a priori by a priori

a priori - drink only, from the fountain of light

The Lossenham landscape rarely appears still. Movements of air swaying trees and reeds, flushes of insects, birds darting and diving, the watercourses and pools bare the swirls of rarely seen fish and there are fields filled with emerging archaeologies. Nature here can be light and beautiful or, on those long ominous days of grey rain, a weight on one's senses and, most unexpectedly, felt or imagined, the land’s lost histories somehow seep through.

As visiting artist for The Lossenham Project Paul Cheneour has embarked on a quest of discovery, both physical and metaphysical, with no expectations other than to listen, observe, reflect, and respond. Lossenham's quiet resonances, rhythms and impressions are
translated here into his cyclic scores and the collaborative spontaneities with his chosen fellow musicians, creating soundscapes that obliquely reference earlier forms - plainchant, twelfth-thirteenth century polyphony, classic chamber music fused with flavours of
contemporary modal jazz.

Within the turbulence of our unpredictable world, Paul's choice of album title seems to counsel us to seek goodness and light, to observe the flow of things and accept changes as they arrive, to hold fast no matter how unnerving life may become. This music is such a journey.

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