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Semi-improvised saz and mandolin recordings, recorded Sint-Niklaas, Belgium in November 1995.
This audio is part of the collection: Open Source Audio
Artist/Composer: Ail Fionn
Date: 2005-05-20 09:20:00
Source: 4-track analog cassette
Label / Recorded by: Funkey
Keywords: mandolin; 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; elf; elven; fairy; faery; pixie; Wales; traditional Welsh; Welsh traditional; Welsh folk; traditional; Celtic; Samhain
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Inge - mandolin Matthew - saz These are all recordings from a fairly spontaneous session at Funkey's "Higher Grow" studio in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, early November 1995. We'd just turned up, unannounced, after spending a bit of time in the Pyrenees. 
A week or two before the recording session, outside the church of Massat in the French Pyrenees. "Samhain '95" was improvised on the spot. "Sôspan Fach" is a traditional Welsh tune, the sort of thing Welsh kids learn at primary school, but also the signature tune of the Llanelli Scarlets rugby club. We learned it off a postcard Inge bought in Pembroke that summer. In the years since, another "Matthew Watkins" has emerged as one of Llanelli's star players, curiously enough. Gavin is a banjo-playing friend from Wisconsin (currently part of bluegrass band Sloppy Joe) whose style I was attempting to imitate, leading to the 'Gavinsong' riff. 'The Flat Oak' is a favourite tree of ours near Whitstable in Kent, which had become the focus of the A299 road protest that year. 'Samhain' is the Celtic new year (Hallowe'en, basically), around the time we recorded this - nothing to do with the 80's hardcore band! 
The original tape cover. We collaged this at Funkey's studio after the session - the stone is the from the village of Elphin (Ail Fionn), associated with legends of St. Patrick; the tree in the background is the Flat Oak mentioned above; the wizard, sun and mushroom were taken from a photo of a painting done by Whitstable artist Sheila Maclurkin on a makeshift toilet constructed at a road protest camp near Whitstable earlier that year. |
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| Sint-Niklaas_Samhain_1995_64kb.m3u | 64Kbps M3U | Stream |
| Sint-Niklaas_Samhain_1995_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 13 MB |
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| Enzymes (part 2) | 4.06 MB | 3.37 MB | 2.03 MB |
| Gavinsong | 3.27 MB | 2.72 MB | 1.63 MB |
| Samhain '95 | 2.66 MB | 2.20 MB | 1.33 MB |
| Sôspan Fach | 2.93 MB | 2.47 MB | 1.47 MB |
| The Flat Oak | 3.60 MB | 2.98 MB | 1.80 MB |
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