for charlie and ibrahim that they lie in the same grave

by elizabeth veldon

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1.	charlie and ibrahim are walking in milngavie and a band is playing 02:22	buy track
2.	charlie is taking a bath in abie loch and the sun is dancing 02:00	buy track
3.	we raised a tomb for charlie and ibrahim so they may lie together as they did in mugdock and know the joy of companionship until all things pass. and that we may know this also 10:02	buy track

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charlie was a captive elephant (the then largest in captivity) who lived with his keeper and companion ibrahim at craigend zoo near milngavie.

when the zoo closed down in 1955 they moved to the butlins in ayr and then on to yorkshire where charlie became distraught and, eventually, violent after the death of ibrahim and was put down in 1961

i like to imagine that charley and ibrahim where at their happiest in craigend and their relationship shows that humans and other animals can have friendships which are deep and meaningful but, in the end, charlie's story was tragic. charlie belonged in the wild, not in captivity.

'work with animals is a source of suffering to all of us. we treat them like babies who cannot speak'

oleg gazenko

www.milngavieherald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/the-elephant-we-ll-never-forget-1-213554

murderiseverywhere.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-greatness-of-nation-can-be-judged.html

'The opening track is not what I expected – most people associate elizabeth with long form, minimalist drone. This opening track, “charlie and ibrahim are walking in milngavie and a band is playing”, is a piano piece. And, a beautiful piano piece at that. Abstract and verging on Dada – I believe – but very on point and sentient. The opening track sets the emotion encumbered with such an album. The second track is a nostalgic look at fun times in the distant past. Almost the memory of a dream is evoked through the use of sparse timing and playful, water-like strokes of the keys.

However, it is the impossibly long titled final track (“we raised a tomb for charlie and ibrahim so they may lie together as they did in mugdock and know the joy of companionship until all things pass. and that we may know this also”) that steals the show. As the title of the track concludes, it is not a rag-time show stopper. This lament on a piano is a sparsely populated, almost silent track.'

www.theparishnews.com/2016/09/elizabeth-veldon-for-charlie-and-ibrahim-that-they-lie-in-the-same-grave/

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released September 25, 2016

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i am a sound artist and sort-of academic researching themes of labour and hierarchies in art.

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