Ducklingmonster – I know......a...way... [LP]

"‘I know….a….way’ is the first solo LP by Ducklingmonster aka Beth Dawson. Created during her 2023 Winter Residency at Tāmaki Makaurau’s Audio Foundation, ‘I know….a….way’ weaves a disembodied playfulness - building its own environments through the materiality of creation.

Utilising a combination of scratched 45 records, broken beats emanating from a JVC boombox, field recordings of crashing oceans and Karangahape footpaths, electronic and vocal textures laid into walls of sonics - ‘I know….a….way’ revels in the forgotten, neglected and overlooked. This collage of damaged sounds shines a light on lost passages of real time and space.

Ducklingmonster/Beth Dawson is a leading figure in the vibrant experimental arts scene in Aotearoa. Her work crosses many media, cities, and decades, and has made an indelible impression on the sound and shape of Aotearoa’s experimental music history."

Audio Foundation, 2024