Bettina Wenzel
Mumbai Diary
LabelGruenrekorderGenreSound Art
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This is the work of German vocal artist, composer and improviser sound artist Bettina Wenzel which consists in nine pieces created while she was attending as an artist-in-residence in Mumbai, India in 2009. She has studied vocal techniques, contemporary dance and dancetherapy in Europe and has performed her vocal works in Europe, USA and South Asia. On top of the field recordings of street sounds, found objects and religious musical ceremonies Wenzel makes guttural and breathing noises, high tones but also there is space for vocals that reach silence. The vocal sounds are neither composed nor improvised, is the own language of an artist that takes its own risk in her avant-garde proposal.
Format
April–September 2009, Mumbai
Mixed Mai 2010, Cologne
Mastered July 2010, Cologne
Sponsored by Kunststiftung NRW
Limited to 500 hand numbered copies.
Packaged in 6" by 8.25" card folder sleeve with folded poster and text insert.
Release notes
April–September 2009, Mumbai Mixed Mai 2010, Cologne Mastered July 2010, Cologne Sponsored by Kunststiftung NRW Limited to 500 hand numbered copies. Packaged in 6" by 8.25" card folder sleeve with folded poster and text insert.
| 1 | Electric Cricket | 4:58 | |
| 2 | Crowded | 3:47 | |
| 3 | The Day Before Yesterday | 4:10 | |
| 4 | Long Hours | 8:02 | |
| 5 | Back Courtyard | 5:59 | |
| 6 | Both Sides | 2:51 | |
| 7 | Scraping Ice In June | 5:10 | |
| 8 | Downfall | 4:13 | |
| 9 | Solo | 4:57 |
- Christa Marek
- Artwork
- Jozef Cseres
- Liner Notes [Text]
- Joker Nies
- Mastered By
- Bettina Wenzel
- Sounds [Field Recordings], Voice, Performer [Akappaikinnari], Composed By, Mixed By, Producer, Photography By, Artwork [Drawings]
