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Secret Songs of Ponds

by David Rothenberg

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  • Book/Magazine + Digital Album

    140 full color pages, three years in the making, a poetic journey into the world of underwater pond music, and a memoir of the pandemic besides. Regular copies available here: htttp://secretsoundsofponds.world, but on Bandcamp, an edition of signed and numbered copies limited to 42 in number is available. Includes a download code for the album.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Secret Songs of Ponds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 42 

      $42 USD or more 

     

  • get your own hydrophone of the exact kind used to record these amazing pond sounds. Details here: www.terranovapress.com/books/aquabeat-hydrophone... Available from Bandcamp directly at 10% off.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Secret Songs of Ponds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days

      $125 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A limited edition signed and numbered compact disc of SECRET SOUNDS OF PONDS, limited to 50 copies. NOTE: Will only be manufactured once 25 people order one.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Secret Songs of Ponds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 30 days
    edition of 50 

      $20 USD or more 

     

  • Poster/Print + Digital Album

    Signed and numbered editions limited to 5 of each image. Precise size and paper can be chosen by the customer.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Secret Songs of Ponds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 30 days
    edition of 25 

      $100 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $9 USD  or more

     

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To go To go over this quicksand of quicksound The sound teaches me Now.... I love you too Let’s make drama >>>>>>>aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh—çıngıl çıngıl >>>>>>>aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh There is no gap— Pulls me over Pushes me away Pull me over Push me away When? Tell me when? I say, when The sound says now.
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Nerindi 07:51
Nee-eeeeeh neeee neeee ayh ooooh Nee-eeeeeh neeee ayh ooooh Zooh reeeh yaaah Zoooh darankeh naah yah —dah yah Zooh nah kereyah Gori vakinee Zooreeh kimano eh Remiso reeyeh Sooooooooooooooooh Goooooooooooooomgh Goooooooooooooomgh Goooooooooooooomgh Seernah Seernah klah shhhh Seernah klah shaah Seernah klah shaah aay Nerindi Nerindi Koomaney nerindi Koohmaney Koambaney Nerindi (* Koooooommmgh Koooooommmgh Papapapapapapapapapapapapapapah Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Peeeeeeeeey piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih PhShchiiiihhh PhShchiiiihhh Nerindi Nerindi PhShchiiiihhh PhShchiiiihhh PhShchiiiihhh PhShchiiiihhh Khaabaah Kaabem Khaabaah Kaabem
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Arriving at new lands Bringing the old to the new lands For there is a fight against oblivion Blessing the land Standing firm through calling A narrow path to settle what’s vast Nomads with invisible stories No properties The word is the surface of the land Words give no hint of the tone The melody is only an approach, a diplomacy To give the land voice, for it can evade Fish, birds, a river in the throes of death By the shores of unrest Undaunted The colic of the bass bends the nerves And the strange chuckles behind— Bells of a lost herd
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In heaven They keep calling from another time. From another day, They keep calling Go towards the temple High and roofless Roofless Ah.. I... I don’t know I don’t know How can one walk without feet? How can one talk without mouth? I don’t know, don’t know I... I don’t know They touch the wall with my face.
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about

Over the last few years, David Rothenberg has been exploring the underwater sounds of ponds, rhythms and bleeps made by photosynthesizing plants and stridulating insects, plus a handful of truly mysterious unknown noises.

He uses a special hydrophone of his own manufacture, called the Aquabeat, also available from Bandcamp in the merch section.

Starting in those pandemic years when it was impossible to travel far from the forests and waters of his Hudson Valley home, he began to perform live with these sounds on iPad-controlled electronics and his usual clarinets.

Later he brought in distant online collaborators, most notably the Turkish poet and philosopher Ilgin Deniz Akseloglu.

In January 2024 his book on the subject, SECRET SOUNDS OF PONDS was published by Roof Books.

Limited edition signed and numbered copies are available in the merch section, along with this special album-version of the music which is described in detail inside the book.

The pieces on this album are of course slightly different.... And the download versions available here are of higher sound quality than the streaming versions available elsewhere.

credits

released January 4, 2024

David Rothenberg, field recordings, clarinet, contralto clarinet, iPad, electronics

Ilgin Deniz Akseloglu, words and voice

cover photo by Eva Bakkeslett

(c) (p) Mysterious Mountains Music, 2024
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Terra Nova Music
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