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Bangalore, November 14th 2009

Another installment in our audio-visual field recordings series is provided by phonography artist from France. Francois captured his wanderings alongside streets of Bangalore near Krishnarajendra Market: from ecstatic chanting and prayers in the numerous temples to a noisy overcrowded street traffic, open and wide spaces, colourful and wicked experience. Headphones are highly recommended!

On my last day in India, I arrived in Bangalore in the morning after one night spent on the sleeping train from Ernakulam (Kerala). My trip had started there one month before. I had then spent most of my stay in a small town called Saundatti in Karnataka. After a short trip to Goa, I spent one week in Cochin before returning to Bangalore to catch my plane back to Paris.

Recorded in Bangalore (India), November 14th 2009, by François-Emmanuel Fodéré.
Mastered by Final Cut.
Thanks to Allamprabhu & his family, Julien, Louise, Shivu.

Equipment: Edirol R-09 recorder, Sound Professionals SP-TFB-2 in-ear binaural microphones and XLR 248HD preamplifers/48-volt phantom power supplies.

http://www.myspace.com/francoisemmanuelfodere

Born in mysterious circumstances, his talent was discovered so late that he was not able to attend schools or universities. François-Emmanuel acquired his musical knowledge while travelling to various countries. Some of his musical education was learned from strange situations and experiences. The protection of his benefactor (the French netlabel La p'tite maison) presented him with the opportunity to get a free position. His distinguished charostics were developed by his curiosity on the contrast between natural and urban sounds. "Go draw something fantastic on the ground, to reveal the power of nature and Spirit. Try to show that madness is nothing other than part of reality". The mixture of human and natural sounds has always been regarded as a desecration; which has remained discrete during his travels. Some say they have seen him wearing a cape. Equipped with a small bag and leather's shoes as flexible as possible, he wanders and weaves a web between memory and dream. He recently began to travel the world in search of troglobian... The research of his investigations are still available on various netlabels.