Label: Touch

遂に出ました、環境音オーディオダイアリー第三弾!!70年代末から音制作を開始、空港を使った大規模サウンドインスタレーションや非常に難解なアプローチまで、毎回ハードコア且つ燻し銀の表現を貫くスウェーデンの重鎮Carl Michael Von Hausswolff。米電子音楽家Chandra Shuklaと共に収集した世界各地の環境音を使い、彫刻の様なサウンドスケープを作り上げるシリーズの第三弾が凡そ三年振りにリリース!!今回は2024年2月に9日間過ごしたというタイ・チェンマイのサウンドスケープを使用。博物館やホテルをはじめ、交易圏となっている辺境の地、仏教寺院や仏塔、メコン川、山々、森林...、観光地や環境を切り抜き騒音に満ちた音のタペストリーを創造。毎度の如く完成度の高さにヤラレる事必至の極上物件。長方形のDVDサイズデジパッック。





Limited Edition Compact Disc in large format DVD package with photography & design by Jon Wozencroft

The third in an ongoing series of collected international audio diaries; the premise is quite simple: the two meet at a mutually agreed upon destination along with the facilitation of something to record audio of these experiences on. The intent is to capture and augment these sonic documentaries of their travels which then are sculpted into soundtracks. This is done by sourcing the culture, environment, persons or events that make their voices available. The result might be pleasantly kind and floating or unpleasantly rough and jarring unveiling a light or dark world.

In February 2024, CM von Hausswolff and Chandra Shukla met in Chaing Mai, Thailand over the course of 9 days. Recordings were made at 31st Century Museum of Contemporary Spirit, Wat Umong (Suan Buddha Dhamma), Wat Phra Singh, Wat Phra That Dot Suthep, Loi Kroh Boxing Stadium, Wat Chedi Luang, Mae Wang Mae Win, Was Pha Lat, Wat Phra That Dot Kham, Wat Rong Khun Chaing Rai, Rong Suea Ten Temple Chiang Rai Ancient City, House of Opium Museum Chiang Saen, The Mekong at The Golden Triangle Chiang Saen, One Budget Hotel Chiang Saen...

von Hausswolff and Shukla rounding off another whirlwind 9 days in Southeast Asia in the unusual setting of the Lanna Kingdom (Kingdom of a million rice fields) of Northern Thailand. A multifaceted location where Thailand shares borders with Myanmar, Laos and China in what is known as The Golden Triangle, a commercial trade zone between the nations. This frontier region is home to hill tribes, countless Buddhist monasteries, stupas, The Mekong River, mountains and forests. All of which can be heard on this recording. Always finding themselves in the most untypical of off the beaten tourist destinations and settings, CM von Hausswolff and Chandra Shukla use the Northern Thai backdrop for more sonic tapestries and meditational sound weaving. Perhaps not always in the calming of ways but more often in the midst of noise laden cacophony.

Mastered by Denis Blackham
Photography by Jon Wozencroft + Travelogue
Design: Jon Wozencroft

Recorded 2-11 February 2024 in ChIang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chiang Saen and other locations in Northern Thailand.
Composed and mixed at the Castle in Stockholm, Sweden and at Dissimulata in Asheville, NC USA, 2024-2025.