Duet with crystal clear Glock-like sounds of insects near my home in Taiwan. With very basic means (a repetitive two or three note pattern of only one pitch each)they play a game of auditory ping pong of great ingenuity. I wonder if they enjoyed themselves as much as I did.

Insect Duetto

Zoo1Dwalk

Zoo1Cfrogmachine

Zoo1Fmachine

Zoo1ADeer

Zoo1Eflamingoes

Rothenberg's Answer

Nutation is the circular swaying movement of the tip of a growing shoot of a plant, as well as a certain periodic tilting of the earth's axis causing the poles to follow a wavy path. In this piece Parafonia holds on to a very specific alignment of fundamentals and overtones, moving in and out of perfect, just harmonies. An example of Mark van Tongeren's approach to develop new harmonies with multiple overtone singers, called 0... ('Zeropoints'). In this case, Rolin Rachele and Juri Cainero joined Mark in 2008, when hundreds of Zeropoint variations came into existence.

Nutation

23112001 from the cycle  365 algorhythms for Michael Vetter.

365 Algorhythms

23112001

From 365 Algorhythms, this is Nokyo 23142009. For more Nyoko's including videos with the text on display, check out my other channels on https://solo.to/markvantongeren

Nokyo 23142009

*** warning: some mic noise here and there! *** I did this improvisation yesterday at this week's Voice Yoga's class in Taipei. We had a guest from Hong Kong, and this special place is in our minds a lot now. I dedicate this piece to Positive Transformation of Hong Kong and China: may the lasting legacy of Chinese and Cantonese culture and wisdom prevail over fanciful ideological illusions. You hear my voice plus the great Mishra shruti box, with its deep, slow breath. *** recorded by one of the students with smartphone, never mind some noise here and there! ***

Hong Kong King

One of the many duo sessions we did during the 2019 Shruti Nights in Taipei, Taiwan. This one, with translator and student Sunny Chen and myself.

Mark van Tongeren

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