COTD_260808Sherwood Cottage, 26/08/08Children of the Droneaudioopensource_audio[If you're unfamiliar with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net">Children of the Drone</a>, the series of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22children%20of%20the%20drone%22%20compilation%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_audio"> compilations</a> will provide a better overview than these individual sessions, which can be quite 'unrepresentative'.]
Improvised music, recorded at Sherwood House, near <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_St_Cyres">Newton St. Cyres</a> on 26/08/08.2008-08-262008Psychedelic;Organic;Improvisational post-modern alternative folk;improv;Ambient;Atmos and Drone;Drone, Ambient;Lo-Fi;Free Psych-Folk;lofi;improvisation;improvisational;Devon;Exeter;drone;droning;jamming;psychedeliahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/2008-09-02 06:49:302008-09-02 06:48:34mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.ukMRWZoom H2 digital recorder1:08:44<center><table width="550" border="0"><tr><td>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/vaughan.jpg">Vaughan</a> - acoustic guitar, mandolin, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_moi">dan moi</a>, accordion, percussion
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/john.jpg">John</a> - acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, whistles, voice, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbira">mbira</a>, xylophone, percussion
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/keith.jpg">Keith</a> - electric guitar, acoustic bass, backward vocal samples, percussion
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.secam.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/philsax.jpg">Philip</a> - assorted bowls, bells, percussion, mbira, xylophone, acoustic guitar, harmonica, iPod, dan moi, <i>etc.</i>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/images/matthew-lundy.jpg">Matthew W</a> - <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz">saz</a>, acoustic bass guitar, percussion
Sadly, the first 45 minutes or so failed to record.
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<span style="font-size:78%;">the gardens of Sherwood House (Vaughan's the gardener)</span></center>
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File names encode recording information, as follows: "010605-d2t1x2-2130to2412.mp3" would be e<b>x</b>cerpt 2 from <b>t</b>rack 1 of mini<b>d</b>isc 2 (running from 21:30 to 24:12 of that track) recorded during the session on 1<sup>st</sup> June 2005. Sessions are usually in two parts - we fill one disc, stop for tea, and then fill another disc.
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</td></tr></table></center>2008-09-02 07:03:09Matthew Watkins