skimmerin’
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by Strange Rainbow (Catriona McKay, clarsach and Alistair MacDonald, live electronics)
Three journeys
starting in the woods &
travelling to places real & imaginary
57°26’41” N, 2°46’11”W
sunny intervals, wind light to moderate
recorded live in Battlehill Woods, an ancient forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at midsummer in 2009
sounds from Battlehill Woods, the Deveron & Bogie rivers, Dummuie wind farm, the North Sea and forests in faraway places
speakers hanging from the trees the birds joined in, singing along…
Skimmerin’ is a Scots word listed in Chambers’s Scots Dictionary as having eighteen different meanings including “shimmering or glittering”.
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Year
Huntly
United Kingdom
Recordings
Date published
2010
Performers
Catriona McKay, Alistair MacDonald
Recording format id
10
Record company
Mirror-image
Title
skimmerin’