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Rob Frye - Chihuahuan Desert / Birdscapes - New Cassette 2021 Astral Spirits Ballroom Marfa Tape - Electronic Experimental / Electroacoustic
Rob Frye - Chihuahuan Desert / Birdscapes - New Cassette 2021 Astral Spirits Ballroom Marfa Tape - Electronic Experimental / Electroacoustic
Rob Frye – Chihuahuan Desert / Birdscapes
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Label: |
Astral Spirits – AS172, Ballroom Marfa – AS172 |
|---|---|
Format: |
Cassette, Compilation, Silver Shell
|
Country: |
US |
Released: |
|
Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Experimental, Field Recording, Electroacoustic |
Tracklist
| Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes | |||
| A1 | Lesser Is More - Lesser Nighthawk And Common Nighthawk | ||
| A2 | Cloudspur - Chestnut-Collared Longspur, McCown's Longspur, Eastern Meadowlark, Pyrrhuloxia | ||
| A3 | Grasslands - Baird's Sparrow And Cassin's Sparrow | ||
| A4 | Psychopomp/Mountaingem - Common Raven, Blue-Throated Mountaingem, And Lucifer Sheartail | ||
| A5 | Slowly Crossing The Infinite - Common Grackle And Great-Tailed Grackle | ||
| Birdscapes | |||
| B1 | Duet For Organ Wren And Alto Flute - Musician Wren | ||
| B2 | Voices In The Forest - Song Wren And Common Potoo | ||
| B3 | In The Air Like Clouds | ||
| B4 | Bird Pose |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Ballroom Marfa
- Recorded At – Marfa Recording Company
Credits
- Administrator [Organized By] – Sarah Melendez (tracks: A1-A5)
- Design, Layout – Dylan Marcus McConnell
- Electronics [Processing] – Rob Frye
- Flute – Rob Frye (tracks: B1-B4)
- Photography By [Birdscapes Still] – Martin Kaulen
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – James Evans*
- Synthesizer, Flute [Handmade Flutes] – Rob Frye (tracks: A1-A5)
Notes
The first edition comprises 250 copies with silver cassette shell and fold-over J-card, issued unsealed (this).
100 copies were available from Astral Spirits, and 100 from Ballroom Marfa.
Compiles material previously issued on two digital-only albums:
Side A -Â Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes, released 10/23/20
Side B -Â Birdscapes, released 10/08/18
A1 and A2 as they appear on this compilation are shorter than the versions released in 2020.
A4 combines two tracks that were originally released separately as "Psychopomp" and "Mountaingem".
Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes was developed and recorded in Ballroom Marfa's gallery amidst artist Solange Pessoa’s Longilonge exhibition (11/15/19-05/24/20), and at Marfa Recording Company as part of Rob Frye’s May 2020 Ballroom Sessions - The Farther Place residency. The project was commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and organized by BM Programs Director, Sarah Melendez. These five tracks include granular synthesized/processed audio material originally sourced from Xeno-canto, a citizen science project and internet repository that allows volunteer users to record, upload and share field recordings of birdsong and bird calls. Rob Frye hand-crafted his flutes from invasive grasses he collected on the banks of the Rio Grande river.
Birdscapes was developed for collaboration with artist Martin Kaulen, which resulted in the Birdscapes concert/installation ("sound happening", per Rob Frye), presented 11/06/18 at Chez Adel, Paris. Tracks B3 and B4 also form the soundtrack of Kaulen's 2020 Birdscapes video. B1 features a slowed-down version of Richard Ranft's recording of the musician wren [original audio source]. B2 uses granular synthesized/processed versions of Peter Boesman's recordings of the song wren and common potoo* [original Xeno-canto field recordings here and here].
* frankly hilarious
100 copies were available from Astral Spirits, and 100 from Ballroom Marfa.
Compiles material previously issued on two digital-only albums:
Side A -Â Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes, released 10/23/20
Side B -Â Birdscapes, released 10/08/18
A1 and A2 as they appear on this compilation are shorter than the versions released in 2020.
A4 combines two tracks that were originally released separately as "Psychopomp" and "Mountaingem".
Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes was developed and recorded in Ballroom Marfa's gallery amidst artist Solange Pessoa’s Longilonge exhibition (11/15/19-05/24/20), and at Marfa Recording Company as part of Rob Frye’s May 2020 Ballroom Sessions - The Farther Place residency. The project was commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and organized by BM Programs Director, Sarah Melendez. These five tracks include granular synthesized/processed audio material originally sourced from Xeno-canto, a citizen science project and internet repository that allows volunteer users to record, upload and share field recordings of birdsong and bird calls. Rob Frye hand-crafted his flutes from invasive grasses he collected on the banks of the Rio Grande river.
Birdscapes was developed for collaboration with artist Martin Kaulen, which resulted in the Birdscapes concert/installation ("sound happening", per Rob Frye), presented 11/06/18 at Chez Adel, Paris. Tracks B3 and B4 also form the soundtrack of Kaulen's 2020 Birdscapes video. B1 features a slowed-down version of Richard Ranft's recording of the musician wren [original audio source]. B2 uses granular synthesized/processed versions of Peter Boesman's recordings of the song wren and common potoo* [original Xeno-canto field recordings here and here].
* frankly hilarious
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Description
Rob Frye – Chihuahuan Desert / Birdscapes
Â
Label: |
Astral Spirits – AS172, Ballroom Marfa – AS172 |
|---|---|
Format: |
Cassette, Compilation, Silver Shell
|
Country: |
US |
Released: |
|
Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Experimental, Field Recording, Electroacoustic |
Tracklist
| Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes | |||
| A1 | Lesser Is More - Lesser Nighthawk And Common Nighthawk | ||
| A2 | Cloudspur - Chestnut-Collared Longspur, McCown's Longspur, Eastern Meadowlark, Pyrrhuloxia | ||
| A3 | Grasslands - Baird's Sparrow And Cassin's Sparrow | ||
| A4 | Psychopomp/Mountaingem - Common Raven, Blue-Throated Mountaingem, And Lucifer Sheartail | ||
| A5 | Slowly Crossing The Infinite - Common Grackle And Great-Tailed Grackle | ||
| Birdscapes | |||
| B1 | Duet For Organ Wren And Alto Flute - Musician Wren | ||
| B2 | Voices In The Forest - Song Wren And Common Potoo | ||
| B3 | In The Air Like Clouds | ||
| B4 | Bird Pose |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Ballroom Marfa
- Recorded At – Marfa Recording Company
Credits
- Administrator [Organized By] – Sarah Melendez (tracks: A1-A5)
- Design, Layout – Dylan Marcus McConnell
- Electronics [Processing] – Rob Frye
- Flute – Rob Frye (tracks: B1-B4)
- Photography By [Birdscapes Still] – Martin Kaulen
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – James Evans*
- Synthesizer, Flute [Handmade Flutes] – Rob Frye (tracks: A1-A5)
Notes
The first edition comprises 250 copies with silver cassette shell and fold-over J-card, issued unsealed (this).
100 copies were available from Astral Spirits, and 100 from Ballroom Marfa.
Compiles material previously issued on two digital-only albums:
Side A -Â Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes, released 10/23/20
Side B -Â Birdscapes, released 10/08/18
A1 and A2 as they appear on this compilation are shorter than the versions released in 2020.
A4 combines two tracks that were originally released separately as "Psychopomp" and "Mountaingem".
Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes was developed and recorded in Ballroom Marfa's gallery amidst artist Solange Pessoa’s Longilonge exhibition (11/15/19-05/24/20), and at Marfa Recording Company as part of Rob Frye’s May 2020 Ballroom Sessions - The Farther Place residency. The project was commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and organized by BM Programs Director, Sarah Melendez. These five tracks include granular synthesized/processed audio material originally sourced from Xeno-canto, a citizen science project and internet repository that allows volunteer users to record, upload and share field recordings of birdsong and bird calls. Rob Frye hand-crafted his flutes from invasive grasses he collected on the banks of the Rio Grande river.
Birdscapes was developed for collaboration with artist Martin Kaulen, which resulted in the Birdscapes concert/installation ("sound happening", per Rob Frye), presented 11/06/18 at Chez Adel, Paris. Tracks B3 and B4 also form the soundtrack of Kaulen's 2020 Birdscapes video. B1 features a slowed-down version of Richard Ranft's recording of the musician wren [original audio source]. B2 uses granular synthesized/processed versions of Peter Boesman's recordings of the song wren and common potoo* [original Xeno-canto field recordings here and here].
* frankly hilarious
100 copies were available from Astral Spirits, and 100 from Ballroom Marfa.
Compiles material previously issued on two digital-only albums:
Side A -Â Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes, released 10/23/20
Side B -Â Birdscapes, released 10/08/18
A1 and A2 as they appear on this compilation are shorter than the versions released in 2020.
A4 combines two tracks that were originally released separately as "Psychopomp" and "Mountaingem".
Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes was developed and recorded in Ballroom Marfa's gallery amidst artist Solange Pessoa’s Longilonge exhibition (11/15/19-05/24/20), and at Marfa Recording Company as part of Rob Frye’s May 2020 Ballroom Sessions - The Farther Place residency. The project was commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and organized by BM Programs Director, Sarah Melendez. These five tracks include granular synthesized/processed audio material originally sourced from Xeno-canto, a citizen science project and internet repository that allows volunteer users to record, upload and share field recordings of birdsong and bird calls. Rob Frye hand-crafted his flutes from invasive grasses he collected on the banks of the Rio Grande river.
Birdscapes was developed for collaboration with artist Martin Kaulen, which resulted in the Birdscapes concert/installation ("sound happening", per Rob Frye), presented 11/06/18 at Chez Adel, Paris. Tracks B3 and B4 also form the soundtrack of Kaulen's 2020 Birdscapes video. B1 features a slowed-down version of Richard Ranft's recording of the musician wren [original audio source]. B2 uses granular synthesized/processed versions of Peter Boesman's recordings of the song wren and common potoo* [original Xeno-canto field recordings here and here].
* frankly hilarious
