Sarah Belle Reid & Vinny Golia - Accidental Ornithology [CD]

Cat. no: CDIS1068
Format: CD
Barcode: 650076547826
Release Date: 13 Dec 2024
Genre: Indie

ACCIDENTAL ORNITHOLOGY is a collection of 14 improvisations from multi-instrumentalists Sarah Belle Reid (trumpet, electronics) and Vinny Golia (woodwinds), inspired by the fascinating quirks & cries of imaginary birds

It's a rare occurrence to hear the grumbling cry of the Autumn Bog Fowl, or witness the chaotic fight pattern of the Red Crested Floobog-- they are elusive creatures, indeed. Fanciful plumage, mysterious diets, colorful horns...these birds seem almost too incredible to be real...

Inspired by these wondrous creatures, multi-instrumentalists Vinny Golia & Sarah Belle Reid created "Accidental Ornithology"-- fourteen improvised musical moments that each honor a different feathered friend... from the depths of the Mud Diver's dwelling, to the contagious joy of the Laughing Grumblostt's chortle...and beyond. This electroacoustic album is a collection of bizarre and spontaneous conversations between quarter- tone contrabass fute, piccolo, clarinet, trumpet, quarter- tone fugelhorn, modular synthesizer, and interactive electronics in MaxMSP-- an ever-changing sound world that is at once alarming, delicate, woozy, incessant, and playful.

Tracks: Yellow Speckled Pond Grouse / Pixie Goose / Red Crested Floo Bog / Mud Diver / Great Ghost Crane / Silent Gray Presck (but no one knows why that's its name) / Lesser Evening Hiding Ploute / Laughing Grumblostt / Bartlett's Secret Owl / Talbot's Silver Moonbird / Autumn Bog Fowl