Camilla Hannan – More Songs About Factories (Cajid)

The debut release by sound designer, performer and installation artist Camilla Hannan, More Songs about Factories features five works derived from Melbourne industrial sites. The majority of the elements are highly processed, yet given the title, its source looms over this intriguing release perhaps unnecessarily limiting its scope. The industrial sounds of a factory or worksite make great source material; all of the drones, rhythms, clatter and noise, and Hannan has crafted together some very interesting and quite complex pieces that move well beyond mere documentation. In Hannan’ hands the rhythmic elements in particular become hypnotic cogs in a greater sound piece, at times approximating techno rhythms though without the slavish designs on structure, often layered with rumbling sweeping drones coming from afar. The tone is warm, with little high-end action (aside from the textural piece Part 4 Itchy), as the industrial floor is re imagined as a dense woozy lumbering beast.