A Million Sounds

from About Sounds About Us by Ilaria Boffa

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lyrics

'Seismic landforms release sonic waves throughout the
hills, heading south. Padan Plain is a geological unicum
sedimenting over so called blind fault zones. They do
not cut shallowness, they settle in the depth of the
subsoil, active. According to the dictionary a volcano is
a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object. It
voices converging and diverging forces. Tremors over
this chronicle, silence-pockets speckled with red. Years
folding to mould and emerge. Dormant from the past
past we increased the level of unrest.
The fissure vent is open. It unleashes a million sounds.'

'Formazioni sismiche rilasciano onde sonore lungo i
colli, verso sud. La Pianura Padana è un unicum
geologico che sedimenta sopra cosiddette faglie cieche.
Non tagliano in superficie, si appoggiano sulla
profondità del sottosuolo, attive. Secondo il vocabolario
un vulcano è la rottura nella crosta di un oggetto di
massa planetaria. Dà voce a forze convergenti e
divergenti. Scosse in questa cronistoria, sacche di
silenzio macchiate di rosso. Anni che si arrotolano a
plasmare ed emergere. Dormienti da un passato passato
abbiamo innalzato il livello di irrequietezza.
La spaccatura è aperta. Rilascia un milione di suoni.'

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from About Sounds About Us, released April 22, 2021

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Ilaria Boffa Padua, Italy

Born 6 January 1972, Ilaria Boffa is an Italian poet and sound recordist. She has published four poetry collections and she is one of the eight authors included in the North East American Association publication ‘Writing in a Different Language’ Vol XL 2018.
Over the last years, she has been experimenting with field recording. ... more