about the cassette
Shoeb Ahmad conceived the Breather project during peak lockdown on the Australian continent. Ruminating on a dry season marred by devastating bushfires led Ahmad to start writing the A Body Full Of Tears album. Plunged into isolation and confronting the trauma of environmental degradation and pandemic realities, Ahmad decided to continue exploring and started to create a space for long-form, meditative compositions.
Ahmad performed these new mediations, the Breather sessions, in the middle of the day and live-streamed them so people could tune in and meditate and reflect along with the music while they had lunch, read a book, or work. In late 2020, she was given a grant that covered lost income from live performance in return for creating a body of work with the Breather concept. This time rather than do something durational, Ahmad played with the idea of using simple 10-second videos from her surroundings creating shorter works that could play as infinite loops.
These loops, when collected together, could be randomized to dovetail in and out of a playlist with a sense of endlessness. It was an exercise in restraint – adhering to an ambient wallpaper aesthetic for continual respite from the uncertainty we currently live within.
- 2.7 3:28
- 2.3 4:10
- 2.2 3:36
- 2.9 2:19
- 2.1 4:40
- 2.6 2:53
- 2.5 5:41
- 2.8 2:59
- 2.4 3:01
- 2.10 3:10
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- 2.7 3:28
- 2.3 4:10
- 2.2 3:36
- 2.9 2:19
- 2.1 4:40
- 2.6 2:53
- 2.5 5:41
- 2.8 2:59
- 2.4 3:01
- 2.10 3:10
about the cassette
Shoeb Ahmad conceived the Breather project during peak lockdown on the Australian continent. Ruminating on a dry season marred by devastating bushfires led Ahmad to start writing the A Body Full Of Tears album. Plunged into isolation and confronting the trauma of environmental degradation and pandemic realities, Ahmad decided to continue exploring and started to create a space for long-form, meditative compositions.
Ahmad performed these new mediations, the Breather sessions, in the middle of the day and live-streamed them so people could tune in and meditate and reflect along with the music while they had lunch, read a book, or work. In late 2020, she was given a grant that covered lost income from live performance in return for creating a body of work with the Breather concept. This time rather than do something durational, Ahmad played with the idea of using simple 10-second videos from her surroundings creating shorter works that could play as infinite loops.
These loops, when collected together, could be randomized to dovetail in and out of a playlist with a sense of endlessness. It was an exercise in restraint – adhering to an ambient wallpaper aesthetic for continual respite from the uncertainty we currently live within.
