Western Wind, by Audio Obscura

Western Wind

by Audio Obscura

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Mood Exhibit a surreal journey of visual soundscapes, offering a glimpse of a timeless and mysterious place. Active and constantly compelling ambience. Favorite track: Western Wind (ambient).

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All versions of the album come with exclusive bouns remixes;
"I asked 15 diverse sound artists and musicians to reinterpret the basic Western Wind tune, each were given the same basic 2 minute audio source."

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This album was recorded in stages between Summer 2015 and Spring 2016, at its core are a number of radical new versions of Western Wind.

Western Wind is a traditional lyric-poem dating from 1150-1500 C.E.
As a lyric poem it acquired the tune later but both tune and words, as we'd recognize them today are recorded in print from a collection dated to 1530.

The tune and poem are taken apart electronically and reinterpreted through ambient and electronic forms, fusing the choral history of the tune with the possibilities of technology.

Vocals on Track 2 and 4 are by Bird Radio www.birdradio.co.uk

Track 4 features Michael Ridge on home-made spring rack instrument.

Strings are played by The Sound Celestial Orchestra

All other sounds and electronics by Audio Obscura (Neil Stringfellow)

Cover design and sleeve by David Barrington.

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	1.	Western Wind (intro) 01:50
	2.	Western Wind (vocal) 04:31
	3.	Retreating Tide 06:49
	4.	Western Wind (ambient) 09:52
	5.	Eastern Seaboard 07:05
	6.	Western Wind (electronic) 06:57
	7.	Western Wind (imperialism) 12:14
	8.	At Peace Now (for John Lambert 1967-2015) 03:41

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This album was recorded in stages between Summer 2015 and Spring 2016, at its core are a number of radical new versions of Western Wind.

Western Wind is a traditional lyric-poem dating from 1150-1500 C.E. although it maybe older and date back as far as the crusades although its true meaning and origin are obscure. As a lyric poem it acquired the tune later but both tune and words, as we'd recognize them today are recorded in print from a collection dated to 1530.

The tune and poem are taken apart electronically and reinterpreted through ambient and electronic forms, fusing the choral history of the tune with the possibilities of technology.

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released November 23, 2016

Vocals on Track 2 and 4 are by Bird Radio www.birdradio.co.uk

Track 4 features Michael Ridge on home-made spring rack instrument.

Strings are played by The Sound Celestial Orchestra

All other sounds and electronics by Audio Obscura (Neil Stringfellow)

Cover design and sleeve by David Barrington.

x For Susila and Arlo x

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Audio Obscura England, UK

Audio Obscura. Norfolk, UK.

The sound is mainly odd electronics, melting the wide spectrums of electro-acoustic music, musique concrète, idm and occasional field recordings, with post-classical minimal leanings.