written by robbie beahrs for 2 violas, 3 voices (ben ullery, viola; robbie beahrs, voice) texts adapted from bulgarian folk songs, translated by kosta panayotov
raw
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for jesse
voice, celeste, igil by robbie
Played 199 times.
the yellow trotter (chyraa-xor)
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written by robbie beahrs, based on a tuvan folk song
performed by import/export
robbie beahrs, voice and igil (horsehead fiddle); brian ellingsen, double bass; ed garcia, kendang drums (sung in english and tuvan)
soundscapes recorded in the tuvan countryside by ted levin and joel gordon
Played 484 times.
sketches of nature (boidus churumaly)
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written and performed by import/export
robbie beahrs, voice; brian ellingsen, double bass; ed garcia, kendang drums
Played 427 times.
altyn altai (piano strings, voice)
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written by edil huseinov (from kazakhstan)
arranged and performed by robbie beahrs, plucked grand piano and voice (sung in kazakh)
Played 243 times.
mountain voices (double bass, voice)
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written by evgeni ulugbashev (from khakassia, russia)
arranged and performed by robbie beahrs, voice and brian ellingsen, double bass (sung in khakass and english)
Played 158 times.
hawk hill hog horn jamming
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recorded by robbie beahrs using binarual DSM microphones on 17-Oct-2009 around midnight on hawk hill overlooking the golden gate bridge
(andrea lieberstein, flute)
Played 113 times.
fractured mirrors
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for voices and sampled percussion
written and recorded by robbie beahrs
Played 80 times.
chinatown to BART soundwalk
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i recorded this soundwalk on May 5th, 2008 in san francisco with binaural DSM microphones, ducking into shops here and there while generally walking down california street. note the cable car passes me and maxes out my microphones. it is chronological, and, besides a few splices, unprocessed.
this piece was featured in a an episode of giant ear, the radio voice of the new york society for acoustic ecology in february, 2009.
Played 84 times.
on the pirin mountains
floodgate
for 5 dancers and sampled wine glass
choreography by gabriel anderson
music by robbie beahrs
performed April 30, 2005 in claremont, CA
