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This body is a compass Ceremony and sacrifice A vast waterside Amniotic oasis. Secrets stacked in library spaces Held together by umbilical systems. Threads of emerald green grass Weaved conversations It’s the gestation of all life forms When hills were the first ever churches Say root, say strength. And what of the myths and mathematics That could be read like poplars on trees A vast horizon of leaves And carriers of historic genes. This body is a compass We used to kiss the brown of daylight Look into water as a mirror Not a mirage Not ‘unreal’ or ‘hallucinate’ Not ‘Let this body be a sunken place. Roots and arteries overthrown By artillery Cages and theft Value put on machinery over maternity. An army swarms - This body is a compass. You broke through this hymen place Ran rampant over valleys Ignored peaks and red ripe warning signs To stop. And how often this body has bled In your arms How the scratch and pull of ‘stop’ Kept daylight from coming. It suffocates The womb of the world unable to menstruate. Youve lynched the moon Stolen the cycles Made a conveyor belt rotation of Minefields. Collapse of foresight Civil unrest Old famines Slow and steady decline Minerals mingled with mercury Foreign objects searing this delicate chemistry Dead tissue in mother belly, once a ‘one-day’ baby. And now every war is the same war – This body is a compass We altered the laws The alter of stars turned away From facing us So we clawed down the skies. But before that We carried the planets on our shoulders They used to carry us with their fullness. This body is a compass Speak healing to the body Throw your head back Holy Commune with the sun Caress with hands on ocean skin Until they’re medicine numb. This body is a compass

about

Genre defying ensemble I Hold the Lion’s Paw return with 3x3, a mind-blowing live offering made entirely at Program Records that showcases two of Melbourne’s most powerful artists, Didem Caia and Emily Bennett.

3x3 follows on from IHTLP’s APRA Art Music Award nominated studio album, Lost in Place, and is the first in an exciting series of limited edition vinyl releases recorded, filmed and pressed at Program Records. This Body is a Compass features iconic Melbourne poet, Didem Caia, and is a psalm for modern times that blends notions of the human body with the body of the earth. Big Bois showcases the enigmatic and witty artistry of experimental musician Emily Bennett in full flight atop IHTLP’s signature mix of slippery grooves and psychedelic interludes.

“More likely was the feeling of having stumbled into someone else’s LSD trip” - Sydney Morning Herald

Conjuring the spirit and twisted funk of Miles Davis’ On the Corner, filtered through the lens of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time and Jon Hassell’s Fourth World, I Hold the Lion’s Paw is a wild sonic ride that feels simultaneously familiar and like nothing you’ve ever heard. The brainchild of ARIA nominated trumpeter-producer Reuben Lewis, Lion’s Paw will guide you through a world of electro-ambience, grungy afro-grooves and psychedelic jazz. This is music as assemblage, using the stage as a laboratory whilst practicing post-production sorcery in realtime!

credits

released September 8, 2022

I Hold the Lion’s Paw

Reuben Lewis - trumpet, subsequent 37, pedals
Emily Bennett - prophet 6, voice, pedals
Joseph Franklin - bass
Ronny Ferella - drums
Didem Caia - poetry (side B)

Recorded Live at
Program Records on 23/2/2022

Film production by
Andrew Watson - Semiconductor Media
Recorded, mixed and mastered by
Myles Mumford - Rolling Stock Recording Rooms

3x3 is supported in part by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria

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“a vivid listening experience that gleams with sinister detail” (The Wire)

Music devised to create a new musical narrative that is “beyond category” (The Australian)

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