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Mute Teachers (2025)
Mute Teachers was commissioned by Distractfold as part of a 2-day residency at Cafe OTO exploring the acoustic ecology of geology and rocks.
The score is written in response to the limestone geology of Öland in Sweden. The accretion and dissolution of the stone is translated into a sonic interplay of performers as they carve out spaces for each other to play within.
Premiered at Cafe OTO, 4 July 2025 by Distractfold (Daniel Brew, Linda Jankowska, and Alice Purton)
Distractfold are a group of performers, composers and curators all acting out of shared love, passion and interest in the music and culture of our times. Coming from different backgrounds and having received a diverse education, together they create a nexus of ideas and influences which all contribute towards the ensemble’s unique voice and identity. They perform acoustic, mixed and electroacoustic music of their peers, alongside music of the more established composers with whom they have formed close collaborations and friendships.
In 2014 Distractfold became the first ever UK ensemble to be awarded the Kranichstein Prize for Interpretation at the 47th International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt. In 2016-17 concert season they focused on curating and producing the 2017 Cut and Splice Festival, which took place in Manchester for the first time since the festival's inception.
They have performed nationally and internationally and recorded for KAIROS, Another Timbre and released music on their own label dFolds.