Svalbard

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Album Info

Release Date: 2011-04-01

Label: At Sea Records

A collection of pieces based on the landscape of the Svalbard archipelago.

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.

The grouping is:
Part 1: Land (Tracks 1-4)
Part 2: Sky (Tracks 5-10)
Part 3: Sea (Track 11)

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