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The Skipping Monk (Recordings of Culture and Nature in India)

by Coen Oscar Polack

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The Skipping Monk 01:46
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Procession On Observatory Hill 04:36
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São Tomé Retiro Ambience 03:28
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The Morning Forest 01:48
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Crows and Cars 01:51
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Air Conditioning 00:53
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Mountain Reception 01:11
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Assi Ghat Evening Ceremony 06:56
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The Skipping Monk (Ambience) 00:56
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Himalaya FM 03:48
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Sherpas Singing 03:32
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Diwali in Bandra 03:39
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Meer Ghat Morning Rituals 01:31
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Prayer Wheel Turning 02:32
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Chanting Monks 02:45
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Ghorkaland Manifestation 01:26
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Generator 01:14
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Ghorkaland Manifestation 01:26
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Parrot Landscape 01:14
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Chanting Monks 08:13
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Procession in the Distance 05:29
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Monk 01:30
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Narrominded presents three new releases by Coen Oscar Polack. This exciting triptych takes you on a journey from a sultry nature reserve in the Dutch province of Utrecht to the rain soaked mountain slopes of Northeast India. These three cd's have in common that they are all based on field recordings. On The Language of Mountains Is Rain Polack, together with Herman Wilken (half of electronica duo Hydrus) works these recordings into a musical context. Geluiden uit De Blauwe Kamer is a recording of a performance/installation in a nature reserve and The Skipping Monk is a collage of recordings of nature and culture that Polack made in India.

In October and November 2008 Polack spent six weeks in India. The 22 chunks of sound on The Skipping Monk are recordings he made at various sites on the subcontinent. In the serene surroundings of the eastern Himalayas, but also in the swirling madness of metropolitan Kolkata and Mumbai Polack recorded entrancing rituals, faltering electronics and bustling nature.

Coen Oscar Polack is one of four people behind the Narrominded label. His musical career started in Psychon Troopers (later known as Psychon) and since 2002 he makes electronic music with Lars Meijer as Living Ornaments (with releases on Narrominded, Skam and Scarcelight). He performs regularly as a solo musician using field recordings, saxophone and electronics. In 2007 Narrominded released his first solo effort Psychic Investigations.

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released June 13, 2009

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narrominded Amsterdam, Netherlands

Narrominded is a Dutch record label. Since 2000 we release music on vinyl, cd, Bandcamp and all
other digital platforms via our digital distributor The State 51 Conspiracy by bands like Katadreuffe,
Life Savings, Boutros Bubba and Fine China Superbone,
electro-acoustic artists like Spoelstra, Glice, and Coen Oscar Polack, and electronic artists like Garçon Taupe, Hunter Complex and Hydrus. ... more

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