Re: [microsound] how mushrooms sing

[nicola catalano <catsed@xxxxxxxxx>]

>On 7/30/04 at 9:25 PM, JPaul23@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> sorry this is late, and re-activating a thread that has only
>> just died, but I was just shown this very curious newspaper
>> story:
>
>Oh, brilliant!
>
>Here's a link to Radio Praha site with a short clip:
>
>http://www.radio.cz/en/article/46414
>
>Looks like Czech for mushroom is "hub."
>
>

in 1999 english composer michael prime published a cd titled "l-fields"
(sonoris), using recordings of fungi. here are the liner notes. maybe
they're useful.
cheers,
nic

"The sound materials used on this CD are derived from bioelectrical
recordings of living plants and fungi. All living things possess electrical
fields which fluctuate according to the physical or mental state of the
organism, as well as to solar, lunar and other cycles. The tiny voltages
produced by the plants were
amplified and used as control signals for battery-powered oscillators,
recorded in situ. Environmental sounds from the locations where the plants
were growing were also used in the compositions. I chose to use
hallucinogenic plants as subjects because of their long history of
interaction with humans, and because
of the large amount of music that has apparently been influenced by their
usage. I thought it was time to let the natural rhythms of the plants
themselves be heard."



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