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MICHAEL, DAVID & SLAVEK KWI - MMABOLELA

Format: do-CD Label & Cat.Number: Gruenrekorder Gruen 144 Release Year: 2014 Note: the more or less same African field recordings from two different perspective/microphones (recorded during a 2 week workshop in South Africa organized by FRANCISCO LOPEZ in 2013): SLAWEK KWI (ARTIFICIAL MEMORY TRACE) and DAVID MICHAEL recorded the wildlife, certain animals and bugs, subaquatic sounds or just the midnight atmospheres revealing a fascinating variety; nice full colour presenation, a must for field recording specialists! Price (incl. 19% VAT): €16.00 More Info " ‘Sonic Mmabolela’ is a 2-week workshop/residency for professional and semiprofessional sound artists and composers with previous experience in the area of sound experimentation and field recordings. It takes place at Mmabolela Reserve, in the Limpopo province of South Africa, right at the border with Botswana. It involves field work, studio work and theoretical/discussion presentations. The workshop/residency has a special focus on creative approaches to the work with field recordings, through an extensive exploration of natural sound environments. It does not have a technical character but is instead conceived and directed towards the development and realization of projects of sonic creation by the participant artists/composers with the field recordings gathered." [Francisco Lopez website] "Note from unwritten diary of David: 3:45 AM. Time to get up. The Bushveld is already awake. Slávek and I are both dragging a bit, rushing to get out the door and deploy. After almost two weeks of nonstop recording, we are both tired and a little homesick. At this point in the residency we have already found a dependable dawn recording location in a dry creek bed just far enough away from Weederdooper homestead so that our microphones will not pick up breakfast activities and just close enough for us to make it back for a nap before the morning field session. In a strange way this location reminds me of another of Slávek’s favorite recording spots on a small tributary flowing into Lake Mamori in Brazil. Slávek and I share a room at Weederdooper, which makes these dawn sessions simple. Our equipment too tends to share space in locations we scout together during many of the field sessions. We each now have many recordings of the exact same events, but from slightly different perspectives. The dry river bed at Umzumbi, the hippos at Mmabolel Rock, the bridge to Botswana, the watering holes. Perhaps when we get back home we will make a CD together. CD 1: Slávek Kwi (Artificial Memory Trace) 01: Usvit (Dawning in Dry Riverbed) 02: Windpeckers 03: Lament of Longhorn Beetle 04: Subaquatic Insects, Terrapins, Fish Munching on Algae 05: From Perspective of Wasps 06: Baboons 07: Mouchy 08: Hippo-pota-muses 09: Noc Pt1 (Toads, Bats [via heterodyne detector], Xmas Beetles) 10: Transition (Xmas Beetles close-up) 11: Noc Pt2 (Frogs, Bats [via microphone], Insects) 12: Noc Pt3 (Cicadas, Frogs, distant Baboons) Excerpts: Track 01 Track 04 Recordings made by Slávek Kwi in November 2013 at the Mmabolela. Composed in between February and June 2014 in Beech House, Ireland. Trk 01-09 was originally constructed as multichannel piece titled “AfriKaa!” dedicated to children with autism. The Sound Expedition was funded by The National Concert Hall in Dublin; very special thanks to Ciara Cuffe and Simon Taylor for kind support. Extended thanks to David for making this publication possible. CD 2: David Michael 01. Slávek’s Dry Creek 02. Midnight on the Limpopo 03. Hippopotamuses at Mmabolel Rock 04. Umzumbi with Baboons, Bats 05. Duets 06. The Bridge to Botswana IV 07. Afternoon with an Impala Carcass Excerpts: Track 4 Track 6 Recordings made by David Michael in November 2013 at the Mmabolela. Produced in Sleepy Hollow, New York during various sessions in 2014. 19 Tracks (157′16″) Double CD (500 copies)" www.gruenrekorder.de