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Title:  Insular Regions Artist:  jgrzinich Label:  Sirr Format:  CD Price:  € 13.00   Mp3 samples:   1   2

Title Description:
This work is comprised of two extended compositions with the source material used being specifically collected over a year-long period from the small village of Mooste, Estonia.

The sources range from field recordings from the local structures and environment to found instruments and spontaneous sound interventions. The relative quietude of the village and its surroundings offered an inviting situation for extended studies of the acoustic environment throughout the seasonal cycles.

Mooste is not a likely place to make an obvious appearance on many cartographic or social maps of Europe. It is said to be a "normal" Estonian village, a small rural community that reflects on traditions of past histories and works to shape an identity following the period of soviet occupation. 'insular regions' developed out of a location-specific situation where the composer chose to establish himself in this new 'foreign' place of practice.

As the artist moved into unfamiliar territories the instinct was to seek an [acoustic] engagement in the process of re-location and re-placement of his previous [transitional] positions.

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