lenton, Pippa Moore, Jo Morton, Cassandra Needham, Florence Newlove, Tony Stevenson, Ava Szajna-Hopwood, Sandy Di Yu and Mariam Zulfiqar.
VOLUME I TRACKS
01. LEO ROBINSON
Monologue for The Second Land
Lead Artist: Leo Robinson
Performer: Astan Meyer
Director of Photography: Buster Grey Jung
B Camera Operator & Camera Assistant: Anna Niamh Patterson
Gaffer: Joe Nkadi
Sound Recordist: Simone Carty
Production Manager: Molly M. Whawell
Costume: Rosie Jones-Burslem
Hair: Toni-Ann Malcom
MUA: Yoi Wan
02. SEBASTIÁN RIFFO VALDEBENITO
Inner Lithophony (feat. Cristián Heyne)
Acknowledgments and Special Thanks: Naomi Orellana and Isabel Gómez.
03. NAYOMI APSARA
Archived Love
Written by: Nayomi Apsara
Read by: Nimmi Harasgama
Sound Engineer: S Thathsara Vidanapathirana
Ovinto Recording Studio
Acknowledgments and Special Thanks: Jagath Weerasinghe, Kaushalya Kumarasinghe, Kasun Kalhara, Lakshitha Hettiarachchi, Rehan Amaratunga
04. EVAN IFEKOYA
CALABASH
Conceived and produced by Evan Ifekoya with additional percussion and vocals by MODUPE ensemble - Eden Alero, Ayeḇainemi Abieyuwa Ése and Evan Ifekoya
Recorded at Noatune Studios
Post Engineer and Mix: Kiera Coward Deyell
05. EMILIA ÁLVAREZ
Neon Hyperglossia
Conceived and produced by Emilia Álvarez
Acknowledgments & Special Thanks
URRA, Melina Berkenwald, Martín Oliver of Fundación Williams, and Pol Lain for their generous support throughout this process.
Warm thanks to Ric Piccolo for sharing vinyl records from his collection for sampling, and for his thoughtful feedback.
06. MICHEL NIEVA
The Alien Mother
Written by Michel Nieva
Recorded by Natalie Dew (English Version) and Teresa Cosci (Spanish Version)
Sound and Mastering: House of Noise
Special Thanks: Paul Vela
07. MAX COOPER
Rhythm of Harmony (A Representation of Music)
Written, played and produced by Max Cooper
08. OFEM UBI
Family Tree
Written by Ofem Ubi
Performed by (In order of appearance):
Ejim Adie E.
Ezechi Jessica C.
Olaopa-Thompson Praise D.
Ugo Ude A.
Ofem Ubi
Sound Engineer: Ogunbiyi Tolulope
09. PORSHA OLAYIWOLA
In Alignment with the Women before me
Written and read by: Porsha Olayiwola
10. PLUMM
In Balance
Written, recorded and produced by Plumm
Mixed by Benjamin Bienvenue Stelly
VOLUME II TRACKS
01. TIMPANA
Sírírí Sideral
Concept, lyrics and vocals: TIMPANA
Music production: TIMPANA & Daniel Bargach Mitre
Guaraní poetry and voice: Elías Caurey
Mixing and mastering: Leo Camargo
02. SHARDA PATASAR
Audacity of Black Water
Composed and arranged: Sharda Patasar
Production: Joanna Maria Hussain
Sitar: Sharda Patasar
Bass guitar: Joanna Maria Hussain
03. LVCVMÍ & TÄRA
Speranza
Lead artists: LVCVMÍ & TÄRA
Author: Tamara Al Zool
Composer: Patrizio Petrucci
Voice note: Rola Merri Tawil
Mixing: Giuseppe Corigliano
04. NITIN SAWHNEY
L’esprit d’accord (Reverse Entropy)
Written and produced: Nitin Sawhney
Studio engineer: Harry Timson
Recorded and mixed at The Dairy, Brixton
String players:
Cello: Ian Burdge & Chris Worsey
Violin: Lizzie Ball & Raja Halder
Viola: Tina Jacobs-Lim & Ian Rathbone
Publisher: Nitin Sawhney published by Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
05. THERESA LOLA
Shopping List
Writing, concept and spoken word: Theresa Lola
Vocals: Rachel Oyawale
Clarinet: Adrian de Souza
Double bass: Zamar-Eden Sam-Jolly
Mixing: House of Noise
06. ZANE RODULFO
ping! pong! (Ogun's Hammer Goes…)
Composer: Zane Rodulfo
Poetry written and performed by: Anthony Joseph
Steel pans:
Tenor & double seconds: Kareem Thompson
Double tenor & six bass: Josanne Francis
Guitars: Marc Brooks
Drums and percussion: Zane Rodulfo
Recorded at: Power Station Studios, New York City
Recording engineer: Matthew Soares
Anthony Joseph recorded by: Paul Brett at Peckham Road Studio, London
Mixing engineer: David Darlington
07. MILKWEED
Pagan Ship Funeral Rites
Lead artist: Milkweed
Text: Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons by Gale R. Owens
08. T L K
Lament 220626
Performed and composed by: T L Klein
Recorded at: Real World Studios
Engineering: Katie May
Assistant engineering: Maisy Preece
Mixing: Ted Glendinning (BIPED Productions)
Photography and video: Giulia Spadafora
09. DURUO WANG AND WENXIN ZHANG
The Con(tra)cave #2: Scar Record
Lead Artists: Duruo Wang and Wenxin Zhang
Sound design: Mice (Li Hongxiang)
10. GRUBBY MITTS
Giving up the Ghost
Artist: Grubby Mitts
Written by: Andy Holden
Arranged by: Johnny Parry
Performed by: Grubby Mitts with All Saints Church Choir, Bedford
Choir conducted by: Caroline Muzolf
Recorded at: All Saints, Bedford and Ex-Baldessarre, Bedford
Recorded by: Andy Holden
Produced by: Andy Holden
Mixed by: Andy Holden & Freddy Lomas
11. TONG WENMIN
This Moment
Voice recording: Shen Yangchao, Mao Gang & Ran Qizhuo
Sound post-production: Sun Wei & Tong Wenmin
12. CLARA ARNAUD
Becoming a Mountain
Written by: Clara Arnaud
Voice: Nicole Tidmas
Sound design: Olivier Chat & Le Studio des Anges
13. CLARA ARNAUD
Devenir une Montagne
Écrit par: Clara Arnaud
Fichier Audio (pas d'images).
Voix: Clara Arnaud
Habillage sonore : Olivier Chat. & Le Studio des Anges
