{"product_id":"contact-field-orchestra-vol-1","title":"Contact Field Orchestra - Vol. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited gold vinyl LP pressing. \"In 2008 I came across a box of 7\" tapes at an estate sale in Altadena. The woman there said that they had belonged to her father and were \"field recordings\" of a turn-of-the century orchestra. It took me maybe another year to actually load them up and transfer them to the computer. When I did, what I found was an incredible documentation of indigenous folkloric music that was meticulously recorded and then later transferred to 2-track tape sometime in the 1960's. The tapes were labeled \"Contact Field Orchestra\"- a collection of field recordings that seem to date from sometime around the turn of the 20th century (possibly a little earlier). The sound this orchestra created is like something out of a Jim Jarmusch film, and reminds me of an old Library of Congress or Folkways recording. The music itself is full of opposites - hypnotizing and odd; meditative and jarring. It's strangely familiar, but also distantly unrecognizable. Some songs are more minimalist in their approach, building up a rhythm with mbiras and percussion, while others seem to have much more harmony and tonal structure and almost Blues\/Country feel. Either way, they had me hooked from the first bar, and I find myself returning to it again and again, irregardless of my heavy-handed noodling... I'm really happy to have discovered this, and I hope you are too. All the best,\" Damon Aaron\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67761360175394,"sku":"659123108812","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/3822136.jpg?v=1794306680","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/contact-field-orchestra-vol-1","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}