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- Hinzugefügt am 3 Januar 2025
- Album Joy Anger Doubt
- Erstellungsjahr 2025
- Tags synth, electropop, field recordings, elecrtronica, electro
- 7 Plays
Credits
‘Cuban Crocodiles’ lists endangered species, such as royal spoonbills, black rat snakes, swordfish, great auks, and Cuban crocodiles, and plays with sound samples from some of them. A track about the value of listening and field recording, saving our planet, and the destruction that is around us. The track ends with a statement by Kenyan sound artist Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU. The track further uses samples of controversial Ghanaian priest and Angel Bishop Obinim, arguing that he is capable of transforming himself into any animal.
Quote:
‘Royal spoonbills have something to say’.
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‘Different objects have something to say for themselves. With technology, microphones, you can be able to record them’.
Music written and produced by Thomas Burkhalter and Daniel Jakob
Lyrics by Thomas Burkhalter, Daniel Jakob and Joseph Kamaru
Vocals by Christophe Jaquet recorded in Bern at Filewile Studio
Vocals by Joy Frempong recorded in Berlin
Vocals by Joseph Kamaru recorded by Thomas Burkhalter in Nairobi
Melodies in My Head is 2023 founded duo of Swiss music producer Daniel Jakob and anthropologist, AV artist, and founder of Norient Thomas Burkhalter. The lyrics are drawn largely from ethnographic...