"Members of the mighty Karelian drone-pop duo Dva Zagorodnyh Doma, Sashash Ulz and Lena “kot kot” have kept themselves busy pummeling and shelving awesome tapes the whole year of 2012. But they did find some time to travel as well and the first volume of Field Book is their sonic report. Field recordings from Ukraine, Portugal, Austria and other places are splattered into a tight stellar 40 minute gem."
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released August 20, 2013
All the tracks were recorded during the trips in 2011-2012 by Sasha and Lena (Dva Zagorodnyh Doma). Some live records were made outside, other places are defined in the brackets. Mastered and mixed by Sashash Ulz. December, 2012.
01 Frogs (Yalta, Ukraine. April, 2011)
02 Rio Rita (played by unknown orchestra. Yalta, Ukraine. May 1, 2011)
03 Digital Oracle (Yalta, Ukraine. April, 2011)
04 Xylophonist (Lisbon, Portugal. June, 2012)
05 Piper (Santiago de Compostela, Spain. June 2012)
06 Final Part of the Mass (Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. June, 2012)
07 David Sings (a house somewhere in the mountains of Asturias, Spain. June, 2012)
08 “Green Green Grass of Home” by Tom Jones (radio broadcast excerpt. Recorded on the way from Vigo, Spain to Porto, Portugal. June, 2012)
09 Sounds of the Piano (Santiago de Compostela, Spain. June, 2012)
10 Arrival (recorded on a plane. Minsk, Belarus. October, 2011)
11 Final Part of the Mass (St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, Austria. October, 2012)
12 Excerpt of an Overture by Vladimir Dashkevich (played by unknown string quartet. Yalta, Ukraine. May, 2011)
13 Train Station (Kharkov, Ukraine. April, 2011)
14 David’s Cassette Overdrive (recorded at David’s party in his house, somewhere in the mountains of Asturias, Spain. June, 2012)
15 Accordion (played by unknown girl in the streets of Lisbon, Portugal. June, 2012)
16 Unknown Polish band (radio broadcast excerpt. Recorded at night in Wroclaw, Poland. October, 2011)
17 Dialogue (TV broadcast excerpt. Fiolent, Ukraine. May, 2011)
18 Unknown Piece (probably Mozart, played by an ensemble in an old town church. Poznan, Poland. October, 2011)
19 Unknown Piece (radio broadcast excerpt. Porto, Portugal. June, 2012)
20 Preacher (recorded in an old town church. Bordeaux, France. June, 2012)
21 Waltz (played by unknown orchestra. Yalta, Ukraine. May 1,2011)
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