Someone's Always Listening is an album that accompanied a kinetic sound installation with the same name presented at the Fonderie Darling from October 28th to December 19th, 2021.

fonderiedarling.org/en/Someones-always-listening

Thanks to Dynamat, Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Claudine & Stephen Bronfman Foundation, Milly-Alexandra Dery, Fonderie Darling, Ellen Adams, Matthew Gagnon Blair, Etienne Lebel, Martín Rodríguez, Lech Szporer, Luce & Magdy Battikha, Anne-Marie Griger, & Billie Dompierre Battikha.

Guest appearances by: Magdy Battikha; double bass players, Antwerp, BE; Pierre-Yves Martel; arguing couple, Bath, UK; cumbia players, Bogota, CO; Sarah Streeter, Library of Congress archives; Raúl González; Peruvian choir, Montreal, QC; string players, Centre des Musiciens du Monde, Montreal, QC; Billie Battikha; Matthew Gagnon Blair; violin player and barking dog, Trieste, IT.

Field recordings from: Gwangju, SK; Antwerp, BE; Treasure Island, FL; Saint-Nicolas, QC; Montreal, QC.

Mixed by monsieur_b
Mastered by Cristobal Urbina at See You Mastering
Calligraphy by Joy Vanides Deneen
Photo by Morgane Lecocq-Lemieux

Released December 2, 2021
SZR016