Includes the cassettes:
VM10 Therme Vals by Yoichi Kamimura & France Jobin
VM11 RADURA by Vittoria Assembri & Gaia Ginevra Giorgi
VM12 strange strangers by pablo sanz
VM13 Different tunings by José Luis Maire
VM14 Santa Vitae by Distant Animals
VM 15 Another Year by Katharina Schmidt
Based on recordings along river tributaries and flooded forests across Amanã and Mamirauá in central Amazônia, "strange strangers" invites us to listen to -within- a singular world of vitality, cultivating encounters with other beings (life-forms, terrestrial matters, sounds) and with our being as an other.
pablo sanz' practice is an open-ended investigation of listening and more-than-human vitality, focusing on the limits of perception and attention and encouraging sensory ecological awareness. His work includes site-specific and public art projects, spatial audio installations, immersive multichannel concerts in the dark, and pieces for headphone listening.
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released June 22, 2023
Mastered by Ludwig Berger
Acknowledgements, credits and production support:
– Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
– Santander Foundation
– Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Queen´s University Belfast (QUB)
– Laboratory of Acoustics and Sound Arts (LASom), Music Department of the Arts Institute at State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil
– Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC), Gotland, Sweden
– Elektronmusikstudion EMS, Stockholm, Sweden
– Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Spanish Embassy in Sweden
– T37 Studios, Madrid, Spain
Special thanks to the field specialists, researchers, staff, and everyone who helped in Tefé and the riverine communities of Baré, Boa Esperança, Jarauá, and Horizonte within Amanã and Mamirauá, and to Maria Cecília Gomes, Silvia Jánošková, Timothy Morton, Eduardo N’gongo, and Ladislav Zelený.
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