Perfumes I
2021
Improvisation on six scents for solo saxophone.
Performed by Raymond MacDonald.
Audio, 12 mins.

Image: Dune stinkhorn Phallus hadriani.
© Siôn Parkinson, 2022.

A1 Isoamyl Acetate
A2 Dimethyl Sulphide
A3 Earthy Pyrazine
B1 Cadaverine
B2 Castoreum
B3 Hedione

Raymond MacDonald is a saxophonist and composer. He has released over fifty albums and has collaborated with some of the most pioneering figures from the worlds of jazz and contemporary music, including David Byrne, Evan Parker, George Lewis, Jim O’Rourke, Marilyn Crispell and Nurse With Wound. He is a founding member of The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra. 

 

Saxophone
Raymond MacDonald

Score
Siôn Parkinson

Scents
A Library of Olfactive Material

Recording
Sam Annand

Mixing
Siôn Parkinson

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