The Tulip Piskies & The Chariot of Sleep
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The Tulip Piskies & The Chariot of Sleep
(‘Nevermoon’ Lighthouse Broadcast/NVRMN-1375)
(Musical piece in 3 acts)
Intro: The Beautiful Bride of August
I. The Chariot of Sleep
II. The Tulip Pixies
III. ‘…so dance for Thine is the Kingdom!’
Outro: The Beautiful Bride of August Pt.2
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*Description of the samples used:
Intro:
- [cydon]: A very wide searching sonar with no response.
Act I:
- [DrNI]: Recorded from a Siemens Kleinsuper A8 tube-driven radio.
Those devices were sold in 1958 and 1959. Recorded with a t.bone SC450 condenser over a Behringer DDX3216 digital console into Ardour.
- End of Act I: [w1zy]: In this short clip we listen in to a conversation between and American radio operator and a 10 year old operator in Austria.
Act II:
- [DrNI]: There is some noise and then the search of a radio station with some ultra-short fragments of music, some buzzes and hums. In the end there is the click of the switch when the unit is switched off
- [YleArkisto]: Vanha FM radio, radioasemien etsintää. Puhetta eri kielillä, musiikkia, vinkunoita, suhinaa ym. 1960-luku. Äänitetty / Rec: Analoginen nauha, Nagra / Analog tape, Nagra Paikka/Place: Suomi / Finland / Helsinki Aika/Date: 1967
All samples are taken from: freesound.org
Cover Picture: Seashore beside Preveli-village, South-east coast of Crete Isle.
Uppercase letter ‘T’ with the elves-drawing is taken from ‘Folk-tales of the British Isles’, Moscow, Raduga Publisher 1987
All mouth harp (khomus) fragments performed by Myth United
All music and harmony were written by Myth United during August-December, 2020
Released by: Shannon & SUN INC., 2020