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still point

At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor flesh­less; Neither from nor to­wards; at the still point, there the dance is, But neither ar­rest nor move­ment. And do not call it fixity, Where past and fu­ture are gathered. Neither move­ment from nor to­wards, Neither as­cent nor de­cline. Except for the point, the […]

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non vogliono, camminano

ritorno dal nulla [re­turn from noth­ing­ness] danza degli uomini spenti [dance of dead men] come il vento sospinge le foglie secche [like the wind blows dry leaves] non vogliono, cam­minano draws its in­spir­a­tion from a pas­sage in Primo Levi’s Se questo è un uomo [If this is a man], which de­scribes the music and sound­scape of […]

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  • Microbiography

    Chris Swithinbank is a British-Dutch com­poser who works with both acoustic in­stru­ments and elec­tronic sounds. He is cur­rently a stu­dent at Harvard University with Chaya Czernowin.
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