Mountain-Drowning Sound, by Ivodne Galatea

Mountain-Drowning Sound

by Ivodne Galatea

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1.	The Rocking Boat 04:35	info	buy track
2.	Hip-swaying Dance 10:04	info	buy track
3.	Lullaby 04:12	info	buy track
4.	Kento's Hat 08:35	info	buy track
5.	The Beating Drum 07:59	lyrics	buy track
Ivodne Galaea: Hohner Guitaret and Nykalimba Tonkori Ambira, Rainstick Roland RS09 Organ/String Synth. Once again, my thanks to the following Freesounders for their hard work and generosity: echobones Birds calling in a forest in North Wales in late spring, freesound.org/people/echobones/sounds/98221/ ecfike - the sound of a pit fire freesound.org/people/ecfike/sounds/128704/ Sage Tyrtle A small campfire on a quiet autumn night freesound.org/people/sagetyrtle/sounds/62487/ Felix Blume A recording of a forest at dawn in the rain in the Sian Ka An biosphere freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/328298/ Brian Kennemer For the sound of blades of grass hitting a barbed wire fence freesound.org/people/briankennemer/sounds/344763/
6.	Calling Softly by Firelight 05:23	info	buy track
7.	The Argument 07:32	info	buy track
8.	Skipping over Stones (at Twilight) 14:20	info	buy track

about

A set of arrangements of traditional Ainu tonkori music, orchestrated in the tradition of Bartok for Nykalimba Tonkori Ambira and Hohner Guitaret. Some lovely and personal songs, mostly to do with falling in love, though one is about having a row, and one is about children at play:

This is part of an ongoing series of experiments in melodic affordance. They are in no way a window into the Ainu musical forms or culture, but are rather a set of arrangements created as part of a series of investigations into melodic affordance.

This material should be see in its original form to appreciate it fully, and I would encourage the listener to find source material on the Tonkori and existing recordings.

credits

released May 21, 2018

Ivodne Galaea: Hohner Guitaret and Nykalimba Tonkori Ambira, Rainstick Roland RS09 Organ/String Synth.

Thanks to the generosity of the members of teh Freesound community for makig their field recordings available:

skjor1
Soft lapping harbour waves St. Ives, Cornwall
dobroide
Scops owls on a still night
kvgarlic
The sound of the Mississippi on a sandbank
tomtenney
The sound of gentle waves on a rocky beach in Vinalhaven Main
ecfike - the sound of a pit fire
Sage Tyrtle
distant thunder in the country in summertime and bugs on a hot summer afternoon
Moonlight Dancer
Wind through pine trees by a lake
L W Dickens
Wind heard through coniferous tress, Banff and Birds and light wind in nearby coniferous trees, Banff.
Mosfran
Children at play in the Jardins des plantes, Paris
echobones
Birds calling in a forest in North Wales in late spring,
ecfike - the sound of a pit fire
Sage Tyrtle
A small campfire on a quiet autumn night
Felix Blume
A recording of a forest at dawn in the rain in the Sian Ka An biosphere
Brian Kennemer
For the sound of blades of grass hitting a barbed wire fence
My appreciation given to the following Freesound users:
Rachel Catallo for the recording of a very vivid, and rather large fire.
Surrey Film for Close-up field recording of holly and pine embers burning in a woodland bonfire.
danwardvs - a recording of a bonfire from a distance
fangaroovindaloo
A recording of King's Hut Late Evening, camping in a dry creek bed near a died-down fire
nce again I am most grateful to the following Freesound artsits for the hard work and generosity:
kangaroovindaloo for two wonderful evocative night recordings
Emu Rockhole one still october night.
fhe Australian Desert at night.
Taira Komori
Summer hill 1 2 f Wind bell Hearing_rain markystar
An evocative recording of the night time in a residential part of Tokyo

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Ivodne Galatea Nedlands, Australia

Principally playing original compositions of an ambient nature on the Hohner Guitaret as well as other thumb pianos/finger harps/lamellophones.
Interested in orchestration using field recordings, per the great John Cage's suggestions (1937).
The pieces are all pataphysical book reviews. They consist of musical essays on books of the same title that haven't been written, but should have. ... more

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