Snailfriends2Snailfriends 2Ail Fionnaudioopensource_audioMiscellaneous <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz">saz</a> and mandolin recordings made with various collaborators in Ireland, Wales, England and Belgium, 1995-2003 - a mix of folktunes, originals and jamming.2006-12-012006mandolin;saz;baglama;drone;droning;acoustic;atmospheric;folk;free psych-folk;free psychfolk;free psych folk;freeform;improv;improvisation;improvisational;improvisatory;improvised;improvising;jam;jamming;lofi;lo-fi;organic;other;psychedelia;psychedelic;psychfolk;psych-folk;space;spacey;spontaneous;modal;elf;elven;fairy;faery;pixie;Ireland;Wales;Belgium;Flanders;Vlaanderen;Sint-Niklaas;traditional;melodica;Andy Ra;Galanjah;traditional Welsh;Welsh traditional;Welsh;Silbury Hill;Avebury;traditional English;English traditional;Tiverton;Devon;Cork;Offaly;Witlshire;Big Green Gathering;Green Gathering;BGG;Spacegoats;Scottish;traditional Scottish;Scottish traditional;Galanjahhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/2006-12-01 08:54:042006-12-01 08:52:19mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.ukMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew Watkins2006-12-01 09:40:312006-12-01 09:46:012006-12-01 10:19:402006-12-01 10:25:462006-12-01 10:29:302006-12-01 13:58:352006-12-01 14:04:592006-12-02 10:52:192006-12-02 11:25:042006-12-02 13:10:332006-12-02 13:39:212006-12-16 01:54:132006-12-18 20:41:042006-12-18 21:17:50variousMiniDisc, DAT, cassette, TASCAM 4-track63:56<center><table width="550" border="0"><tr><td>
<center><img alt="Inge and Matthew in Glastonbury" title="Inge and Matthew, outside 23 Northload Street, autumn 1994" src="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/images/23northload.jpg">
<span style="font-size:78%;">Inge's first trip to <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury">Glastonbury</a> - outside 23 Northload Street, autumn 1994</span></center>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/ailfionn/inge.htm">Inge</a> - mandolin, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica">melodica</a>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/ailfionn/matthew.htm">Matthew</a> - <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz">saz</a>
with
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/andyman.jpg">Andy Man</a> - <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djembe">djembe</a>, percussion, vocal noises [5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17]
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/images/peter.jpg">Peter</a> - Andalucian cactus drum [4, 7, 8, 15]
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.archive.org/details/galanjah">Alan</a> - djembe [1, 5, 11, 15, 17]
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/andyra.jpg">Andy Ra</a> - acoustic twelve-string guitar [3]
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/images/greet.jpg">Greet</a> - acoustic guitar [6, 9]
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jahfunkey.net/">Funkey</a> - synths, processing [14, 18]
<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raggle_Taggle_Gypsy">"Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies"</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bobdylanroots.com/notta.html">"Nottamun Town"</a> are traditional English, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/647">"Cutting Bracken"</a> is traditional Scottish, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosban_Fach">"Sôspan Fach"</a> is traditional Welsh. We made up "For <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/images/isun.jpg">Isun</a>" together (on <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill">Silbury Hill</a>! on <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice">solstice</a> morning!), Inge made up "Cowsong" and "Breakfast in Kildare", Matthew made up "Ayurvedic Toothpaste" and "Silver-Oxide Ghosts". <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/kris-anglesey.jpg">Kris</a> and Matthew made up "Wellies on the Arabian Peninsula". The rest are just jams.
1 recorded by Chris Didge at Coombe Farm, near <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiverton">Tiverton, Devon</a>, autumn 1997
2, 10, 14, 16, 18 recorded by Funkey at <a target="_blank" href="http://titan.glo.be/~funkey/highergrow.html">his studio</a> in <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-niklaas">Sint-Niklaas</a>, autumn 1995
3, 5, 11, 13, 17 recorded at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2595">Maughanasilly</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Cork">West Cork</a>, autumn 2003
4, 7 recorded in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/images/lizziesfield.jpg">Lizzie's field</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/images/llandecwyn2.jpg">Llandecwyn</a>, N. Wales</a>, summer 1997
6, 9 recorded by Funkey at his studio in Sint-Niklaas, spring 1996
8, 12 recorded at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/rigneyfam.jpg">Rigneys</a>' farm, Cadamstown, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Offaly">Co. Offaly</a>, summer 1997
15 recorded on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baka.co.uk/rinky/">Rinky Dink</a> stage, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Green_Gathering">Big Green Gathering</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>, summer 1997
A few splices have been introduced (by Matthew) in some pieces to make this all a bit more listenable. The name of the collection originates with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/images/stella.jpg">Stella</a> from the Spacegoats - she used to call us her "snailfriends" because of our tendency to always turn up together wearing huge rucksacks, on the way from somewhere to somewhere else.
<center><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.archive.org/details/Snailfriends1">Snailfriends 1</a></b></center>
<center><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/ailfionn/ailfionn.htm">Ail Fionn</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/network/ATW/index.htm">A Tiny Window</a></b></center>
<center><a target="_blank" href="http://soundsfromthespring.blogspot.com"><i>The Spring</i></a> - Matthew's 'audio blog' contact: <a href="mailto:mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.uk">mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.uk</a></center>
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