tomoko sauvage - ombrophilia (12inch vinyl lp)

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Tomoko Sauvage : Ombrophilia is a collection of sound experiments I made with porcelain bowls filled with water between 2006 and 2008. Inspired by Jalatarangam, traditional Indian instrument, I started to play the 'waterbowls' with wooden spoons and metal wire (Mylapore, Jalatarangam Revisited). Since I immersed hydrophones in them, I have tried various ways of resonating the bowls without touching their surface : flicking, stirring, waving and dripping water… All the compositions here are multitracked and edited on computer. I also inserted thin layers of field recordings I made in South India, notably in beautiful Mylapore of Chennai, where I met one of the last masters of Jalatarangam, "Aanayampatti Ganesan". (Tomoko Sauvage).

Tomoko Sauvage first album. Aposiopese Lp. 2012.
Previously released by and/OAR cd 2009.

Water, porcelain bowls, hydrophones, condenser microphones, metal wire and wood spoons.

01. Amniotic life (1)
02. Raindrop exercise (1)
03. Mylapore
04. Making of a rainbow
05. Jalatarangam revisited
06. Amniotic life (2)
07. Raindrop exercise (2)

Total time : 42:12