Reflecting Shade by ben link collins

On the 21st of August, 2017 I was in Hopkinsville, KY to view the solar eclipse that crossed the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. I made a 25 minute field recording spanning the time before, during, and after the eclipse. That unedited recording is included here, as well as a composition which utilizes the raw recording as source sounds. The edited composition is based on the embellished memory of the whole event.

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Reviews:
" 'Reflecting State' was recorded in Hopkinsville, Kentucky ("two states north of Alabama", Collins informs me) during the solar eclipse of August 21st, 2017. The eclipse lasted for four minutes, and Collins presents two pieces of twenty-five minutes each. The second being a field recording in situ before, during and after the eclipse, while "the first piece is based on my memory of the event". In the second piece we hear many crickets and a plane flying over, all very gentle I guess, which is perhaps the nature (pun intended) when you go out into the woods in the rural area of Kentucky. Collins walked away from the recording and the machine to its duty. I am not entirely sure how then the other piece was made; maybe he works with field recordings here, trying to capture the memories of what he recorded out in the field? Or maybe he works with some additional sound effects to the piece? It is sharper, louder and at one point even a burst of low rumbling noise than the original. I assume this last option is what he did here and he does a fine job at it. Judging by the titles the 'memory' piece was recorded exactly one year and a day later than the solar eclipse piece. This piece has a more conceptual approach than the other one, yet it is a lovely consistent piece as well." Frans de Waard - Vital Weekly

Tracklist

1.	180821	25:26

2.	170821	24:46

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released August 21, 2018

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