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Singing during a funeral, during wake of Jorge Montiel (Valparaiso, Chile)

Av. Ecuador 145, Valparaíso, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

A 7-minute field recording by Felix BLUME made in Valparaíso, Chile on 21 November 2015, in the night. Soundscape: wind, sea & waves and crowds & voices.

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Singing during a funeral, during wake of Jorge Montiel (Valparaiso, Chile)
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Recordist's notes

During the wake of the death Jorge Montiel, Manuel Sánchez Payador sing to his memory, improvising in "décimas". Voices of the people around in background. Recorded in Valparaiso, Chile, during a residency at Festival Tsonami 2015. Recorded by a MS Setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 In a Cinela Leonard Windscreen Sound Devices 302 Mixer and Zoom H1 Recorder Sound Reference: 151121ZOOM0015 Original recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit

Written by Felix BLUME on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Valparaíso is a city of about 282,448 people in Valparaiso, Chile. OttoAnna lists 52 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H1 / H1n, Sound Devices recorders and Schoeps microphones. An entry-level stereo handheld recorder with fixed X/Y microphones – many people's first field recorder.

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