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David Haney Album Release Party

CIRCADIAN WORLD CLOCK from David Haney and Big Round Records is a captivating exploration of nature's musical landscape. In this groundbreaking recording project, Haney challenges participants from around the world to submit 2-3 minute field recordings, each recorded at the specific hours of the day prescribed by the monastic Liturgy of the Hours. These field recordings from the United States, Russia, Brazil, and many other locales make a powerful statement about our interconnectedness as a species. The soundscapes are interpreted by Haney and his fellow musicians with piano, mallets, EBows, drums, percussion, didgeridoo, and an assortment of brass and reed instruments.

The Circadian World Clock is a set of field recordings with musical interpretations. Each participant was asked to record at a specific time of day. The time designations are based on the monastic liturgy of the hours: PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE, VESPERS, COMPLINE, VIGIL, MATINS. In January 2019 and on January 25, 2020, participants all over the world submitted 2-3 minute field recordings for this project. The end result was a recording that starts with the 6 A.M. submissions and proceeds throughout the day at intervals of 3 hours, ending at 3 A.M. on the next day. The next step involved creating a live soundtrack; musicians created a musical landscape based on the field recordings.

Circadian World Clock 2020

On what is normally one of the most travelled days of the year, there was a quiet like the calm before an impending storm. Segments shot worldwide on January 25, 2020 at hourly intervals from Tasmania, Australia; China; Thailand; Finland; Cape Verde, Africa; USA; Argentina; and Brazil.

Photo and Field Recording Credits

Recorded January 1-19, 2019

1. 6am East coast of Tasmania - ROBYN HITCHCOCK

2. 6am Luang Prabang, Laos - EMILY HANEY

3. 9am Copenhagen, Denmark - YAEL ACHER

4. 9am Tel Aviv, Israel - YAEL ACHER

5. 9am Siem Reap, Cambodia - EMILY HANEY

6. 9am Seoul, South Korea - EMILY HANEY

7. 10am Seoul, South Korea - EMILY HANEY

8. 11am Hanoi, Vietnam - EMILY HANEY

9. 12pm Mount Angel, USA - DAVID HANEY

10. 3pm Hanoi, Vietnam - EMILY HANEY

11. 3pm Lahti, Finland - JUKKA LANKINEN

12. 6pm Siem Reap, Cambodia - EMILY HANEY

13. 6pm Saint Louis, Senegal - SALIHA HADJ-DJILANI

14. 9pm New York, USA - NORA MCCARTHY

15. 9pm Moscow, Russia - CHRISTINA From Moscow

16. 9pm Sao Paolo, Brazil - JOSE SIEIRO

17. 12am Mendoza, Argentina - JORGE HERNAEZ

18. 12am, Poschiavo, Switzerland - PATRIK LANDOLT

19. 3am, Portland, Oregon, USA - DAVID HANEY

Special thanks to Emily Haney for all her help and field recordings for this project.



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