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The Skipping Monk (Recordings of Nature and Culture in India)

by Coen Oscar Polack

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The Skipping Monk 01:46
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Procession On Observatory Hill 04:36
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São Tomé Retiro Ambience 03:28
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The Morning Forest 01:48
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Crows And Cars 01:51
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Air Conditioning 00:53
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Mountain Reception 01:11
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Assi Ghat Evening Ceremony 06:56
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The Skipping Monk (Ambience) 00:56
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Himalaya FM 03:48
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Sherpas Singing 03:32
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Diwali In Bandra 03:39
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Meer Ghat Morning Rituals 01:31
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Prayer Wheel Turning 02:32
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Chanting Monks 02:45
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Ghorkaland Manifestation 01:26
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Generator 01:14
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Ghorkaland Manifestation 01:57
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Parrot Landscape 01:14
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Chanting Monks 08:13
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Procession In The Distance 05:29
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Monk 01:30
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Narrominded presents three new releases by Coen Oscar Polack. This exciting triptych takes you on a journey from a sultry nature reserve in the Dutch province of Utrecht to the rain soaked mountain slopes of Northeast India. These three cd's have in common that they are all based on field recordings. On The Language of Mountains Is Rain Polack, together with Herman Wilken (half of electronica duo Hydrus) works these recordings into a musical context. Geluiden uit De Blauwe Kamer is a recording of a performance/installation in a nature reserve and The Skipping Monk is a collage of recordings of nature and culture that Polack made in India.

In October and November 2008 Polack spent six weeks in India. The 22 chunks of sound on The Skipping Monk are recordings he made at various sites on the subcontinent. In the serene surroundings of the eastern Himalayas, but also in the swirling madness of metropolitan Kolkata and Mumbai Polack recorded entrancing rituals, faltering electronics and bustling nature.

Coen Oscar Polack is one of four people behind the Narrominded label. His musical career started in Psychon Troopers (later known as Psychon) and since 2002 he makes electronic music with Lars Meijer as Living Ornaments (with releases on Narrominded, Skam and Scarcelight). He performs regularly as a solo musician using field recordings, saxophone and electronics. In 2007 Narrominded released his first solo effort Psychic Investigations.

1. The Skipping Monk (Kathok Wodsallin Gompa, Yuksom, Sikkim, October 15th Pre-recorded mantra playing inside gompa)

2. Procession on Observatory Hill (Darjeeling, October 6th)

3. São Tomé Retiro Ambience (Diu, November 5th)
Children and pigeons inside a christian church in Diu Town

4. The Morning Forest (Sachen, Sikkim, October 11th)

5. Crows and Cars (Kolkata, October 1st)

6. Air Conditioning (Mumbai, November 10th)

7. Mountain Reception (Darjeeling, October 7th)

8. Assi Ghat Evening Ceremony (Varanasi, October 24th)

9. The Skipping Monk (Ambience) (Kathok Wodsallin Gompa, Yuksom, Sikkim, October 15th)

10. Himalaya FM (Tsokha, Sikkim, October 11th
Sherpas tuning their radio 3000 metres up in the mountains

11. Sherpas Singing Tsokha, Sikkim, October 13th

12. Diwali in Bandra Mumbai, October 28th

13. Meer Ghat Morning Rituals Varanasi, October 25th

14. Prayer Wheel Turning Norbugang Gompa, Yuksom, Sikkim, October 16th

15. Chanting Monks Pemayangste Gompa, Pelling, Sikkim, October 17th
Recorded from the garden outside the gompa

16. Ghorkaland Manifestation Mirik, October 19th

17. Generator Dubdi Gompa, Yuksom, Sikkim, October 16th

18. Ghorkaland Manifestation Mirik, October 19th
Recorded from the hills above Mirik, an excerpt of hours of thunderous speeches

19. Parrot Landscape Diu, November 4th

20. Chanting Monks Pemayangste Gompa, Pelling, Sikkim, October 17th
Recorded inside the gompa, eavesdropping behind a curtain

21. Procession in the Distance Diu, November 5th

22. Monk Kathok Wodsallin Gompa, Yuksom, Sikkim, October 15th

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released June 13, 2009

All recordings and photography by Coen Oscar Polack. Recorded throughout India during October
and November 2008 on a Zoom H4 recorder.
Edited and equalized at home.
Mastered at Narrominded.

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Coen Oscar Polack Haarlem, Netherlands

Coen Oscar Polack is a sound artist based in The Netherlands. His works balance natural textures with synthetic and instrumental sounds.

Polack works in album format and in collaborative projects, and performs in concert settings and site-specific installations.

He is co-founder of Narrominded.com and was a member of Living Ornaments and Psychon. ... more

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