http://www.khora.org.uk

Si hace unos días presentabamos a Field recording, un netlabel dedicado a las grabaciones de campo, hoy hablamos de otro netlabel también británico, enfocado hacia este tipo de trabajos. Su nombre es Khora y hace escasos días que publicó su primera referencia, «La Madrugá», basada en grabaciones binaurales realizadas por Duncan Whitley el pasado año 2006 durante las celebraciones de Semana Santa en Sevilla.

La Madrugá (2006), binaural field recordings

artist: Duncan Whitley

This material was recorded between midnight and 9 am on the morning of 14th April 2006, on the streets of Seville during the celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week). These pieces, documenting ‘La Madrugá’ (the morning of Good Friday), are selected from a series of sound recordings throughout the week of Semana Santa in 2006, which map the winding processions of the 58 Sevillian Catholic fraternities, each with their distinct characteristics.

This series of recordings forms an informal exploration of some of the specific roles of sound(s) within the complex symbolism of the processions: the knocking of the ‘llamador’, the shuffling of the feet of the ‘costaleros’ (the forty or so men who carry the heavy wooden floats bearing images of Christ or the Virgin Mary), the instructions of the ‘capataces’ whose job is to guide the costaleros’ movements through the narrow streets. These are preliminary sketches, or studies, towards the development of multi-channel and installation work.