Animals & Giraffes

animals & giraffes is an interdisciplinary improvisation project centred on the collaboration of poet and vocal performer Claudia La Rocco and saxophonist Phillip Greenlief, with an evolving circle of collaborators. Jon Leidecker (Wobbly) participates on electronics in Landlocked Beach.

The Creative Sources release Landlocked Beach brings together Greenlief's tenor saxophone, La Rocco's text and voice, and Leidecker's electronics, live sampling and editing. The credits identify Leidecker as the recording's editor.

The collaboration is situated between poetry, improvised music and electroacoustic construction, with spoken language functioning as an active musical element.