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phase 2 of recording tour, spring 2005

by: A Tiny Window

MRW

Publication date: 2005-05-10 09:42:00

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Topics: saz, baglama, drone, droning, acoustic, atmospheric, folk, free psych-folk, free psychfolk, free psych folk, freeform, improv, improvisation, improvisational, improvisatory, improvised, improvising, jam, jamming, lofi, lo-fi, organic, other, psychedelia, psychedelic, psychfolk, psych-folk, space, spacey, spontaneous, modal, Celtic, Ireland, Sneem, Kerry, Cork, West Cork, Andy Ra, didg, didge, didgeridu, didgeridoo, Sumu

Saz improvisations with various collaborators in West Cork and Sneem, Co. Kerry, Ireland, recorded during spring 2005 travels.

Notes

Some compression, reverb and EQ have been added, otherwise everything is straight from MiniDisc.

[...having travelled from Cork City west, to the mountains...]
Track 1 recorded at Maugha, nr. Kealkil with Christy (and possibly someone else) on percussion

2-5 recorded nearby in the 'Wigglywoods' down the road in Maughanasilly, with Andy Ra playing 12-string acoustic guitar and didgeridoo, Christy playing percussion and experimenting with Andy's banjo

6-7 recorded at Andy Man's cabin below Mount Hood, nr. Durrus, Andy on percussion, John Lynch on low whistle

8-9 back at Maugha, with John and Andy Man again

10 saz solo improv, recorded during the same long, weird, night

[...having travelled up over the Cork and Kerry mountains with Christy and Andy Ra in a little car full of instruments...]
11-14 recorded up in Sneem, Co. Kerry with Kris on mandola (and a bit of vocal), Christy on percussion, Andy Ra on 12-string and didgeridoo.

Christy (bongos), Kris (mandola) + Andy Ra (didg), me (saz) - Kris and Birgit's front room, Sneem

Christy, Aïcha (Kris and Birgit's daughter), me, Andy Ra, Kris, with Kerry mountains in background
Dates of recordings are all incorporated into file names (European-style) i.e. 020305 = 2^nd March 2005.

A Tiny Window
The Spring - 'audio blog' contact: mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.uk