Nwando Ebizie 'I Birth the Moon'

Nwando Ebizie 'I Birth the Moon' (2022) for soprano and electronics. Performed by Juliet Fraser Recorded, edited and mastered by Newton Armstrong Drawings and animation by Domizia Tosatto PROGRAMME NOTE 'I Birth the Moon' is a sonic exploration of the creation mythos. What happened when the earth birthed the moon? In the beginning is a sense of unity, but what trauma was in that separation? What desires? This is Gaia in full flow. Earth as organism. Moon as off-spring. This creation story has five parts. In the first, ‘Stygian World’, we begin at the beginning: the biblical “I AM”; a voice alone in the primordial chaos. Next, ‘Pieces I am’, in which solidity becomes mutable and the self must be remade into an image not yet known. The third part explores ‘The constant trials and failures of creating life’, with a rhythm borne through sheer force of will. In the fourth, ‘A great tidal wave of earthly stuff’ is torn out into space, a new self that is separate now, wild and free. The final part, ‘Safety – A Romance’ embodies the new self, torn from the old self; different but the same, alone and not alone. Created in collaboration with Juliet Fraser — a day of walking in the Yorkshire moors, talking, eating and improvising. Inspired by Rachel Carson’s beautiful books about the sea and, more personally, by the experience of miscarriage, the hopes, the fears of birth, the absurdity of the body vs the strong will to create, the ‘I’ wanting to become the ‘we’. (Nwando Ebizie) Commissioned by Juliet Fraser with the generous support of Arts Council England's National Lottery Project Grants and PRS Foundation's Open Fund. Nwando's channel:    / @nwando_ebizie