Music for the Sleepy (2014)

performed by Stephen Upshaw, Rocío Bolaños, Siwan Rhys and Steve Potter

A story of new parents and the dark hours of early parenthood – delirious lullabies, juggling cans of baby formula, strange duets between the parent’s slow-to-adjust mind and the baby’s cries.

Siwan Rhys – piano
Stephen Upshaw – viola
Rocío Bolaños – clarinet
Steve Potter – objects (contact mic on pillow, “prepared” electric fans, cans of baby formula with plastic scoops inside)
& recordings of baby sounds