a r t i s t : Dale Berning
t i t l e : The Horse and Camel Stories
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Flau (FLAU03)
g e n r e : Ambient
r l s. d a t e : 11/2007
t r a c k s : 19
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 67,3 MB
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At the top of a carpeted staircase in a Georgian country home
a blue wooden rocking horse stands completely still in front
of a closed window with a view out onto the green hills and
trees and fields beyond. A child rides a stationary wooden
horse and travels to faraway places without ever leaving the
security of his room. The movement of a rocking horse is
similar to that of a cradle, or a swing, or a lullaby. Its
about being quiet, its about balance, its about being at home
and thinking of elsewhere.
The Horse and Camel Stories is a collection of soundtracks by
Dale Berning. "vase" to "keyhole" were originally compossed
for Hiraki Sawa's film Going Places Titting Down, commissioned
by the Hayward Gallery and Bloomberg London, for Waterloo
Sunset, the Dan Graham Pavilion at the Hayward in November
2004. It is a piece about make-believe journeys to far-away
places (at the tips of your fingers, between the cracks in the
floor at your feet, on the edge and behind the door, right
here where you are, close-by...). These tracks are released as
The Horse Stories on vinyl on Bo'Weavil Recordings in 2006.
The Horse and Camel Stories is included 5 bonus tracks.
"flock" is a soundtrack for a film by Stephanie Caw and the
soundtrack for another film by Hiraki Sawa: Trail, which was
at the Yokohama Triennale 2005. It is composed of 3 tracks
entitled "walking a circle", "caravanserail" and "a three-pane
window". All beautiful compositions are all variations on the
same theme.
For the soundtrack Dale used sounds belonging to the country
house and garden in which Sawa filmed - water running in the
upstairs bathroom; rain water dripping on the stones outside
the kitchen door, sparkling water in a glass on the table, the
wind-chime and the clock and the record player... And then the
sounds of music boxes being played - one elaborate antique
music-box with bells the shape of bees and a miniature hollow
drum, and other simple music boxes, playing only one tune
each, tiny naked metallic combs and drums and handles.
At the core of all Dale Berning's sound work lies a deep
interest in ideas of aliveness, of space and the awareness of
time passing, of breathing and being still and of listening.
And of the possibility of grace.
http://www.flau.jp/releases/03.html
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01-Vase [01:17]
02-Room [03:27]
03-Swimming [01:20]
04-Carpet [02:59]
05-Shadow Moving [03:07]
06-Another One [02:38]
07-Piano [03:21]
08-Fireworks [03:36]
09-Beat [01:39]
10-Jungle [05:50]
11-Central Heating [03:02]
12-Oven [03:09]
13-Ship and Camel [03:02]
14-Keyhole [01:05]
15-Flock [01:18]
16-Walking a Circle [04:26]
17-Caravanserail [06:04]
18-A Three-Pane Window [02:38]
19-Cloud [07:59]
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