new and/oar in stock: isobel clouter & rob mullender – myths of origin (and32)
The new release from the and/oar label, isobel clouter & rob mullender – myths of origin – sonic ephemera from east asia (and32/cd), is now in stock. GET IT HERE.
At long last, after a culmination of delays amounting to 3 years, and/OAR is extremely happy to finally present a full length releasefeaturing “singing sand” and “booming sand” recorded in Japan andMongolia by British sound artists Isobel Clouter and Rob Mullender.”Singing sand”, “booming sand”, “whistling sand” or “barking sand” issand that produces sounds of either high or low frequency underpressure. The sound emission is usually triggered by wind passing overdunes or by walking on the sand.
Also featured are field recordings of a traditional Japanese SawaraMatsuri festival, a Suikinkutsu (underground water zither), Uguisubari (orNightengale floor), Chion-in temple and Saiho-ji temple .
The recordings came about as a result of a project instigated in late1999, which bears witness to a long held fascination with how theenvironment generates and shapes culture, memory and myth. Therewas no desire to conduct any scientific or anthropological field work, butto collect a set of recordings which would serve to illustrate how preciousthe sonic environment can be, and to act as founding materials for asoundscape collection at the British Library Sound Archive.
Track listing:
1. Sawara matsuri, Singing sand, Suikinkutsu
2. Kotohiki-hama – Kotoga-hama beaches
3. Chion-in temple, Nightingale floor, Saiho-ji temple
4. Dune ascent / descent
5. Aosigetunoer descent
6. Baoritaolegainuoer Natural Booming
7. Baoritaolegainuoer descent
8. Dune 3 descent
9. Tibetan Prayer wheels, Xiahe
The audio CD also features a PDF of extra photos pertaining to therecordings that can be accessed on a computer, and comes packaged in a four color digipak and a 12 page booklet.
This CD is dedicated to the memory of Professor Shigeo Miwa, whose warm generosity and enthusiasm was invaluable to the success of this recording project, and whose work is mentioned in an interesting articleabout booming sand and the environment, a PDF of which can be found here.
Tibetan Prayer wheels, Xiahe.
This brief (and silent) video clip pertains to track 9