I=B4ll be happy to supply a high class multi purpose (X-Y / M-S /
Blumline) stereo microphone for this project. You will need a SD
recorder or Tascam FR2LE.
Klas.
On 2017-04-19 23:35, Peter Annear
[naturerecordists] wrote:
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> I have the most amazing sound recording opportunity and I would
> appreciate advice, guidance and creative responses. Please.
> There is a wonderful region of Greece called Zagoria. It=92s right up in=
> the northwest corner, close to the Albanian border. This is limestone
> country with fantastically tilted slab mountains, gorges, canyons,
> extraordinarily clear turquoise waters, stone arched bridges, rare
> flora and fauna with wolves, bears and wild boar and nearly 50
> traditional villages with stone roofed houses, terraced gardens and
> wonderful mountain food.
> In summer the temperatures can reach the 40s and in the winter we can
> experience minus 20 with over a meter of snow; violent thunder and
> rainstorms can change the landscape dramatically in a matter of
> minutes. This is a place steeped in the past and on the move.
> Here, although disappearing, are flocks of mountain goats and sheep,
> dogs, transhumance, Sarakatsani travellers and music that is like
> nothing else on earth; the sound of the rivers, the birds, of
> shepherds=92 laments and yearning for times past and times passing. It
> is the clarinet, violin, laoute and the human voice that call back
> memories and evoke a pastoral long gone sound.
> This is a spiritual and sacred area with many =93exoklisia=94 (small
> shrines and chapels outside the villages), monasteries clinging to
> rock faces and sacred spaces in wooded groves in the mountains, by
> rivers and other remote places.
> These sacred groves are carefully preserved secrets: not for the
> tourist trail to be treated lightly, but spaces of special
> significance for the villagers to connect with the spiritual and
> ecological elements of their simply profound existence.
> At the University of Ioannina there is a biologist and ecologist, who
> has researched these sacred groves in great detail. She has agreed to
> collaborate on a sound recording project with me.
> I want to do this project justice; I would like it to have sonic,
> artistic and ecological integrity, I would like to explore sounds that
> exemplify these sacred spaces and sounds rarely heard or disappearing,
> I would like it to inspire care for this fragile place, I would like
> it to encourage deeper listening. It should take time, I want
> appropriate equipment, I need to make the right connections and I need
> to think about how we can celebrate this in a way that brings together
> all those who care. I am just starting=85.with an empty page.
> Any responses gratefully received.
> Thank you
> Peter Annear
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