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The causse stones

Unnamed Road, 30120 Montdardier, France

A 2-minute field recording by Vincent Duseigne made in France on 1 May 2016, in the evening.

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The causse stones
2:30CC BY 3.0by Vincent DuseigneInternet Archive
2:30
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Recordist's notes

The stones in this very desertic place are special. As I said the the Lozere mounts, where stones creechs, you won't find this elsewhere. In fact here in this huge limestone land, the stones sing. It makes a sound like a piano, with shrill sounds and acidulous music note. That's what I wanted to show with stones here and that's not very easy. These stones are called "lauzes".

Written by Vincent Duseigne on radio aporee ::: maps.

Context

This recording was made away from larger towns, about 41 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.

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