To the Moon
Join Verity Sharp for a moonwalk through sound, giving a nod to music that feels the pull of the lunar.
International Moon Day is upon us! Join Verity Sharp for a moonwalk through sound, giving a nod to music that feels the pull of the lunar. We’ll drop in on a celestial nighttime vision, experienced from the shadows of the forest, courtesy of David Lynch; and in southern Albania, a shepherd, a police commissioner and a barber come together as Grupi Lab to sing stirring polyphonic folk songs by moonlight. Yoshikazu Iwamoto, meanwhile, offers a Buddhist anthem, “Shingetsu (Moon of the Heart)”, played on a Shakuhachi bamboo flute.
Elsewhere, composer Simon Fisher Turner’s new release is an intricate exploration of sound, reflecting on the restorative nature of “singing of ourselves and to ourselves”; and we’ve extreme and immersive noise from Pedro Vian and Merzbow’s new album, Inside Richard Serra Sculptures.
Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
"fullmoon" (from "async")
- Async.
- Commmons.
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Édouard‐Léon Scott de Martinville
Au Clair de la Lune
- Au Clair de la Lune.
- Dust-to-Digital.
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Merope
Li
- Naktės.
- STROOM.tv.
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Bongo Ossie and the Moonlights
Black Society
- Black Society.
- Hornin' Sounds.
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Meredith Monk
Candy Bullets and Moon
- Beginnings.
- Tzadik Records.
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Simon Fisher Turner
Turning Slowly
- Turning Slowly.
- Mute.
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Sam Lee
The Moon Shines Bright
- At Home with Sam Lee.
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岩本由和
Shingetsu (The Moon of the Heart)
- The Spirit of Silence.
- Buda Records.
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Dave Phillips
Nothing's Wrong (excerpt)
- Nothing’s Wrong.
- Flag Day Recordings.
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fiesta en el vacío & helen island
EN TI ES DE NOCHE
- ATARRAYA.
- triggermoral.
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宛然 (Wanran)
走到房间里不敢嚎叫的嚎叫 (Howl that dare now howl when you walk into the room)
- 嚎叫 scream.
- Sub Jam.
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Björk
Cosmogony
- Biophilia.
- Polydor.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Der Mondfleck
- Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21 (1912).
- Nonesuch.
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Villagers of Plei Hven, Vietnam, recorded by Vincenzo della Ratta
Night ceremony
- Gongs of the Bahnar: A Buffalo Sacrifice Ceremony.
- Akuphone.
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Grupi Lab
Janinës ç'i panë sytë
- LIVE AT TUSK 2019.
- TUSK Editions.
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Pedro Vian & Merzbow
Inside Richard Serra Sculptures Part II
- Inside Richard Serra Sculptures.
- Modern Obscure Music.
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Bosque Vacío
Subacuática
- Cantera Oriente.
- Flaming Pines.
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David Lynch & Chrystabell
Sublime Eternal Love
- Cellophane Memories.
- Sacred Bones.
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Hermeto Pascoal
Festa na Lua
- Cérebro magnético.
- Atlantic.
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Inés Terra
Pulso
- regougar.
- scatterArchive.
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Yea Big & Tatsu Aoki
The Hand and the Dirt
- The Hand and the Moon, Part 2.
- FPE Records.
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Gloria Levy
A Tan Alta Va La Luna (The Moon Climbs High)
- From Sephardic Folk Songs.
- Folkways Records.
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OKI
Tonkori in the Moonlight
- Tonkori in the Moonlight.
- Mais Um Discos.
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Ekuka Morris Sirikinti
TEC ME OT JOK
- TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKA.
- Nyege Nyege Tapes.
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"Group of four Ngoni men"
Chundalala chawona mwezi (The moon was already up and the ants were gone)
- Various songs of the Ngoni accompanied by rattles, handclapping, or board zither.
- International Library of African Music.
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Mohammad Hashim, Kaka, Mohammad Akbar & Yasin
Mahtâb bibin khayma zada dar Jayhun
- Afghanistan: Music During the Civil War (1979 - 2001).
- UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music.
Broadcast
- Fri 19 Jul 202422:00BBC Radio 3
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