Voices of the Rainforest Enter The Mysterium

Album Info

		1. From Morning Night to Real Morning		Year of Recording: 1991
		2. Making Sago		Record Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
		3. Cutting Trees		Producer: Mickey Hart
		4.Clearing the Brush		Field Recordings and Research: Steven Feld
		5. Bamboo Jew’s Harp		Bosavi Assistants: Ayasilo, Gaima, Gaso, Gigio,
		6. Relaxing By The Creek		Ayasilo, Gaima, Gaso, Gigio
		7. From Afternoon to Afternoon Darkening		Tape Editing: Steven Feld, Jeff Sterling
		8. Evening Rainstorm		Studio Engineers: Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling
		9. Drumming		Photography: Steven Feld, Shari Robertson
		10. Song Ceremony		Bambi Schieffelin
		11. From Night to Inside Night		Cover artwork: Karyl Klopp

				Series Ethnomusicology Consultant: Fredric Lieberman, Ph.D.

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Description

Voices of the Rainforest is a recorded soundscape of a day in the life of the Kaluli people of Bosavi, Papua New Guinea. As the day progresses, one hears birds, water, insects and other ambient voices of the rainforest interspersed with Kaluli songs and instrumental sounds of work, leisure and ritual. The album was recorded with Mickey Hart’s advanced field recording gear by anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Dr. Steven Feld. Feld’s closeness to the Kaluli people afforded him a unique recording opportunity, and the quality of the recording equipment yielded among the clearest aural experiences of the rainforest short of being there. Voices of the Rainforest was issued in 1991 as part of “THE WORLD” series.

Learn more and support the Bosavi People by visiting the Bosavi Peoples Fund