A brief audio history of agriculture
Catalogue #:oral CD08
Barcode:777078 91229
Release date:July 20, 2005
photography:John McNinch
design:Eric Mattson
A brief audio history of agriculture "This project began with an unlikely source:a t-shirt, which readif you eat, you have an interest in agriculture . From conversations about the ways in which agriculture and farming practices have shaped our lives in North America derived primal ideas on a language to represent agriculture. Early in the spring of 2004, as the snow was just melting, I made some recordings of myself "playing" a derelict rusty piece of farm machinery abandon in a field. I was quite taken with the sounds I was able to record and with the extent to which I was able to "play" the machinery as an instrument. It was in these recordings that I discovered both the language and the story of this CD:a history of agriculture told using sounds created with the tools of agriculture. Initially the piece intended on developing using some sort of timeline, starting with the most basic elements:seeds, soil, water... and progressing to modern day mechanized tools. A combination of the old and the new; the banging and scraping of antique metal milk containers combined with the soft humming of a contemporary milk tank coolant unit. More subtle aspects of the history of agriculture, migration, drought, a recent move away from "the family farm"... were brought in. And here it is:the brief audio history of agriculture, all on one CD.
Nathan McNinch:field-recordings and manipulation of found objects Darcy and Nathan McNinch. All additional recordings, instrumentation, processing, and composition Nathan McNinch www.petitesono.com
KEY SELLING POINTS
-First full-length solo work, not self-released. Unlike most of field recording based pieces, composition is here the master key.
-A new release on ORAL, the label directed by Eric Mattson, music curator for MUTEK festival and independent producer for:MUTEK_rec.
-A "must" have for all lovers of experimental, subtle but intriguing releases.
-Carefully mastered by John Sellekaers-METARC (Ant-Zen, Klanggalerie, Noise Museum, Quatermass, Sub Rosa).
IN SEARCH FOR DISTRIBUTION
To distribute this oral release Please contact:Eric Mattson,
