Damien Shingleton:
"I made some field recordings in Darjeeling, most significant of which
were those of a blind Nepalese beggar at the Chowk Bazaar and the
family at the Tenzing restaurant on Burdwan Road.
I was apprehensive about recording the beggar, afraid of looking like a
tourist vulture. As you can hear in the recording, I don't think he
knew he was being recorded although a friend of his explained
afterwards.
The family are Gelong Bhutia, Tenzing Wongmo, Yangchen Dolker (15) and
Tenzing Loden (12). I suggested recording Gelong after hearing him when
he was at work. I came back the following day and he had prepared the
rest of the family to sing as well. Gelong was especially happy for
particular songs to be recorded because
he is one of the many Tibetan failies in exile, and he hope to preserve
something of Tibetan culture.
You can contact Gelong with sensitive feedback and good wishes at
gelongbhutia_1 ATNOSPAM hotmail.com
When I recorded the family, they were keen to hear Louise sing, so
there's an improptu version of Heather (hc044). You can contact Louise
in the same way at boneyl ATNOSPAM hotmail.com
Please do NOT use any of these recordings for samples or commercial
release. Note that technically I own the copyright and will act to
properly protect the interests of the artists involved and would wish
to see them properly reimbursed and credited, please respect this as
they have no ther real recourse. You can contact me at pa_screech
ATNOSPAM hotmail.com
All songs were recorded in January 2005, thanks for listening, Damien"
Hippo admin: translations and notes for the tracks are in the comment field of the id3 tags.