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* Itty-Bits *

Bricolage sonic bits and pieces, audio tchotchkes, brief aural oddments, and random auditory knickknacks…

9. Myanmar In Sound

In this audio ethnography undertaken during a two-week stay (December 2015) in Myanmar, we invite listeners to join us on a sound walk through Mandalay, the second largest city and former royal capital, as well as Bagan, an ancient city and archeological area southwest of Mandalay on the eastern banks of the Ayeyarwady River. The field recordings presented in this audio ethnography have not been “staged,” nor aurally enhanced post-production. Instead, this aural ethnography is layered in one continuous thread. More info on sound sources HERE.

8. Lonely As A Cloud

This soundscape is inspired by William Wordsworth's poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," featuring birdsong and other instrumentation (e.g., shruti box, chimes, singing bowl, rainstick, and mbira), in addition to a short solo snippet from the poem, "Mapping the Source," by my dear friend, The Teafaerie.

7. Interwoven Beings

'Itty-Bits #7: The Currents New Media “Currentsoundscapes” cycle five theme “Embroidered” invited contributors to weave together sounds from the four previous soundscape cycles, incorporating sound art from other project contributors. “Interwoven Beings” features excerpts from Jar of Sparkle - “Behind the Door” (week 4 “mine own hands”); LØBØG∆MM∆® “CS4.0” (week 4 “mine own hands”); and Sara Marinelli “Sheltered” (week 4 “mine own hands”), in addition to a range of field recordings from Peru and Myanmar. More info: HERE

6. Hall of Mirrors in the Sky

'Itty-Bits #6: The breakdown becomes the breakthrough... Hall of Mirrors in the Sky integrates a pump organ, gongs, and a variety of field recordings. More info: HERE

5. Show Us Your Kitties

'Itty-Bits #5: Our beloved friend “Show Us Your Kitties” whimsically reflects on the relationship between isolation and connection, in conversation with a range of field recordings.

Created by Tenali Hrenak and Kristen Blinne for #CurrentSoundscapes #CurrentsNewMedia #everfinerdetails

More info: HERE

4. Safe ‘N Sound

'Itty-Bits #4: This sound painting features a menagerie of music boxes as well as swinging chimes, a wind-up toy, and random field recordings from around the house. The voices in the mix come from the 1979 record, "The Multi-lingual Bird," an album to help train talking birds to speak Spanish, German, Italian, French, and Yiddish.

Created by Tenali Hrenak & Kristen Blinne for #CurrentSoundscapes #CurrentNewsMedia #velocityVsboredom

More info: HERE

3. Aleister Crowley

'Itty-Bits #3: Aleister Crowley' originally aired on the show A Word In Edgewise, June 10th 2014, on KVMR community radio station in Nevada City, CA. The show is a strange sonic tapestry of music and spoken word for the culturally marginalized elite. In short, it’s 'storytime for grownups'. This piece - taken from Part II of a two part series - was one of eleven musically guided readings of peculiar weirdos throughout history.

Text is taken from the graphic novel “The Big Book of Weirdos” by Gahan Wilson.

Read by Jerome Hansen with sound design by Tenali.

2. Ivan the Terrible

‘Itty-Bits #2: Ivan the Terrible’ originally aired on the show A Word In Edgewise, June 10th 2014, on KVMR community radio station in Nevada City, CA. The show is a strange sonic tapestry of music and spoken word for the culturally marginalized elite. In short, it’s 'storytime for grownups'. This piece - taken from Part II of a two part series - was one of eleven musically guided readings of peculiar weirdos throughout history.

Text is taken from the graphic novel “The Big Book of Weirdos” by Gahan Wilson. I

Read by Marco Dacio with sound design by Tenali.

1. Caligula

‘Itty-Bits #1: Caligula’ originally aired on the show A Word In Edgewise, March 14th 2014, on KVMR community radio station in Nevada City, CA. The show is a strange sonic tapestry of music and spoken word for the culturally marginalized elite. In short, it’s 'storytime for grownups'. This piece - taken from Part I of a two part series - was one of eleven musically guided readings of peculiar weirdos throughout history.

Text is taken from the graphic novel “The Big Book of Weirdos” by Gahan Wilson.

Read by Fletcher with sound design by Tenali.