Viv Corringham
Viv Corringham

Viv Corringham is a British vocalist and sound artist, currently based in Minnesota, who has worked internationally since the early 1980s. Articles about her work can be found in Organised Sound (UK), Musicworks (Canada), and For Those Who Have Ears (Ireland). She received an MA Sonic Art with Distinction in 2001 from Middlesex University, England, and has had many awards, including a McKnight Composer Fellowship for 2006. Most recent works appeared in Art Colony, Grand Marais MN, Women in New Music Festival, Fullerton CA, Spark Electronic Music Festival Minneapolis MN, Rochester Art Center MN, Soundworks Festival, Cork, Ireland, and Midsummer Festival, Cobh, Ireland.


Viv Corringham
Operet

"Operet", a collaboration between Eastern Mediterranean singer Viv Corringham and experimental guitarist Peter Cusack, is one of those very few gems that blend songwriting, traditional music, and avant-garde -- the closest comparison in terms of approach would be the early 1980s Japanese group After Dinner..."Operet" feels like a phantasized journey. The listener dreams awaken of Eastern Mediterranean villages, but he is still sitting in a London (or any other big city) apartment: street sounds keep cutting in, disturbing the force -- some of them you won't know if they actually come from your speakers or your windows until you listened to "Operet" a few times. Strongly recommended to fans of intelligent avant-pop (Anna Homler, Iva Bittova, Haco, etc.).
François Couture, All-Music Guide


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