Singer: Dallas Simpson
Title: Sacred Thresholds
Label: Green Field Recordings ‎– GFR 058
Type: File, MP3, VBR
Country: Portugal
Date of released: 2013
Category: Non-Music
Style: Field Recording
Size MP3 zip: 1804 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1344 mb
Rating: 4.0✭
Format: MP3 MP3 WAV ASF AAC MP4 APE AA FLAC

Tracklist

Sacred Thresholds	55:48
1a	Thresholds Of Incarnation
1b	Threshold Of A Trapped Soul
1c	Sacred Threshold
1d	Beyond The Threshold

Notes

This sound work is an exercise in abstract symbolic metaphorical allusion, of deep spiritual significance to the artist, in the form of a suite of 4 phonographic live location recordings. Because this four part work, in the form of four short meditations, is intended to be understood in highly abstract terms, the exact locations of the recordings are not identified.

The 1st Movement represents incarnation into the physical realm, the ticking of time here alludes specifically to the 'Time and Place' that we are born into. Here childhood and youthfulness are playful, occasionally vigorous, impetuous, sometimes loud and boisterous, yet inclined to periods of silent contemplation and prayer. The spiritual journey has begun.
In the 2nd Movement the constraints of material attachments impede the development of our higher being.
In the 3rd Movement the (Golden) Silence of Transcendence is more omnipresent. The seeker must hearken to the tiny voice of our inner being.
In the 4th Movement our inner being is liberated from all constraints and wanders freely in its sacred abode.

Recorded in 2012 in three empty churches in The Romney Marshes (1st and 2nd Movements) and Cambridgeshire (3rd Movement). The 4th Movement was recorded under a railway bridge near the location of the 3rd Movement. Each experience, encounter and improvisation with the interior of the churches was followed by a slow circumambulation (circular walk around the church). All improvisations were performed with humility, love and respect using only bare hands and leaving no trace of any contact. All binaural recordings were made using custom modified in-ear microphones, no windshields were used.
The Churchwarden was informed of the trapped Magpie following the completion of the recording of the 2nd Movement.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
GFR 058	Dallas Simpson	Sacred Thresholds ‎(File, FLAC)	Green Field Recordings	GFR 058	Portugal	2013