Moniek Darge : Sounds of Sacred Places
Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:44 am
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Moniek Darge : Sounds of Sacred Places
01 Turkish Square (09:11)
02 Abbey Sounds (12:26)
03 Rain (07:05)
04 Solstice Sample (10:28)
05 Three Sunbeams (05:47)
Total time: 45:00
LP released on Igloo Records, 1987
As far as I can tell, this is Moniek Darge’s unique solo recording, and a major release in the field of location recording and sound poetry. She is well known today as a violinist, performer, creator of numerous music-boxes and half of the Logos Duo with Godfried-Willem Raes (see previous post). She is assistant professor at the Hogeschool Ghent, Belgium. Darge wrote a book on Annea Lockwood (published on the Gynaika belgian imprint) and an article on Maori music ‘Traditional Maori-music from New-Zealand’ [+], after making field recordings in New-Zeeland that included Maori chanting. ‘Sounds of Sacred Places’ is devoted to what she calls ’soundscapes’, that is, sound art based on location recordings from the Flanders area, specifically churches and abbeys from Ghent. Sounds include: bells, doves, children, rain, oscillators courtesy G-W Raes. ‘Turkish Square’ is build on interviews and location recordings of a turkish community in Ghent, gathering around a derelict square (pictured above). It starts with electronics by Raes and then builds on lively vocals and field recordings. ‘Abbey Sounds’ is a montage of several contributors’ voices (including: David Moss, Frank Venaille, John King, Charlie Morrow and others) amid the insistent doves’ cooing. French poet Venaille is improvising an exquisite fantastic story in french, of a bird king living in the old abbey for ages. Other contributors are dutch or english speaking. The last 2 tracks are electroacoustic music build from bell sounds only, the last one very quietly ending this excellent collection of tracks.
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