Sounds for a Midsummer鈥檚 Night
Verity Sharp picks a selection of tracks to celebrate the longest day of the year, from the urban sounds of Kate Carr鈥檚 walks along the Thames to hypnotic hymns by Old Saw.
Verity Sharp picks a selection of adventurous tracks to celebrate the longest day of the year, embracing the summer with open arms (and ears). Amongst the selections are a composition made from field recordings collected by Kate Carr during a walk along the Thames during the 2023 Summer Solstice; plus circular, hypnotic hymns from the new album by New England collective, Old Saw.
We鈥檒l head outdoors ourselves, rolling through the luminous grass of sound artist Ludwig Berger鈥檚 Garden Of Ediacara, a fictional place, imagined as existing 600 millions years ago, where various ecosystems coexist harmoniously. In the distance, the mysterious harmonies of a Gregorian chant-like piece from Julius Eastman鈥檚 The Holy Presence are coming nearer. And, as the sun eventually disappears, there鈥檚 time to dance to Azu Tiwaline and Forest Drive West's dubwise beats and the trance-inducing music of Sipaningkah, who draws on both his sonic heritage as Minangkabau, an ethnic group native of West Sumatra, as well as Western electro-acoustic traditions. And - who knows? - there might just be time for an appearance from 鈥渢he clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders / At our quaint spirits鈥� before sleep takes hold.
Produced by Silvia Malnati
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John Martyn
Sing A Song Of Summer
- The Tumbler.
- Island Records.
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大象传媒 Sound Archives
Atmospheres: Summer - Woodland edge, June, early morning - thrushes and willow
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Ludwig Berger
where the body's distant arrivals
- Garden of Ediacara.
- OUS.
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John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane
The Sun
- Cosmic Music.
- Impulse!.
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Ensemble Tikoro
Balungan 6 (taken from Metal)
- Hell Chambers.
- artetetra.
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Sun Araw
Right Whale - Humpback
- Cetacean Sensation.
- Discrepant.
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Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West
Fluids in Motion I
- Fluids in Motion.
- Livity Sound.
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Faiz Ali Faiz Ensemble, Miguel Poveda & Chicuelo
Rawance Bainan Painda
- Qawwali Flamenco.
- Accords Crois茅s.
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Old Saw
Revival Hearing
- Dissection Maps.
- Worried Songs.
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Nicola Conte
Umoja
- Umoja (Joaquin Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm Music and Cosmic Arts Remixes).
- Far Out Recordings.
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Isabel Crespo Pardo
sone
- el rostro (des鈥�)鈥媍ubierto.
- Lobby Art Editions.
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Matt Espy
Loon
- Hawksworth.
- Drag City.
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Marta Grzywacz, Sebastian Mac & Paulina Owczarek
Diminuendo
- What is That?.
- Scatter Archive.
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Kate Carr
The bins being emptied somewhere near Twickenham
- Midsummer London.
- Persistence of Sound.
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脕ine O鈥橠wyer
Hymn of Memory
- Music for Church Cleaners Vol. 1 & 2.
- MIE Music.
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Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins
The Sweet Primeroses
- The Sweet Primeroses.
- Topic Records.
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Andrea Silvia Giordano & Fanny Meteier
uwu
- Sorry Babe, I have weird legs.
- thanatosis.
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Raymond MacDonald
Desire Line 3
- Desire Lines.
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Rosso Polare
Campo Amaro
- Campo Amaro.
- Students Of Decay US.
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Sipaningkah
Imbau
- Langkah Suruik.
- Chinabot.
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Wild Up
Our Father
Composer: Dav贸ne Tines. Composer: Richard Valitutto. Composer: Seth Parker Woods. Performer: Richard Valitutto. Performer: Hillary Smith. Performer: Seth Parker Woods. Performer: Andrew McIntosh. Performer: Mona Tian. Performer: Linnea Powell. Performer: Diana Wade. Performer: Derek Stein. Performer: Christopher Ahn. Performer: Niall Taro Ferguson. Ensemble: Wild Up. Conductor: Christopher Rountree. Singer: Dav贸ne Tines. Singer: Stephen Pfeifer. Singer: Marlon Martinez.- Vol 4: The Holy Presence.
- New Amsterdam.
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Alien Kin
Searching for an owl
- the avian kin.
- First Terrace Records.
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- Fri 21 Jun 2024 22:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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