Proceeds from this release will support the Derek Piotr Fieldwork Archive.
"The Derek Piotr Fieldwork Archive (
fieldwork-archive.com) was established by Derek Piotr in August 2022.
The Archive contains over five hundred audio recordings made from March 2020 onward, and preserves
diverse representations of folklore; ballads, hymns, tales, poems, children’s songs, and interviews among them.
The focus of this collection is on the "non-singer": someone with no background in musical performance who
can nevertheless relate a song or folkloric memory. The vast majority of the recordings in the Archive
showcase unaccompanied vocal performances.
In browsing the Archive you will hear singing from all walks of life: from nuns to bartenders;
twentysomethings to centenarians; folk-song scholars, siblings making barnyard noises in unison, residents of
a nursing home collectively remembering patriotic standards, farmers singing murder ballads, and legends of
the folk scene sharing their earliest remembrances of learning through home-singing. You will hear memories
of hospice journeys, faith healing practices, tornado survival, and supernatural hauntings." — from the DPFA Press Release (included as PDF with download)
original mix:
povertyelectronics.bandcamp.com/track/yielding-wren-feat-vanessa-rossetto
released March 20, 2023
datewithdeath (is Travis D. Johnson) - drum programming, percussion, sampler, digital synthesis, field recordings, mixing, mastering
linktr.ee/datewithdeath
Steve Flato - drum programming, digital and analog synthesis, microtonal guitar, field recordings, sampler, mixing
steveflato.bandcamp.com
Vanessa Rossetto - additional sound material
linktr.ee/vanessarossetto
remix and additional field recordings by Derek Piotr
derekpiotr.com
fieldwork-archive.com