2 hr 1 min Melodic Deep House.
A long-play Signal Art set: original songs written and produced for one mood, scored to a single cinematic visual world. Watch it in full on YouTube.
Signal Art · A closer reading
Repair without an audience
Deep Undertow gives ordinary care the scale usually reserved for grand gestures.
The hands holding a tarpaulin make resilience a shared physical task. Grief remains present, but it no longer has to do all its work alone. Patient musical movement allows this small intervention to matter without turning it into a rescue fantasy.
The undertow of the title can be read as everything a person carries beneath visible composure. Repair begins when another person notices that hidden effort and offers practical help, without demanding a performance of gratitude.
A question to carry: Which small act of repair changed the weight of your day?
care · grief · repair
An interpretive reading from the Signal Art team, with AI assistance. This is one possible reading of the work.
Songs in this programme
- 0:00 Two Stones on the Tarpaulin (Part I)
- 3:42 The Greenhouse Vent at Three
- 7:36 Chalk on the Flood Boards (Part I)
- 11:29 Silver in the Tray
- 15:57 Salt on the Sourdough (Part I)
- 19:49 Two Coats on the Bed (Part I)
- 23:42 Lead Weight on the Net (Part I)
- 27:24 Turpentine on the Rag (Part I)
- 31:20 Salt on the Sourdough (Part II)
- 35:07 Kerosene on the Wick (Part I)
- 38:51 Lead Weight on the Net (Part II)
- 42:37 Two Buckles on the Saddlebag
- 46:23 Chalk on the Flood Boards (Part II)
- 50:27 Two Coats on the Bed (Part II)
- 54:11 The Lock Gate at One (Part I)
- 58:09 Brass on the Quadrant
- 1:01:54 The Plumb Line in the Well (Part I)
- 1:05:50 The Pool at Two
- 1:09:42 The Lock Gate at One (Part II)
- 1:13:46 Turpentine on the Rag (Part II)
- 1:17:39 The Kiln Door at Five (Part I)
- 1:21:32 Both Headlamps On
- 1:25:38 Two Stones on the Tarpaulin (Part II)
- 1:29:28 The Kiln Door at Five (Part II)
- 1:33:40 Two Oars in the Boathouse
- 1:37:29 The Spare Blanket at Four (Part I)
- 1:41:06 Kerosene on the Wick (Part II)
- 1:45:09 Cedar Shavings on the Bench (Part I)
- 1:49:08 The Spare Blanket at Four (Part II)
- 1:53:41 The Plumb Line in the Well (Part II)
- 1:57:59 Cedar Shavings on the Bench (Part II)