Lia Kohl has released a new track called ‘Ignition, Sneakers’. It’s taken from the Chicago-based composer and cellist’s forthcoming record Normal Sounds, following last month’s ‘Car Alarm, Turn Signal’. Listen below.
‘Ignition, Sneakers’ is built off a recording of a repetitive beep indicating keys in the ignition when opening the car door. “I took this recording in an old van in northern Wisconsin – it took me a while to find a car that had that old-style resonant sound; I don’t have a car myself so I had to ask several friends,” Kohl shared. “It’s a pretty bizarre thing to ask ‘can I record your car?’. The van belongs to ACRE, an artist residency in Steuben, WI, where I was in residence last summer. You can hear the birds singing around the van at the end of the track. In making this record, I’m interested in the fact that a lot of these sounds are just synthesizer sounds, created for a specific purpose. In this case, it just plays one note. The tempo made me feel like it would make a good energetic, almost dance-y tune.”
Normal Sounds, the follow-up to last year’s The Ceiling Reposes, is set for release on August 30 via Moon Glyph. Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Lia Kohl.
