Waterwheel from Hedera by Hedera

Written whilst contemplating an old mossy water mill and reflecting on our relationship with time, Tamsin has been known to go off on a tangent and talk about moss for a good while when presenting this piece live. The form draws on her love of both minimalism and traditional music, constructed of melodic fragments which shift unpredictably around each other, with a rhythmic nod to the Breton ‘Dañs à Laride’ and ‘Hanter Dro’ which she enjoys dancing.

The piece shares a name with “Escalay (The Water Wheel)” by Egyptian Nubian composer Hamza El Din, one of Tamsin’s musical heroes.

Hedera is a chamber folk project from Bristol featuring Lulu Austin, Maisie Brett, Tamsin Elliott, Beth Roberts and Isis Wolf-Light. They perform original and traditional pieces inspired by music from England, Scotland, France, Bali, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ethiopia and beyond, translated through a prism of experimental minimalism and contemporary classical influences.