The Roving Musicologist
Found Sound, Outsider, Street Performers, Sound Events, Experimental, Recorded and Posted with a minimum of interference.
acoustic:
Solar Powered Instruments of Junk (Budapest)
Currently at Makettlabor Gallery.
The Artist is Bori Balint, and the name of the show is Kabocak.
Play count: 41
Travel Post #23: Party in the USA (Portland, Oregon Again)
Ending where I began the trip, this recording is a sampling of the country I almost left behind.
On this recording there is a street performer and two different conversations, one of which was just one person. While I can’t say where exactly they were recorded, the picture below was taken nearby one of them:
The storefront was blank except for soda bottles from bankrupt ventures.
Having recovered from the shock of being swathed once again in the language that not so long ago was reserved for the inside of my head, I have been able to put this together. More recordings from outside of the US will be posted when they can be identified.
Miley also welcomed me home when I caught a ride in a gleaming SUV. Photo courtesy of fisherwy.blogspot.com
Goatskin Sack Music was dominant at Alberta St.
And for those of you that came here in error:
Play count: 15
Travel Post #20: Modern Day Angkor Living Loop Children. They surrounded me in the taxi and I let them go. Everything you hear is for sale, including the drums and stringed instruments.
Play count: 20
Travel Post #19: Angkor Wat Echo Chamber
If you hit yourself on the chest while against the wall in this chamber you will turn into a Buddhist Gong. Towards the end of this track I tried to make the sound through other methods. It didn’t work. Strangely enough, my first two recordings of this chamber refuse to play. If you look for this chamber at Angkor Wat, it is located in the northwest doorway that looks out onto the library. Stand against any wall and beat yourself severely. Then tap your chest lightly and listen for the sound.
The Chinese Buses arrive at 8am so come early to avoid a line.
Play count: 21
Travel Post #7: GFF part 2: The Old Man
I’m always trying to find old men playing any kind of instrument. I don’t like it when people can sing too well, when their voices can handle any note with ease. Playing traditional music makes some people work…they can’t change the notes around to fit their range.
There were about fifty people onstage when this guy played. Various people would play together during the set, and sometimes the entire orchestra. Then there were a few two minute solo songs. This guy came forward, did his thing, and then rejoined the line, like it was no big deal.
This is probably it for the traditional music posts for awhile…I am currently in Turkey which abounds with interesting street noise.
The lucky charm of an Albanian bus driver.
Play count: 35
