Percussion Studies

Oliver Thurley · 2021

The title is literal but the results are anything but dry — Thurley draws texture from rhythm, building pieces from struck surfaces and resonating spaces where the attack fades before the ear can fully register it. Released in 2021, the album sits at the intersection of minimalist composition and field recording practice, with individual hits stretched and layered until they become tonal masses. There's a tactile quality throughout, a sense of wood, metal, and skin as architectural materials. Precise and quietly absorbing.