Åke Parmerud
Grains Of Voices (CD)
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2025 stock The idea of Grains of Voices was born when Åke Parmerud was commissioned to write a work for the Swedish Radio. A journey around the world, recording the different inflections of the human voice then followed and the material was processed in the studio to make this electro-acoustic composition.
Format
"This is a special release, marking the performance of the composition in the Dag Hammarskjöld auditorium of the UN building in New York on United Nations Day, 24th October 1997."
Field recordings made between February & May 1994.
Additional recordings made in Sweden during the summer and autumn 1994.
Edited from May to October 1994.
Archive material taken from Bibliotheca national de Venezuela and Sveriges radio.
Composed, processed and mixed between September 1994 and July 1995.
Grains of voices was commisionned by Sveriges radio and represented Sweden at Prix Italia 1997.
Booklet in English.
Caprice Records [P]+[C] 1994
Made in Austria
Release notes
"This is a special release, marking the performance of the composition in the Dag Hammarskjöld auditorium of the UN building in New York on United Nations Day, 24th October 1997." Field recordings made between February & May 1994. Additional recordings made in Sweden during the summer and autumn 1994. Edited from May to October 1994. Archive material taken from Bibliotheca national de Venezuela and Sveriges radio. Composed, processed and mixed between September 1994 and July 1995. …
| 1 | Grains Of Voices | 31:11 | |
| Examples Of Field Recordings | |||
| 2 | Carracas City Ambience (Venezuela) | 1:58 | |
| 3 | Village Women Singing (Fidji) | 1:54 | |
| 4 | Kawa Ceremony (Fidji) | 0:47 | |
| 5 | Old Fidjian War Song (Fidji) | 2:06 | |
| 6 | Women Having Fun (Fidji) | 0:33 | |
| 7 | Two Aboriginal Ceremonial Songs (Australia) | 1:23 | |
| 8 | Small Ketcak-Ensemble (Bali) | 2:52 | |
| 9 | New Dehli City Ambience (India) | 1:03 | |
| 10 | Blind Beggar Singers (Dharamsala, India) | 1:07 | |
| 11 | Thai Folk Singers (Thailand) | 1:34 | |
| 12 | Village Party Entertainment (Thailand) | 1:11 | |
| 13 | The Dollmakers Wedding Song (India) | 2:04 | |
| 14 | Outdoor Rehersal Of Tibetan Opera (Dharamsala, India) | 1:27 | |
| 15 | Tibetan Monks Evening Ceremony (Dharamsala, India) | 2:10 | |
| 16 | Silence | 3:00 | |
- Åke Parmerud
- Composed By, Recorded By, Mixed By, Edited By, Other [Liner Notes], Photography
- Pontus Reuterswärd
- Cover [Design]
- Ulf Stenberg
- Executive-Producer
- Robert Carroll
- Liner Notes [Translation]
- Aisake Matarara
- Voice [In The Fields Fidji]
- Amani Bogileka
- Voice [In The Fields Fidji]
- Leow Sevu
- Voice [In The Fields Fidji]
- Mariah Yanu
- Voice [In The Fields Fidji]
- Nemani Raikuna
- Voice [In The Fields Fidji]
- Sikeli Tavaga
- Voice [In The Fields Fidji]
- Joginder Gill
- Voice [In The Fields India & Tibet]
- Lobsang Choephel
- Voice [In The Fields India & Tibet]
- Namgyal Monastery Monks
- Voice [In The Fields India & Tibet]
- Raj Gopal
- Voice [In The Fields India & Tibet]
- Sherab Wangmo
- Voice [In The Fields India & Tibet]
- Tashi Dhundup
- Voice [In The Fields India & Tibet]
- Tsering Wangmo
- Voice [In The Fields India & Tibet]
- Tsering Youdon
- Voice [In The Fields India & Tibet]
