Les Hourquets, March 2005

hourquets Les Hourquets, March 2005 Ail Fionn audio opensource_audio <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz">Saz</a> and mandolin/guitar/accordion improvisations recorded in the French <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenees">Pyrenees</a>, during <a target="_blank" href="http://soundsfromthespring.blogspot.com">Matthew</a>'s spring 2005 travels. 2005-06-13 00:00:00 2005 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;Celtic;Ireland;Irish;Irish folk;Irish trad;Irish traditional;traditional Irish;Pyrenees;equinox;spring equinox http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ 1 2005-06-13 06:06:28 2005-06-13 03:45:33 Matthew Watkins mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.uk Matthew Watkins Matthew Watkins Matthew Watkins Matthew Watkins Matthew Watkins Matthew Watkins Matthew Watkins Matthew Watkins Matthew Watkins 2005-08-17 08:31:48 2006-04-22 04:41:29 2006-04-22 04:56:23 2006-04-22 05:07:57 2006-11-29 14:18:19 2006-12-16 01:08:58 2006-12-16 01:49:35 2006-12-18 21:41:22 2006-12-18 22:05:32 MRW MiniDisc 1:28:50 <center><table width="550" border="0"><tr><td> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/ailfionn/matthew.htm">Matthew</a> - <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz">saz</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/ailfionn/inge.htm">Inge</a> - mandolin, acoustic guitar, accordion A few things have been spliced in places, and a bit of <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_level_compression">compression</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation">reverb</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalization">EQ</a> added - otherwise all straight from <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minidisc">MiniDisc</a>. <center><img title="Inge and Matthew at Les Hourquets, March 2005" src="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/ingespring4.jpg"> <span style="font-size:78%;">Notice the curious auric field manifesting between Matthew and Inge's brains!</span></center> 1-2 based on vague themes we have been individually developing (Inge playing mandolin throughout, unless stated otherwise). 3-4 and 6 completely freeform <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz">saz</a> and mandolin jams. 5 is a jam emerging out of "25 Years of Inge", a tune Matthew wrote for her 25<sup>th</sup> birthday in <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, some years back. 7-9 are loosely based on Irish tunes, recorded on St. Patrick's Day as part of a recorded message for our friend <a target="_blank" href="http://www.archive.org/details/galanjah">Alan</a> (Flemish/Irish/<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse">Scouse</a>/<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasta">Rasta</a>) now living in <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoa">Aotearoa</a>/New Zealand. 10 was our first attempt at involving Inge's accordion playing in our music - a bit wobbly, perhaps, but a really lovely ending. 11-12 recorded on the afternoon of the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_equinox">Spring Equinox</a>, in some woods near Inge's home - she's playing a theme she's been working on for acoustic guitar 13-15 recorded on the evening of the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_equinox">Equinox</a>. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/colin.jpg">Colin</a> can be heard playing faint percussion (<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darbuka">darbuka</a>), also there is some crackle and pop from the fire we were sitting around. Track 15 is a jam based around "25 Years of Inge". <center><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/ailfionn/ailfionn.htm">Ail Fionn</a>            <a target="_blank" href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22A%20Tiny%20Window%22">A Tiny Window</a></b></center> <center><a target="_blank" href="http://soundsfromthespring.blogspot.com/"><i>The Spring</i></a> - Matthew's 'audio blog'            contact: <a href="mailto:mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.uk">mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.uk</a></center> </td></tr></table></center> sound MRW 2007-07-28 15:24:44 Matthew Watkins