The Dogherder Tapes Vol. 2
RELEASE DATE: July 1, 2009
Entire album available for free download HERE
The second volume of the ‘dogherder’ series abandons the found-sound composition structure of the first, and focuses almost exclusively on raw and exclusive evangelist radio broadcasts captured by Geoff Hawryluk in Guatemala and Honduras between 2005-2008. The vibrant, loud, entrancing public institution of evangelism can not only be seen down back alleys, or heard amidst the car horns and wandering dog herds, blaring over loudspeakers and echoing off the hills at night… it also permeates AM radio, with some of the most bizarre broadcasts to be heard anywhere! The Dogherder Tapes Vol. 2 sequences evangelist broadcasts captured at all hours of the night on public airwaves, featuring an assortment of impassioned evangelists in both English and Spanish; a large variety of flailing, emotive music; sexual addiction counseling; religious event advertisements and more, occasionally crossing the line into the absurd, where studio and mini-disc guitar performances will greet the listener.
The ‘dogherder’ series is intended as an exorcism of the exotic; an aim of removing the boundaries and limitations on the typical collector-consumer relationship or the socio-musical significance of authenticity, obscurity or insightful ethno-historical documentation. By altering/editing recordings; failing to discern to the listener possible source-changes or overdubs which change the very nature of the original recording, the goal is to create the same feeling of suspended suspicion one might experience during a period of acculturation. Many overdubs are obvious, others may not be. Volume 2, while focussing on years worth of audio collections from central america, features field recordings from Indonesia and Thailand; the level and breadth of interference will change for the sake of consistency, but the goal is to have each release essentially corrupted of any intellectual or socio-cultural significance.
Geoff Hawryluk Performs the Music of Fujimura Shinichi
A new multi-volume digital-download EP series based on Geoff Hawryluk’s live performance work
RELEASE DATE: February – June 2009
Fujimura Shinichi, shamed amateur archeologist who went on a media campaign to tout Paleolithic forgeries, seemed an ideal subject and focal point for the new series of EPs by Geoff Hawryluk. The first three volumes feature over a dozen songs written and recorded in questionable circumstances, with bothreal and fake instruments, words combined with random syllables, and based on stories of uncertain integrity. With the bulk of previous releases being nearly un-performable, this series came about as an attempt to compile music written and performed as both a solo acoustic performer throughout the past several years, as well as some live standards never before put to disc. Self-recorded, self-produced, with a handful of vocal collaborators, this series is the product of seemingly endless procrastination mixed with an unbearable impatience for all things technological. The results of which are now available for free download for your listening amusement!
Volume 3 (March 2009) Download .zip file HERE
Tracklisting: Tak Hills; Feeling 1928; Stories of Spiders; Worst (instrumental)
featuring Music performed by Geoff Hawryluk, Blake Murdoch, Nathan Marshall, Heather Bourne, Catherine Hiltz & Joseph Lubinsky-Mast
tracks 1-3 recorded and mixed by Geoff Hawryluk
track 4 an un-released studio-outtake from ‘Eau’ project recorded by Real Cardinal in 2005
mastered by Eric ChengVolume 2 (March 2009) Download .zip file HERE
Tracklisting: Foggy Eyes; Sempurna (Andra and the Backbone cover); Anything To Do With You; Unbearable;
featuring Music performed by Geoff Hawryluk
recorded and mixed by Geoff Hawryluk with some old minidisc guitar recordings
mastered by Eric ChengVolume 1 (February 2009) Download .zip file HERE
Tracklisting: Acrobotics; Pin Bolter; Charlie; Confucius; Fish Master;
featuring Music performed by Geoff Hawryluk, Braden Sustrik, Cecil Frena, Blake Murdoch and Jason Youngren
recorded and mixed by Geoff Hawryluk
mastered by Eric Cheng
The Dogherder Tapes Vol. 1
RELEASE DATE: Sept 1, 2008
An entirely different world than Eau , and influenced much more by French artists such as Luc Ferrari, Denis Dufour and Bernard Parmegiani, The Dogherder Tapes Vol. 1 is crafted from a combination of these field recordings, found-sounds on old cassettes, short-wave radio interceptions and new studio recordings which accompany and play along-side the performances. It functions similar to collage albums, but feels entirely different, influenced more by the desire to find a personal and emotional context for the ‘field recording’ genre. The Dogherder project attempts to examine the process of pseudo-acculturation- a normalization of exotic and challenging stimuli from exposure to other cultures and lifestyles, while remaining at all times an ‘outsider’ with distinct, albeit challenged perceptual predispositions. In an effort to accomplish this, all field recordings and radio broadcasts are placed within shifting sonic contexts, particularly inspired by Luc Ferrari’s Les Anecdotiques . Showcasing an epic segment capturing the unforgettable child-healing evangelists of the Guatemalan highlands, I hope it makes for an exciting and unique listening experience.
Now available for download in one .ZIP file HERE
Featuring field recordings, radio excerpts and found-sounds from Guatemala, Honduras, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand.
Performed by:
Vi An (guzheng)
Tasha Young (piano)
Tongam Sirait (guitar and vocals)
Charles Hutapea (guitar and vocals)
Pong (Sarunai, Saluang)
Geoff Hawryluk (guitars, pianos, vocals, electronics)
Written and recorded by Geoff Hawryluk, 2004-2008
Eau
Over four years in the making, Eau is finally complete and available for purchase.
now available in it’s entirety for free download HERE
OR, if you would like to have a physical copy of the CD mailed to you, it is also available for $10 CAD.
Featuring performances by:
Paul Gonzenbach on vocals
Ashraf el-Assaly on oud and vocals
Vi An on guzheng
Tasha Young on piano
Nathan Marshall on drums
Joseph Lubinsky-Mast on double bass
Catherine Hiltz – cello
John McCormack on saxophone
Heather Bourne on violin
Ryan Findlay on trumpet
Stephanie Wichuk on french horn
Megan Brige on flute
Geoff Hawryluk on guitars, sarangi, yueqin, bells and vocals
With field recordings captured in Mandalay, Parapat, Phnom Penh and Pekanbaru
Recorded in 2005, 2008 by Real Cardinal.
Guitars recorded in 2006 by Braden Sustrik
Mastered at Joao Carvalho Mastering, Toronto.
Radio Myanmar (Burma) [SF044]
Rare field recordings, including contributions from Geoff, compiled and released by Sublime Frequencies.
Find out more information or purchase through SublimeFrequencies.com
The Union Solidarity & Development Association (USDA) has grown to become one of the most pervasive organizations in Burma, claiming over 22 million members (nearly half the country’s population). Very little is known of the USDA to the outside world, but it has become imbedded throughout the social infrastructure of the state. It’s widely published statutes expressing the importance of state sovereignty and public solidarity can be found in all mediums throughout the country: newspapers, television, billboards and radio broadcasts. Known as the “Three Main National Causes”, “Four-Point People’s Desire”, “Seven Point Road to Democracy” and “Twelve Political, Economic and Social Objectives”, each broadcast day begins with their recitation.
Most of the recordings featured in this radio collection were captured in Yangon during March and April of 2007. With the authorities attempting to control all information coming into or leaving the state, rarely does the world catch a glimpse inside Burma. This is a special opportunity for listeners to delve behind the headlines and into the airwaves; to hear for themselves the sounds, rhythms, and voices of urban Burma’s radio experience, unfiltered by the international press or state-spokesmen. Myanmar’s Voice broadcasts nearly twenty-four hours a day across much of the country, playing an assortment of Burmese classics; USDA pledges; and recitations of articles published by the state-run The New Light of Myanmar Times. Due in part to the near blackout of all foreign music on state airwaves, the few FM stations that do exist in Yangon and Bago divisions, transmit a rather bizarre assortment of music from 7am to 9pm: synth ballads, hip-hop jingles, and internationally popular songs re-recorded in Burmese. This release also features assorted tracks recorded between 1994-2002 highlighting many wonderfully strange and beautiful pop, folk, and classical music styles. There are vast resources easily available to anyone interested in learning more about Burma or the USDA; this recording is simply intended to showcase the extraordinary sounds rarely heard beyond its borders.
Reviews of Radio Myanmar (Burma):
…Just Call it Guitar (tour EP)
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Real Cardinal one afternoon back in July, 2004, This 8-song disc of instrumental acoustic guitar performances was released to sell on tour and at a number of acoustic performances. It is now available for free download (click on the album cover). The album features Edmonton musician Doug Hoyer on accordian, 6 instrumental acoustic songs spanning flamenco, folk and classical styles, as well as field recordings and a cover of John Cage’s ‘in a landscape’ I recorded back in 1999. There are a few hundred packaged CDRs in circulation, but this album is no longer available for purchase.
Night Music
Recorded in February 2004, during a yearly spell of -40 degree weather in the Canadian prairies, Night Music is a 45-minute ambient composition originally written for a film which never saw the light of day. Inspired by “Break of Day” by Jorge Luis Borges, the composition meditates on the quiet winter nights in the prairies. Performed, written and recorded by Geoff Hawryluk, it features over a dozen musical segments which follow a motif from an old piano recording from 1998 to the bursting distorted climax. Originally packaged as a CDR release featuring a number of photos and a copy of the Borges poem, it is now available for download by clicking the link beneath the album cover. Of interest to anyone interested in Loscil, The Album Leaf, Sigur Ros, Kiln, Akira Rabelais, The Dead Texan and other similar artists.
