Part of Relative Pitch's extraordinary solo series, fascinatingly creative improviser from Bogota, Colombia, multi-reedist Maria Valencia, was inspired by old naturalist manuals, imagining these 16 succinct improvisations where each piece reveals moments of nature in locations between the town of Sutatausa (Colombia) and the mountains of Banff (Canada).
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Maria Valencia-alto sax, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, toy piano, cymbal, percussion
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UPC: 5904224871963
Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPRSS024
Squidco Product Code: 33978
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Valentine Studio, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, in Banff, Canada, in July 2022, by Maria Valencia.
"Compendio de Alofonias Abisales" was imagined between the town of Sutatausa (Colombia) and the mountains of Banff (Canada). Intuitively, it was recorded in July 2022 during an artistic residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Inspired by old naturalist manuals, the pieces that make up this recording are fleeting sound taxonomies that ambiguously reveal the movements of the wind, the play of the martens, the dance of the spiders, the hyperactivity of the kestrels, the incredible floating life of the neustonic communities and the random melodies woven by the Toches (icterus chrysater), small dorsidorated birds that inhabit the Colombian Andes."-Relative Pitch
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• Show Bio for Maria Valencia "Saxophonist, clarinetist, improviser and composer from Bogota, Colombia. Performer in: Meridian Brothers, MULA, Tortuga Alada, VienTox, Hurakán Orkan, Asdrubal, La Resbalosa, Mirlitorrinco, Trío Lesión and Curruncho, among others. Artist in residence at Périscope (2020) & Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (2022)." ^ Hide Bio for Maria Valencia
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Track Listing:
1. Neuston 3:09
2. Marantus Volans 1:33
3. Cernicaloide 1:46
4. Martes Martes 3:31
5. Variaciones De Parientes 5:35
6. Las Aranas Tambien Miden El Viento 1:19
7. Movimientos Del Plancton 3:00
8. Intermedio 1:04
9. Amarillos 3:08
10. Medallas De Copas Arboreas 2:35
11. Strigiforme I 3:05
12. Strigiforme II 2:59
13. Strigiforme III 2:42
14. Strigiforme IV 2:21
15. Piedra Angular Hacia la Montana 4:02
16. Viene Alrededor de Las 4_ Oropendola 7:49
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