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Wrapped in the Arms of a Giant

from Live at the Amazon by Vicki Hallett

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Wrapped in the Arms of a Giant.

Our guides hack through the jungle as they cut a trail to a particular tree.
I now see why this tree is significant to the tribe. The trail opens out to reveal a giant Ceiba tree. It is so immense that each root forms a high buttress wall that towers over me and I feel like I am standing within the tree's embrace. I decide to play from within each of these roots, or “studios” as named by the guides. Each studio has a unique resonance. As I move the clarinet, the sound responds in its own way. Against the roots or the walls, it creates different sonic textures and effects. The humidity is so high that drips fall on me from the canopy above. Now and then light rain breaks through. Water creates nature's rhythmic accompaniment. The birds and insects sing their layers too. I start to "sound" the enormous tree root soaring around me.

Wrapped in the Arms of a Giant (26:06)
I. Studio A - Sounding the Bam Bam
II. Studio B - Under the canopy
III. Studio C - Forest Humming
IV. Studio D - Homage


Special thanks to my family, the Cofan Tribe, Gordon Hempton, Quiet Parks International, City of Greater Geelong, Steve Ashby, Mike Vernusky, Nicole Carroll, Perri Lynch Howard, Adam Simmons, Donna Smithyman, Penelope Bartlau. To all the other special people in my world who offered support, encouragement, knowledge, inspiration and guidance.

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from Live at the Amazon, track released February 24, 2024
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Performed by Vicki Hallett
Recorded by Gordon Hempton
Edited and mixed by Gordon Hempton, Vicki Hallett and Steve Ashby
Mastered by Steve Ashby
Image by Vicki Hallett

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Vicki Hallett VIC, Australia

Vicki is a musician, sound artist and field recordist. Her process explores the space between hearing music as a cultural experience and the aural vibration within the being. The ongoing quest for sonic immersion and creative compositional devices with authenticity and inspiration leads both Vicki and listener through an organic landscape of sound. ... more

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