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The Sounds Of The Void  - MP3

Recorded live @ The 19th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival (huh?!?)

Redbird (1995)
41′01″
Composed & Conducted by John Zorn

Carol Emanuel - Harp
Jill Jaffee - Viola
Erik Friedlander - Cello
Jim Pugliese - Percussion

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This originally appeared as a cassette-only release in France in 1982, later reissued on CD by Canterbury Dream. The Heat dudes teamed up with guest percussionist and flutist Mario Boyer Diekuuroh. The second track is…ehh. But the first track I love.
Dig it.

Zip

Cant say I’m really a fan of Jodororsky’s films..a little too Catholic for me. But the Soundtrack to Holy Mountain is pretty nice. And Don Cherry is all over it.  Sweet!

GAS - Pop -  Track 01

It’s just that kinda morning.

Thanks to Mike Weis for turning me on to this NPR spot on the Dong People of China. Of note is the track Sound Imitation: ‘Cicadas Are Crying’. Awesome a capella vocal madness.
All the clips can be streamed via the NPR media player on the left hand side of the window. From the site:
“Southwest China village of Dimen, song takes the place of the written word. People in Dimen learn to read and write in the official national language — Mandarin Chinese — but they speak in their own tongue: the language of the Dong people. Their voices imitate cicadas in the fields above the village. Dimen is isolated, but like most places in modern China, it’s learning the greater world is not so far away. With the recently released collection, Dong Folk Songs: People and Nature in Harmony,  people everywhere can now hear this unique song style”

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