Norman Lowrey - Spirit Talk: Conversations With The Singing Masks
Label:
Catalog#:
DL 12-2000 CD
Format:
CDr, Album
Country:
US
Released:
2000
Genre:
Electronic,
Non-Music
Style:
Field Recording,
Ambient
Tracklist
| Ver. 1 Soundscape (33:04) | ||||
| 1 | Untitled | 2:58 | ||
| 2 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 3 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 4 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 5 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 6 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 7 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 8 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 9 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 10 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 11 | Untitled | 3:08 | ||
| In Performance For EarthSounding, St. Stephen & The Incarnation, Washington, D.C. (33:45) | ||||
| 12 | Untitled | 2:51 | ||
| 13 | Untitled | 6:00 | ||
| 14 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 15 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 16 | Untitled | 2:59 | ||
| 17 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 18 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 19 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 20 | Untitled | 3:00 | ||
| 21 | Untitled | 3:52 | ||
Credits
Performer -
Choir of St. Stephen & the Incarnation
,
Comma (5)
,
Joseph Zitt
,
Matthew Ross Davis
,
Ronald Stolk
,
Thomas Bickley
Performer [Singing Mask], Recorded By, Producer - Norman Lowrey
Performer [Singing Mask], Recorded By, Producer - Norman Lowrey
Notes
Spirit Talk is a continuation of two prior ceremony/performance pieces (riverdream through us and Spirit Dream: Stories of the Singing Masks) in its exploration of experiencing the intelligence and underlying spiritual essence of the non-human realm. Whereas the previous pieces approached this by way of dream, Spirit Talk focuses on glossolalia - the spirit language of all things. The accompanying soundscape consists of a rich layering of prior works, each of which contains multiple recordings of river sounds, birds, crickets, and other voices of nature.
The specific ingredients of this soundscape are:
On the Line, an exploration of the Line of Power from Soltice Rock, York, NY to South Hill, Canandaigua, NY (3 superimposed mask ceremonies, one at Solstice Rock, another on the Genesee River, and the third South Hill); Spirit Dream I, with Pauline Oliveros playing a variety of instruments processed through delay units together with 12 Singing Masks, presented at Drew University University, March, 1993; A Vision of the Primordial Delaware (sound installation for the wall hanging by Peter Kinney presented at the National Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, June, 1995), which includes recordings from the 7 sites of the Delaware River Soundings and a performance of riverdream through us, with Pauline Oliveros at the Nutshell Gallery in Huntington, NY, July, 1995; birds outside my 2nd floor bedroom window, 5 am, May, 1998; woodthrush, Linwood, NY (location of Solstice Rock), June, 1998.
1. ver. 1 Accompanying Soundscape
2. in performance for EarthSounding sponsored by St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., April 24, 1999, with Comma (Thomas Bickley, Matthew Ross Davis, Joseph Zitt), Ronald Stolk, and the Choir of St. Stephen & the Incarnation.
The specific ingredients of this soundscape are:
On the Line, an exploration of the Line of Power from Soltice Rock, York, NY to South Hill, Canandaigua, NY (3 superimposed mask ceremonies, one at Solstice Rock, another on the Genesee River, and the third South Hill); Spirit Dream I, with Pauline Oliveros playing a variety of instruments processed through delay units together with 12 Singing Masks, presented at Drew University University, March, 1993; A Vision of the Primordial Delaware (sound installation for the wall hanging by Peter Kinney presented at the National Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, June, 1995), which includes recordings from the 7 sites of the Delaware River Soundings and a performance of riverdream through us, with Pauline Oliveros at the Nutshell Gallery in Huntington, NY, July, 1995; birds outside my 2nd floor bedroom window, 5 am, May, 1998; woodthrush, Linwood, NY (location of Solstice Rock), June, 1998.
1. ver. 1 Accompanying Soundscape
2. in performance for EarthSounding sponsored by St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., April 24, 1999, with Comma (Thomas Bickley, Matthew Ross Davis, Joseph Zitt), Ronald Stolk, and the Choir of St. Stephen & the Incarnation.