{"product_id":"659123108812-vol-1","title":"CONTACT FIELD ORCHESTRA | VOL. 1","description":"Limited 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","brand":"ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT LLC","offers":[{"title":"USA Supplier - 4-10 Days","offer_id":53450156638508,"sku":"al-659123108812","price":67.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/5186\/5644\/files\/3822136.jpg?v=1784433825","url":"https:\/\/realgroovy.com\/products\/659123108812-vol-1","provider":"Real Groovy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}