An unusual field recording for you today – bat sounds recorded by Tenali Hrenak in the Dhammayan Gyi Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar. City version: Pascal Savy has taken a deep dive into the location in which the bat sounds were heard to produce a dense and impressive recomposed sound: “The inspiration for this track […]
We’re back in Myanmar today, courtesy of Tenali Hrenak’s excellent selection of field recordings from the country – today we can hear children playing and the sounds of chanting in Nyaung-U, transformed into a haunting new piece by Manja Ristic. City version: Manja Ristic writes of her reimagined version: “Spatial sound imagination from the perspective […]
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