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Hummingbirds of the cloud forest
When I originally tried to work with this song, a dance of the U’wa people of the cloud forests of north-east Colombia, I kept hitting walls. It was…
3 months, 1 week ago
Zande war song and chorus
From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of wax cylinder recordings of Zande songs, dance…
3 months, 1 week ago
Floating waves on the Zambezi
Imagine tuning a radio time-machine dial between the past and present of the Zambezi River valley; birds weave a tapestry in and out of the soundsc…
3 months, 1 week ago
Forest sounds with bird calls and distant thunder
From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a large collection of cassette tape and digital audio tape re…
3 months, 1 week ago
U'wa Cobaria dance
U'wa Cobaria dance from the Andes in north-east Colombia.
From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a co…
3 months, 1 week ago
Bantu songs from Zambia
Bantu songs from Zambia: recording of a selection of Bantu songs and music, including drumming, issued by the Zambia Broadcasting Corporation.
From t…
3 months, 1 week ago
Bari women chanting
While artist-in-residence at the Alice Boner Institute in Varanasi, India, I was lucky to hear chanting every day - nearly all day. The chanting is …
3 months, 1 week ago
Along the Nile (Nuerland)
I came to this field recording by chance, yet I still remember the first time I listened to it, standing in my kitchen with headphones on, looking o…
3 months, 1 week ago
Women singing
From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of reel-to-reel recordings of music and spoken l…
3 months, 1 week ago
Geedal (bow harp) in the forest with rain dripping
Mamadu playing the geedal (bow harp) in the forest with the sound of rain dripping.
From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University…
3 months, 1 week ago