Mmabolela
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Sound adventures from South Africa – Mmabolela Reserve in Limpopo.
Note from unwritten diary of David:
“3:45 AM. Time to get up. The Bushveld is already awake.
Slávek and I are both dragging a bit, rushing to get out the door and deploy.
After almost two weeks of nonstop recording, we are both tired and a little homesick.
At this point in the residency we have already found a dependable dawn recording location in a dry creek bed just far enough away from Weederdooper homestead so that our microphones will not pick up breakfast activities and just close enough for us to make it back for a nap before the morning field session. In a strange way this location reminds me of another of Slávek’s favourite recording spots on a small tributary flowing into Lake Mamori in Brazil. Slávek and I share a room at Weederdooper, which makes these dawn sessions simple. Our equipment too tends to share space in locations we scout together during many of the field sessions. We each now have many recordings of the exact same events, but from slightly different perspectives. The dry river bed at Umzumbi, the hippos at Mmabolel Rock, the bridge to Botswana, the watering holes. Perhaps when we get back home we will make a CD together.”
Tracklist:
1.01 –Slavek Kwi Usvit (Dawning In Dry Riverbed)
1.02 –Slavek Kwi Windpeckers
1.03 –Slavek Kwi Lament Of Longhorn Beetle
1.04 –Slavek Kwi Subaquatic Insects, Terrapins, Fish Munching On Algae
1.05 –Slavek Kwi From Perspective Of Wasps
1.06 –Slavek Kwi Baboons
1.07 –Slavek Kwi Mouchy
1.08 –Slavek Kwi Hippo-pota-muses
1.09 –Slavek Kwi Noc Pt1 (Toads, Bats [Via Heterodyne Detector] Xmas Beetles)
1.10 –Slavek Kwi Transition (Xmas Beetles Close-up)
1.11 –Slavek Kwi Noc Pt2 (Frogs, Bats [Via Microphone], Insects)
1.12 –Slavek Kwi Noc Pt 3 (Cicadas, Frogs, Distant Baboons)
2.01 –David Michael Slavek’s Dry Creek
2.02 –David Michael Midnight On The Limpopo
2.03 –David Michael Hippopotamuses At Mmabolel Rock
2.04 –David Michael Umzumbi With Baboons, Bats
2.05 –David Michael Duets
2.06 –David Michael The Bridge To Botswana IV
2.07 –David Michael Afternoon With An Impala Carcass
