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Waking in Nima / Steven Feld.

Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 20373
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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Feld, Steven, composer, recordist.
Language:
English
Undetermined
Subjects (All):
Soundscapes (Music)--Ghana--Accra.
Soundscapes (Music).
Ambient music--Ghana--Accra.
Ambient music.
Pentecostals--Ghana--Accra--Music.
Pentecostals.
Islamic music--Ghana--Accra.
Islamic music.
Chants--Ghana--Accra.
Chants.
Birdsongs--Ghana--Accra.
Birdsongs.
Animal sounds--Ghana--Accra.
Animal sounds.
Ghana--Accra.
Genre:
Soundscapes (Music)
Live sound recordings.
Chants.
Sound recordings
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (46:26) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
[New Mexico] : VoxLox, [2010]
System Details:
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
audio file
CD audio
Summary:
Listen to dawn sound religious tolerance as acoustic co-existence in Accra, Ghana. Voices from mosques and Pentecostal churches intertwine with songbirds and roosters to wake the Nima neighborhood in this ambient soundscape composition recorded from treetops and roofs.
Notes:
Title from disc label.
Waking in Nima is an eight-track ambient mix of real-time recordings gathered from treetops and roofs over a single weekend.
Compact disc.
Notes by the composer on container.
OCLC:
922640473
Publisher Number:
VoxLox 110 VoxLox
110 VoxLox

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