[CF056] Alan Morse Davies - Svalbard LP

Released on Monday 27th June 2011 at http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk

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"Svalbard" is a collection of ambient pieces based on the landscape of the Svalbard archipelago. This is an abridged version, the full 3-hour work is available here: http://www.archive.org/details/Svalbard-2011

Source materials include the Welsh pibgyrn (bagpipe), Italian zampogna (bagpipe) and ciamarella (shawm), hardanger fiddle plus some 78 records from the 1920s. All have been stretched, processed, re-tuned and edited into soundscapes ranging from the relatively static to the dramatic.

Tracklist:

1. Kvitøya
2. Barentsøya
3. Spitsbergen
4. Edgeøya
5. Grønlandshavet

Bonus Anthology of Alan Morse Davies works available here:
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/pages/alanmorsedavies/audio/cf056bonus/OvationsandHoarselyGleam.zip

Images used under Creative Commons license with credit to Stefan Lindgren.

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Artist comments: Thanks to Dave Seidel/Mysterybear for essential support and inspiration in finishing this.

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