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MORNE DIABLOTINS\u00a0| Rodolphe ALEXIS<\/a><\/strong> Gruen 139\u00a0| Audio CD > [order<\/a>]<\/p>\n Reviews<\/a><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n <\/p>\n What did the Caribbean islands \u2013 acoustically- look like before the arrival of Columbus? With this question in mind I took a short trip to the National Park of Guadeloupe and to Dominica, one of the most preserved island of the Lesser Antilles, which still retains some of its primary forest on the slopes of its volcanic peaks. I crossed the paths of the \u2018Jaco\u2019 and \u2018Sisserou\u2019 (the endemic species of parrots), met some local insects and tree frogs, but unfortunately failed to find any \u2018Mountain Chicken\u2019. This endemic giant frog \u2013 Leptodactylus fallax \u2013 has now virtually disappeared from the island due to chytridiomycosis*. These recordings were made in January 2013 near the Grand-Etang, Guadeloupe (track 1 &4), and Morne Diablotins National Park, \u2018Syndicate Reserve, Grand Bay, Dominica.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Morne Diablotins“ is the proper name designating the National Park of Dominica and its eponymous volcano. That name comes from the old French, at the time when the „Dominique“ was still under French governance. In french it can have a double-entender, with the word „Morne“ meaning „mountain“ but also „low“, „sad“, „dull“ and the word „Diablotins“ meaning „little devils“, with a friendly feeling – Rodolphe Alexis<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *Chytridiomycosis is an infectious disease caused by a fungus and responsible for the global and critical decline of amphibians worldwide. <\/p>\n Tracklisting : <\/p>\n 8 Tracks (72\u203256\u2033) <\/p>\n Identified recorded species : <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n <\/p>\n Photo Captions : <\/p>\n Field Recording Series by Gruenrekorder <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Holger Adam | testcard #24: Bug Report. Digital war besser<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Rodolphe ALEXIS | MORNE DIABLOTINS\u00a0@ The Wire<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n IDWAL FISHER – an antimacassar for the hearing<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Kubisch and G\u00fcther\u2019s made a deal with the locals in a I\u2019ll show you mine if you show me yours kind of fashion. With Cameroon being a noisy place by nature [car horns, markets, amplified music etc.] they thought that it might be in the locals interest to hear what went on outside these everyday noises. The locals then took them to places they thought might interest them, hence the church, an abandoned hotel, the river, a national park. The results veer from the chaotic [the church service] to the sublime [the end of that rainstorm] with both sides coming out winners. Holding workshops for the locals Kubisch and G\u00fcther soon realised that the locals did indeed take heed of what was going on around them \u2018but so far they had not felt any necessity to store these sounds\u2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Morne Diablotins [the name of the highest mountain in Dominica] Rodolphe Alexis takes a walk with recording equipment in hand passing Jaco and Sisserou, the endemic species of parrot, but failing to locate any mountain chicken\u2019s or giant frogs. There\u2019s always a next time. Its his mission to record and observe giving us the purity of the rainforest in all its verdant glory.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And whilst I thought that these recordings weren\u2019t anything out of the ordinary [preferring David Tudor\u2019s electronic take on the rainforest if pushed into a corner for an opinion] they do draw you in. Especially on the longest and most immersive track, the 28 minute \u2018A Night in Grand Bay\u2019 where a tropical rain storm, insect chatter and the agitated calls of parrots all joyously mingle. <\/p>\n Stephan Roiss | freiStil \u2013 Magazin f\u00fcr Musik und Umgebung #54<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Roger Batty | Musique Machine<\/a><\/strong> link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tina Manske | Musikmag<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Insekten, Fr\u00f6sche, das Erwachen der V\u00f6gel bei Sonnenaufgang, das Rauschen des Regens auf dicken Bl\u00e4ttern, all das kann man hier wunderbar nachh\u00f6ren. Der Morne Diablotins ist die h\u00f6chste Erhebung der Insel Dominica und eine sch\u00f6ne Fundgrube f\u00fcr Ger\u00e4usche, die es so vielleicht nicht mehr lange zu h\u00f6ren geben wird. <\/p>\n Guillermo Escudero | Loop<\/a><\/strong> link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cheryl Tipp | The Field Reporter<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n The islands of Dominica and Guadaloupe, both encountered and described during the second voyage of Chrisopher Colombus, provided Alexis with ample inspiration. Eight recordings from the expedition made the final cut, each one a perfect sonic postcard of exoticism for our western ears. A variety of birds, amphibians and insects lend themselves to the soundscapes, some of which bring with them more than just a pleasant listening experience. Track 8 includes the calls of the endangered Imperial Parrot, while track 2 focuses on the vulnerable Jaco Parrot. Both are endemic to Dominica and can be found nowhere else in the world; as recordings of these species are rarely found in archives, the publication has scientific value as well as the obvious aesthetic appeal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As one would expect from Alexis, and indeed Gruenrekorder, all eight recordings are of exceptional quality. A personal favourite is \u2018A Night in Grand Bay\u2019, a 28 minute snapshot of Dominica\u2019s Morne Diablotins National Park. It is exquisite; a delicate blend of insect and amphibian voices, complimented by rainfall that gradually diminishes as the close of the recording approaches. Perfectly balanced, perfectly judged and something that I could happily listen to again and again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another recording that I think deserves special attention is \u2018Grand Etang at Dusk\u2019. Coming in at just over 18 minutes, we are treated once again to a long, uninterrupted soundscape, this time recorded on Guadeloupe rather than Dominica. I find myself leaning more and more towards these longer field recordings which, when well done, give the listener plenty of time to ease themselves into the sound and all the nuances that come with recordings of this nature.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018Morne Diablotins\u2019 is a worthy addition to Rodolphe Alexis\u2019 growing discography.\u00a0 The recordings have an eternal quality that, though contemporary creations, speak of a time before colonisation. Together they offer a window into the past and an opportunity to appreciate the natural wonders of these island nations. <\/p>\n \u0141ukasz Kom\u0142a | Nowamuzyka.pl<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Francuski artysta Radolphe Alexis wybra\u0142 si\u0119 do Parku Narodowego Gwadelupy i Dominiki zadaj\u0105c sobie podstawowe pytanie. Jak mog\u0142y wygl\u0105da\u0107 Wyspy Karaibskie \u2013 w kwestii d\u017awi\u0119k\u00f3w przyrody \u2013 przed przybyciem Krzysztofa Kolumba? Dominika to jedna z najlepiej zachowanych wysp w archipelagu Ma\u0142ych Antyli, a na niej znajdziemy spore po\u0142acie pierwotnych las\u00f3w, kt\u00f3re porastaj\u0105 stoki wulkanicznych szczyt\u00f3w. Alexis zabiera s\u0142uchaczy na szlak wij\u0105cy si\u0119 gdzie\u017c u podn\u00f3\u017ca tytu\u0142owego wulkanu \u201eMorne Diablotins\u201d na Dominice. W pierwszej kolejno\u015bci poznajemy uroczy \u015bpiew papug tzw. amazo\u0144skiego perkoza (\u201eJaco\u201d) i amazonki cesarskiej (\u201eSisserou\u201d). Obie papugi traktuje si\u0119 w kategorii endemicznych gatunk\u00f3w. D\u017awi\u0119kowa przechadzka z Alexisem w\u015br\u00f3d las\u00f3w staje si\u0119 tak autentycznym prze\u017cyciem, \u017ce czu\u0107 jak pulsuje gor\u0105ce powietrze, a wraz z nim niezliczone ilo\u015bci r\u00f3\u017cnych owad\u00f3w i \u017cab. Autor wyznaje, \u017ce nie uda\u0142o mu si\u0119 trafi\u0107 na wyj\u0105tkowy okaz \u017caby jak\u0105 jest \u201eMountain Chicken\u201d (tak jest nazywana w miejscowym slangu \u2013 tutaj filmik). Endemiczny gatunek tej olbrzymiej \u017caby jest praktycznie na wymarciu. Taki stan rzeczy wywo\u0142a\u0142a choroba zaka\u017ana spowodowana przez grzyby (chytridiomycosis), kt\u00f3re niszcz\u0105 te\u017c wiele innych p\u0142az\u00f3w na ca\u0142ym \u015bwiecie.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jedno z fascynuj\u0105cych i doskonale wywa\u017conych nagra\u0144 na tym kr\u0105\u017cku to \u201eA Night in Grand Bay\u201d, dzi\u0119ki niemu mo\u017cemy sp\u0119dzi\u0107 spor\u0105 cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 nocy w rezerwacie Grand Bay. Z kolei fragment \u201eGrand Etang at Dusk\u201d przenosi nas na Gwadelup\u0119 \u2013 a tam szept, \u015bpiew ptak\u00f3w, cykanie i szmer. Prawie dwadzie\u015bcia minut tego nagrania sprawia, \u017ce odbieram to miejsce\u00a0 nie tylko jako \u201eha\u0142as\u201d jaki generuje przyroda, dla kt\u00f3rego las pe\u0142ni rol\u0119 pud\u0142a rezonuj\u0105cego, lecz postrzegam jako przestrze\u0144 pora\u017caj\u0105ca swoim spokojem.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Na pewno albumu Radolphe\u2019a Alexisa nie nale\u017cy traktowa\u0107 jako egzotycznej poczt\u00f3wki d\u017awi\u0119kowej przywiezionej dla Europejczyk\u00f3w. Przede wszystkim jest to materia\u0142 niezwykle wa\u017cny pod wzgl\u0119dem naukowym i estetycznym. Z tego co mi wiadomo, to bardzo ci\u0119\u017cko jest spotka\u0107 w jakichkolwiek archiwach nagrania odg\u0142os\u00f3w wspominanych papug. \u201eMorne Diablotins\u201d to p\u0142yta b\u0119d\u0105ca spojrzeniem w przesz\u0142o\u015b\u0107 pozwalaj\u0105ca wyobrazi\u0107 sobie, jak m\u00f3g\u0142by brzmie\u0107 \u015bwiat nieodarty z dziewiczej natury przez cz\u0142owieka-kolonizatora. Okazuje si\u0119, \u017ce temat jest tak samo aktualny dzi\u015b, jak i kilka wiek\u00f3w temu. <\/p>\n Brian Olewnick | Just outside<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n A documentation of avian, insectile and amphibious life in Guadeloupe and Dominica as well as surrounding, non-aniumal sounds. As with many similar releases I’ve encountered, it’s tough to make any sort of value judgment except to say how well or poorly the environment seems to have been captured, in this instance, very well. Choices of what to include seem based on which particular fauna have been caught on tape, lending a kind of „nature study“ feeling to the endeavor. Which is fine–clearly, you don’t need to listen to this as an art project, just vicariously troop along with Alexis as he roams the rain forests and volcanic peaks. On the one hand, you can understand his search for a Caribbean „before the arrival of Columbus“ but on the other, you wonder how far to take this avoidance of contemporary reality. There’s a decided risk of luxuriating in the exotic sounds and forgetting the world around.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And I have to admit, the sounds are pretty impressive even though, necessarily, one would really like to be surrounded by them rather than listening through speakers. Picking a „favorite“ track seems strange, but „Grand Etang at dusk“ has a lot going for it, including a wonderful, if brief, shower. I get the impression that Alexis has done some post-recording layering, not sure. In any case, while it’s not the kind of thing I’d normally find myself going out of my way to listen to, I can’t quibble with the quality of the sound–it’s routinely dense and intriguing. If you’re at all into pure, natural world field recordings, this is right up your alley.<\/p>\n link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n METAMKINE<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Le Son du Grisli<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n Frans de Waard | VITAL WEEKLY<\/a><\/strong> MORNE DIABLOTINS\u00a0| Rodolphe ALEXIS A walk among the Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe and Dominica Gruen 139\u00a0| Audio CD > [order] Reviews What did the Caribbean islands \u2013 acoustically- look like before the arrival of Columbus? With this question in mind I took a short trip to the National Park of Guadeloupe and to Dominica, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10712","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10712"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15785,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10712\/revisions\/15785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA walk among the Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe and Dominica<\/p>\n
\nThanks to :\u00a0 Reseve and Forestry Division of Dominica, Annick Abdul, Stephen Duran, Antony Levesque, Eric Dubois-Millot, DinahBird. Photos & artwork : RA<\/p>\n
\nI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Before sunset 2’32
\nII\u00a0\u00a0 Jaco\u2019s pairs fight 03’44
\nIII\u00a0 Noon (Dominican red-necked Amazon & faraway rooster) 05’13
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\nIV\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Etang at dusk 18’22
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\nV\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Syndicate Reserve at dusk 09’18
\nVI\u00a0\u00a0 Brown Katydid (Xerophyllopteryx fumosa ?) 04’28
\nVII\u00a0 A Night in Grand Bay 28’22
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\nVIII Imperial Parrot & broad winged hawk 01’11<\/p>\n
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\nTrack1 : Tropical King bird – Tyrannus melancholicus – Pied Billed Gr\u00e8be – Podilymbus podiceps – wings of purple-throated carib – Eulampis jugularis – (at 2\u201925) Track 2&3 : Endemic Red-necked – Amazons Amazona arausiaca -Track 2 : Bananaquit – Coereba flaveola – Track 4 : Pearly-eyed Thrasher – Margarops fuscatus – Forest Trush – Turdus lherminieri – Lesser antillean endemic treefrog – Eleutherodactylus martinicensis – Track 6 : Lesser antillean grasshoper – Xerophyllopteryx fumosa – or Nesophyllidium fulvicosta ? – Track 8 : Broad-winged Hawk – Buteo platypterus – & Endemic Imperial amazon – Amazona imperialis –<\/p>\n
\n01 – Le Grand-Etang,\u00a0 Guadeloupe National Park.
\n02 – View of Guadeloupe from the Morne Diablotins National Park.
\n03 – the Morne Diablotins (largest volcano on Dominica – 1447m).
\n04 – Primary forest on the slope of Morne Trois Pitons.
\n05 – Secondary Forest with Citrus fields (near Syndicate reserve).
\n06 – Bananaquit or sugarbird (Coereba flaveola) – Maybe the most common and noisy bird in the islands.
\n07 – Lesser Antilles brown Katydid (identified as Xerophyllopteryx fumosa), Syndicate reserve.
\n08 – Lesser Antilles tree frog (Eleutherodactylus martinicensis).
\n09 – Pair of Red-necked Amazon (Amazona arausiaca) under the rain, endemic.
\n10 – Lesser Antilles hummingbird, Purple throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis).
\n11 – the Studio at Syndicate Reserve.
\n12 – Dominican Anole – Atlantic ecotype (Anolis oculatus winstoni), endemic.<\/p>\n
\nGermany \/ 2013 \/\u00a0Gruen 139 \/ LC 09488 \/ SACEM \/ EAN: 4050486107652<\/p>\n
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\n[…<\/a>] RODOLPHE ALEXIS\u2019 Morne Diablotins (nach dem h\u00f6chsten Berg der Insel Dominica benannt) sch\u00fcchtert mich aber letztlich doch nicht ein. Im Gegenteil, die Aufnahmen sind sehr gut dazu geeignet, Stadtbewohner_innen ohne Balkon zumindest bei offenem Fenster und geschlossenen Augen zu suggerieren, sie s\u00e4\u00dfen des Nachts auf einer Karibikinsel auf der Veranda: Es zirpt und ruft aus verschiedener Tiere Kehlen und insgesamt strahlen die Aufnahmen eine gro\u00dfe Ruhe aus. […<\/a>]
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\nDerek Walmsley: The Field Recordist As Obsessive<\/p>\n
\n[…<\/a>] These last two releases are pure field recording. Rodolphe Alexis with a walk through the forests of the Lesser Antilles, Gaudaloupe and Dominica and Kubisch and G\u00fcther in the Cameroon. Both come to life with a tropical rainstorm where the heavens open and the locals get a taste of God moving his furniture about. In the Cameroon the rain peters out on a tin roof until the cicadas, birds and other insects can be heard once more with Alexis the results are even more Biblical.<\/p>\n
\nBird and insects sounds dominate on all of Morne Diablotins. As they should.
\nAnother solid set of releases from the ever reliable Gruenrekorder.
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\n[…] Rodolphe Alexis schlie\u00dflich hat sich in die Karibik begeben und aus Guadeloupe und der Dominikanischen Republik Aufnahmen mitgebracht. Der Mensch und die Sph\u00e4re der Kultur kommen in den Tracks selbst nicht vor. Gesammelt in Nationalparks und abgeschiedenen Gegenden sind deren Protagonisten V\u00f6gel, Grash\u00fcpfer, Fr\u00f6sche, laufendes Wasser. Die Ausgangsfrage von Alexis‘ Reise ist diese gewesen: „What did the Caribbean islands look like before the arrival of Columbus?“ Mit morne diablotins hat er eine feinsinnige Antwort gegeben, allerdings auf eine andere Frage. Der entstandene Tontr\u00e4ger l\u00e4sst erahnen, wie es dort anno dazumals in etwa geklungen haben mag. Unklar bleibt, wo der \u2013 im Vollsinn \u2013 k\u00fcnstlerische Gehalt dieses Albums liegt, sofern denn \u00fcberhaupt einer intendiert war. Als Kontemplationshilfe taugen die Sounds allemal, auch als wunderbarer Reisefieber-Trigger, ebenso als Audio-Dokumente im Dienste der Biologie und des Artenschutzes. Ein Anspruch auf kompositorische Gestaltung, ein vors\u00e4tzlich ins Werk gesetzter Spannungsbogen, irgendetwas, das auf avancierte Weise mit dem Material \u00fcber das blo\u00dfe Material hinausginge, lassen sich hingegen schwer ausmachen. […]<\/p>\n
\nMorne Diablotins finds Paris based field recordist & sound artists Rodolphe Alexis offering up near on seventy three mintues worth of bird, amphibian, insects and environment recordings from the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Guadaloupe. With the release posing the question \u2018What did the Caribbean islands sound before the arrival of Colombus?\u2019
\nThe CD release takes in eight tracks in all, and these last between just over the minute mark, to just shy of the twenty nine minute mark. These tracks take in untreated recordings made\u00a0 by Mr Alexis in early 2013, at various sites in\u00a0 the national parks of Dominica and Guadaloupe. And these purely natural recordings attempt to take us back in time to the year 1493, when Colombus first discovered both islands.
\nI found the album started off been sonically pleasing, though more than a little underwhelming- you see it opens up with three tracks that each last between two & five mintues\u00a0 piece, and\u00a0 each these of\u00a0 just focus in on sonically attractive if not very engaging or rewarding parrot & exotic bird song \u2018n\u2019 chatter.
\nFrom track four onwards I found things became a bit more interesting & appealing-\u00a0 track four \u201cGrand Etang at Dusk\u201d finds Alexis taking us on a just under nineteen minute trip into the rich & detailed sonic world of Guadeloupe at dusk,\u00a0 with a rewarding sound map made up of thrush twitter, thrasher chirp, & tree fog chatter.
\nWith the highlight here been the just under\u00a0 twenty nine mintues of \u201cA Night in Grand Bay\u201d- which captures the night time sounds of Guadeloupe, with it\u2019s detailed &\u00a0 slowly shifting sound scape taking in: layered mix of harmonic bird song & constant grasshopper buzz.\u00a0 Through to close-up, then distancing sound of rushing waterfall & bird song textures. Onto rain down pours & rich\/ layered birdsong structures, back to sududed & thinning out mixture of bird & insect sound.
\nAs always with Gruenrekorder releases, sound wise the recordings here are crystal clear & wonderfully captured. Also the release comes in a rather hansom colour digipak, which takes in pictures of birds, parrots and frogs from the islands of Dominica and Guadaloupe.
\nSo to sum-up Morne Diablotins started off pleasing-if-a-little-bland, but the later & longer tracks were far more engrossing & rewarding as Alexis really managed to capture the rich sonic structure of the islands wildlife &\u00a0 it\u2019s natural surroundings<\/p>\n
\nVor der Entdeckung
\nWeiter geht\u2019s auf der Reise, jetzt in die Karibik. \u201eMorne Diablotins\u201c Rodolphe Alexis versucht die Wiederentdeckung eines Landstriches. \u201eWie sahen die karibischen Inseln aus, bevor Kolumbus kam?\u201c fragte sich Alexis \u2013 bzw. wie h\u00f6rten sie sich an? Er reiste in den Nationalpark von Guadeloupe und auf die Kleinen Antillen, wo es auf den Bergen noch Reste des Urwaldes zu bestaunen gibt.<\/p>\n
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\n‚Sempervirent‘ (2012) of Rodolphe Alexis was reviewed on loop and consist ina research in Costa Rica doing multichannel field recordings in different ecosystems of Central America.
\nRodolphe Alexis is a French field recordist artist and designer who lives and works in Paris. His work is based on field recording, electroacoustic composition, radio parts and specific sites for installations or performances.
\nWhat did the Caribbean islands \u2013 acoustically- look like before the arrival of Columbus? Rodolphe Alexis with this question in mind he did a sound research in the National Park of Guadeloupe and Dominica (Caribbean Sea) and one of the best preserved islands of the Lesser Antilles. These recordings were made in January 2013 near Grand-Etang, Guadalupe (tracks 1 to 4) and Morne Diablotins National Park, a Nature Reserve in Grand Bay, Dominica.
\nOn ‚Morne Diablotins‘ sounds of the wildlife of these unexplored places are captured: insects, different types of birds and frogs, parrots, roosters, Lesser Antilles grasshoppers, etc.
\nThe listening experience is a possibility of being immersed in the rich wildlife diversity of these places.<\/p>\n
\n\u2018Morne Diablotins\u2019 begins with a question: What did the Caribbean islands look like \u2013 acoustically- before the arrival of Colombus? Following in the footsteps of the famed Italian explorer, field recordist Rodolphe Alexis journeyed to the Lesser Antilles in search of answers.<\/p>\n
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\nWyobra\u017acie sobie jakie d\u017awi\u0119ki mogliby\u015bmy us\u0142ysze\u0107 w lasach Wysp Karaibskich, gdyby Kolumba po\u017car\u0142y morskie stwory i nigdy tam nie trafi\u0142.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00c0 quoi les \u00eeles des Cara\u00efbes pouvaient-elles ressembler avant l’arriv\u00e9e de Christophe Colomb ? C’est avec cette question \u00e0 l’esprit, que Rodolphe Alexis a pris le chemin du parc national de la Guadeloupe et de Dominique, un pays et une \u00eele de l’archipel des Cara\u00efbes, qui conserve encore une partie de sa for\u00eat primaire sur les pentes de ses pics volcaniques. Perroquets, insectes, grenouilles, v\u00e9g\u00e9tation, pluie de jour comme de nuit, une travers\u00e9e de paysages encore prot\u00e9g\u00e9s de l’activit\u00e9 humaine et une plong\u00e9e dans un monde sonoire tellement actif et restitu\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la pr\u00e9cision des enregistrements r\u00e9alis\u00e9s en janvier 2013.“
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\nApr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre demand\u00e9 \u00e0 quoi pouvaient ressembler les \u00eeles des Cara\u00efbes avant l\u2019arriv\u00e9e de Christophe Colomb, Rodolphe Alexis a pris l\u2019avion en d\u00e9but d\u2019ann\u00e9e pour la Dominique. La faune de l\u2019\u00eele, assez pr\u00e9serv\u00e9e, lui a offert des concerts d\u2019oiseaux, de grenouilles des arbres, d\u2019insectes et de pluie qui tombe comme nulle part ailleurs. A \u00e9couter la nuit, pour respecter le d\u00e9calage horaire, comme en signe de respect pour ce beau documentaire sonore. (pc)
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\n[…] We cross the Atlantic Ocean and find one Rodolphe Alexis in the National Park of Guadeloupe and in Dominica, ‚one of the most preserved island of the Lesser Antilles, which still retains some of its primary forest on the slopes of its volcanic peaks‘ to answer the question: „what did the Caribbean Island look like before the arrival of Columbus?“, although probably he meant to ask what it sounded like. Here we have no human action and ‚just‘ seventy two minutes of insects, birds and frog sounds. That might be a bit much, I was thinking, but on the other hand: it’s cold outside and if I turn up the heater a bit more, close the curtains, close my eyes, I could easily pretend to be in the Caribbean, listening to the these animal sounds (of course not sitting on a porch sipping a cocktail, as that is not what it would have sounded like before Columbus, right?). Nice for sure, but very much one thing. […]
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