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Kalabalik

by Det Springende Punkt

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Excerpt from the cd Subtle Summit with two vocal styles: dhrupad (classical indian) presented by Ashish Sankrityayan and overtone singing by Skye Løfvander.

The Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Istanbul stands as a monument to the Byzantine era. After having functioned for a period as a mosque it is now a museum... and still an acoustic temple..
The sound recordings on this video were made in an auralization developed by the Danish Odeon company, whose team of sound engineers with their equipment took the samples from the cathedral. Claus Lynge Christensen took care of the recordings of the two vocal soloists which were made in the anechoic chamber at the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, near Copenhagen. It is one of the largest and most advanced of its kind.

Skye Løfvander’s overtone singing is part of a development which has mainly taken place in the USA and Europe during the last 40 years.
The techniques have similarities to the traditional singing of Mongolia and the Tuva Republic, but whereas these nomads most commonly use a very contracted voice and solely keep the primary voice as a drone, some singers in the West have taken up the challenge of a singing style with more dimensions, where the overtone layer and primary voice may have multi-facetted relations.
Overtone singing is one of the most fascinating possibilities of the human voice. By splitting the sound, a skilled singer may sing in two or even three parts with himself, normally with a distance of between two and three octaves between the two layers. The quality of the upper layer may appear ethereal, enchanting, flutelike...
Moreover, overtone singing offers a holistic approach to the understanding of the common source of language, mathematics and music.
The modern interpretations of this truly enthralling art often draw on the early sacred traditions of European singing and the listener may find traces of both Gregorian and Byzantine singing here.
It is music to become absorbed by, sending the listener on an inner journey.

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released July 16, 2017
Subtle Voices: Subtle Summit
Dhrupad and overtone singing in the digitally simulated acoustics of the Sokullu Mosque and the Hagia Sophia Cathedral.
Recorded in the Anechoic Studio, the Technical University of Denmark, 2007-08. Odeon A/S, www.odeon.dk
Published by www.anjaliarts.de
Recording and reverb: Claus Lynge Christensen
Editing and mastering: Ashish Sankrityayan
CD cover photo: Kim Westergaard
Distribution: www.cdbaby.com
More about Skye Lofvander (in danish!) at www.overtonesang.dk

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Skye Lofvander embarked on his journey over the overtone oceans in 1998. His main inspirations have been friends and mentors in the European and American overtone singing circles.
For many years he has worked as a concert arranger and had artistic collaborations with many excellent musicians from a broad variety of genres and styles.
He has written two books on overtone singing. ... more

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