eg.p018

john grzinich

madal öö

(shallow night)

1. Ööküll forest house, small pond with frogs. Recorded June 28th, 2010 at around 1:30 am

2. Water insect and beaver territory, Räpina Polder. Recorded May 29th, 2011 at around 1:30 am

3. Diverse calls of the Emajõe Suursoo (Ema River delta). Recorded May 15th, 2011 at around 3:00 am

4. Quiet field with Corn Crakes on the road from Rasina. Recorded June 28th, 2010 at around 2:30 am

5. Noisy island on Meelva lake with Cuckoo chorus. Recorded May 21st, 2011 at around 3:30 am

five spring chorus recordings, made in the early hours of the morning in natural wilderness environments in Estonia. Simplicity, clarity and the richness of the sonic landscapes documented make this release a fascinating listen.

available as a limited edition taiyo yuden disc, mounted on an A5 art card with accompanying A6 postcard and as a digital download.

John Grzinich (b. 1970 new york state), lives and works in estonia & has work published on labels such as SIRR (PT), Staalplaat (NL), Edition Sonoro (UK), Mystery Sea (BE) CUT (CH), CMR (NZ), erewhon (BE), Intransitive Recordings (US), Orogenetics (US), Elevator Bath (US), Pale-Disc (JP), Digital Narcis (JP) Taalem (FR), and Cloud of Statics(CH). Currently John is a project coordinator for MoKS – Center for Art and Social Practice , an artist-run international residency center and project space in southeast Estonia.

to order the cd version please see the first post on this website

also available as a digital download

review on 'the field reporter' website - click here