Music for Swimming and Flying, by Jim Nollman

Music for Swimming and Flying

by Jim Nollman

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1.	Orca Jazzing 05:53	buy track
2.	Bubble Symphony 03:02	buy track
3.	Amazon Headwaters 03:37	buy track
4.	Calm 06:25	buy track
5.	Cretaceous Songbook 13:49	buy track
6.	Beluga Tells a Joke 04:24	buy track
7.	Orca Moan 04:16	buy track
8.	Humpy's Raga 04:32	buy track
9.	Dolphin Realtime 06:18	buy track
10.	The Thunderbirds 06:07	buy track

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Abstract electronic music from renowned field recordist, animal communicator, and researcher Jim Nollman joins the Other Minds Records roster with his new digital release Music for Swimming and Flying.

Drawing from the influence of electronic artists like Squarepusher, Nollman has assembled an album of beat-based manipulated animal sound pieces that wouldn’t be out of place on the Warp Records roster. It’s as if Brian Eno and David Byrne's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts drew from natural sounds rather than "thrifted" answering machine tapes and shortwave preachers. The rhythmic and repetitive nature of the material draws out the inherent musicality of animal calls that Nollman has pointed at throughout his career.

The pieces on Music for Swimming and Flying were drawn from material collected during the course of the artist’s scientific work and fitted to the narratives and experiences explored within.

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released July 1, 2021

All music by Jim Nollman

Charles Amirkhanian - Executive Producer
Andrew Weathers - Producer and Mastering Engineer

Liam Herb - Introductory Liner Notes
Jim Nollman - Liner Notes

Mark Fischer - Cover Wavelet Image, courtesy of Aguasonic
Mark Abramson - Cover Layout
Gretchen Korsmo - Booklet Layout

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