Living Matter

Living Matter was written in response to a set of poems by JLM Morton, with the exception of So Far which was composed around the same time. Each track responds to the following poem, all of which can be found in JLM Morton’s 2024 publication, Red Handed (Broken Sleep Books); Fragile Sphere to I Hold This Fragile Sphere of Earth, Filaments to Something Mutable of Place, Blue Clay to You Run Through me, Shift to We Become with Each Other or not at all, Mineral to Secrets of Matter and Spirit, Stone Relief to You Run Through me (again), Thin Place to I Wade the River searching for Home, Safe Passage and Each Other to Ritual for Safe Passage Through Childbirth.All tracks written and produced by Mara Simpson. All instruments recorded by Mara Simpson with the expectation of drums which were engineered by Rob Pembertonat The Sweet Shop, Stroud, and all instruments on Safe Passage and Each Other which were recorded live by Tobin Jones at Space and Time studio, Bath.