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Old Things

by Ivodne Galatea

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The Shuffling Behind You 05:14
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The Bear Cub Dances 05:02
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Little Dancing Foxes 14:52
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The Circling Bear 11:05
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The Fox Creeps down the Mountainside 16:38
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A set of arrangements of traditional Ainu tonkori music, orchestrated in the tradition of Bartok for Nykalimba Tonkori Ambira and Hohner Guitaret.

They are dance tunes that are either totemic, apotropeic or imitative in nature, and pertain to the Ainu relationship with the animal world, specifically foxes and bears (who serve at spiritual intercessors). There is also one for the shuffling monster behind you:

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.

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released May 21, 2018

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

Freesound field recordings (detailed in tracks)

Thanks to Freesound users for their hard work and generosity:

digifish music for a flying fox calling in a rainforest
markystar for Night time in a residential part of Tokyo
lhapsody for Red Fox barking at night in the woods.
acclivity - for Urban foxes howling in the moonlight
gezortenplotz - for a fox barking at night
setzilla - two recordings of foxes barking at night
dobroide for a fox in a recording of Scop owls
kangaroovindaloo for a beautiful recording of an evening lakeside at Lake Bulla, featuring a fox call
Jilkakilka, - Light rain in a still garden
morgantj for the recording of the traditional shishi-odoshi (bamboom/deer-chaser) which set up the rhythm of the piece
raoul_slayer for the barking roe deer which was just scary enough
markystar for the recording of a Tokyo outdoor night ambience, which provided a wonderful tonality of variation
freesound.org/people/markystar/sounds/42195/The background is a recording
Felix Blume a forest at dawn in the rain in the Sian Ka An biosphere

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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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