walkabout I by Bradfield Dumpleton
Walkabout I is the first in a series of semi-ambient electronic albums created during the Tasmanian covid lockdown in 2020. Each album is developed around realtime recordings of my body moving through space/time along various local bush and beach walks in SE Tasmania. Electronics have been added to create a meditative, dimensional journey.
In the state of virus lockdown, the simple act of walking can take on a different significance. On these recordings, walkabout is describing a sense of ceremony, walking the landscape of the self. Each of these albums takes me deeper into a layer of my psyche and offers reflection on particular themes in my life.
The walk in this recording is the continuous half-hour descent from the top of Echo Sugarloaf mountain ("Randalls Hill"), high among the eucalyptus people & the wedgetailed eagles, and culminating along the breathing beach of Randalls Bay.
Heartbeat / footfall / wind & waves, rhythms of life, forward motion.
A psychogenic Bark Fugue.
Walk the (black) Dog, and reach for the Star.
Siriusly.
Tracklist
| 1. | Sugarloaf Echoes, Sky To Sea | 28:37 |
Credits
Walked, imagined, improvised & recorded by BD, at Nicholls Rivulet, SE Tasmania. Music & Art Β© 2020 Bradfield Dumpleton.
BD plays: Boots, electronics.
More info: bradfielddumpleton.com/walkabout-i-vii-2020-motion-in-lockdown/
License
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