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RUIDO DIVINO

by General Humanity

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1.
Invocación 03:28
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2.
Sonidos de la naturaleza 06:41
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3.
Sonidos primarios 08:56
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4.
Ruido divino (I) 15:20
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5.
Ruido divino (II) 12:47
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6.
Disminuendo 02:28
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Divine Noise (Teotzotzona in Nahuatl meaning Divine Callings) is a concept taken from research on animal musicians in Ancient Egypt, where the „unbearable noise“ made by apes and other animals shown on depictions playing string and wind instruments is characterized as „divine noise“, not destined to please human ears but to invoke the gods, as a mode to connect to the divine world; the idea behind this project was to reach this connection through a collective sound ritual, with a slow progression from natural sounds (water, leaves, birds) to primal human sounds (guttural chant, body percussion) to chant and percussion and, finally, to dissonant drone sounds on flutes and ocarinas. The ritual started with applying body paint and invocating the six corners of the world through the blowing oft the shell trumpet and the burning of incense, and ended with the sharing of water, and silence. Through smoke, hyperventilation and „difference tones“ (the difference between two close high pitch notes sounding as a low frequency) we aimed to create a state of sonic excess where the noise at the limit of the endurable dilutes our mind towards an oceanic sense of connectedness with the (divine) world.

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released December 12, 2022

Live-recording of a collective sound ritual carried out during a General Humanity residency at Laguna Bacalar, Quintanaroo, Mexico, March 2022.

Concept, text, production: Ingrid Hoelzl
Research & instrument construction: Rafael Andrade
Sound recording: Abraham Juarez
Mastering: Sascha Hahnrath
Participants of sound ritual: Rafael Andrade, Sergio Franco, Ingrid Hoelzl, Abraham Juarez, Blanca Teresa Laris Serna

Sounds and instruments:
water, leaves, body percussion, voice, chant, guttural chant, ankle bells, Teponaztli (percussion instrument made of wood), Tlapitzalli (clay flutes), Huilacapitztli (globular ocarina), Teczistli (caracol marino)

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General Humanity Musicking Digne, France

General Humanity Musicking is the audio arm of the General Humanity collective working across writing, film, performance, and sound. General Humanity Musicking integrates a/biotic sound & extended techniques with sonic ritual & performance where sounding and resounding is shared across life including elements & spirits.

Earlier experimental projects under the name Arkajolie are featured as well. ... more

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