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Golden-hooded Tanager, (Tangara larvata). The Tanager family of birds are most diverse in the Tropical Andes (143 species in Ecuador), where they are renowned for some spectacular colour combinations.
photo: Doug Wechsler/copyright VIREO
Valentin Gerlier, songwriter, novelist and musician, born in Brussels, raised in Tuscany, studied music, literature and philosophy, and recently recorded for us a new version a song from his album Dawn of a New Day which was 'inspired by the timeless city I live in' - London.
photo: Nico Gauduchon
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Congratulations to album contributor Dobet Gnahore on her Grammy!
posted by Dominic Sedgwick on 11 March 2010Congratulations to album contributor Dobet Gnahore on her Grammy in Best Urban/Alternative Performance category! Dobet collaborated with India Arie to cover Sade’s song “Pearls” [Soulbird/Universal Republic], and India Arie accepted the award on behalf of the two collaborators thanking Dobet for her inspiration. Here’s what Dobet says on her myspace blog:”Originally a studio project, the […]
Read the full entryClever monkey (shortlisting forest soundscapes for Forest Project: Ecuador)
posted by Dominic Sedgwick on 28 January 2010As we’ve mentioned there will be two or three forest interludes on the album creating track clusters, like the silence bisecting Robert Wyatt’s ‘Cuckooland’ but with more of an emphasis on continuity. Yesterday I met wildlife sound recordist John Paterson at his home studio - he was recording in Ecuador during December - to begin shortlisting soundscapes, […]
Read the full entryOur wildlife sound recordist arrives in Ecuador today…
posted by Dominic Sedgwick on 24 November 2009Today, on the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’, brilliant wildlife sound recordist John Paterson arrives in Ecuador on behalf of Ginkgo Music to begin making recordings for Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador.
There are many perfectly good recordings of individual birdsongs by ornithologists, but John belongs to a small […]
Abbey Road Studios to master Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador
posted by Dominic Sedgwick on 5 October 2009We are eternally grateful to Abbey Road Studios who have agreed to master Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador. It is an honour for us and for the project that the studio that made the Beatles’ albums and has such an incredible history will be handling the mastering for us. Onwards and upwards!
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