Thai Elephant Orchestra (RSD 2021)

Description

‘Thai Elephant Orchestra’, originally released on CD in 2001, features performances by six elephants living at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang. The elephants’ poignant phrases and beautiful melodies are meditative works of art, captured on tape and presented in a beautiful LP package for the first time ever. New York-based musical artist Dave Soldier and elephant expert Richard Lair, who works at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, built instruments for the elephants. This package includes liner notes and unreleased material from the original recording sessions. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Thai Elephant Conservation Center.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Three Renats, Gong, Thundersheet – Thai Elephant Orchestra
2. Diddley Bow, Two Renats, Kehen, Gong, Thundersheet – Thai Elephant Orchestra
3. Renats, Diddley Bow, Bass Drum, Synthesizer, Thundersheet – Thai Elephant Orchestra
4. Reed, Two Renats, Gong, Synthesizer – Thai Elephant Orchestra
5. Two Renats – Thai Elephant Orchestra
6. Diddley Bow, Slit Drums, Harmonica, Khene, Thundersheet, Gong – Thai Elephant Orchestra
7. Pitch Pipe, Renat, Slit Drums, Diddley Bow – Thai Elephant Orchestra
8. Bass Drum, Gong, Thundersheet – Thai Elephant Orchestra
9. Diddley Bow, Slit Drums – Thai Elephant Orchestra
10. Two Harmonicas, Khene, Bass Drum, Tom-tom, Gong, Diddley Bow – Thai Elephant Orchestra
11. Three Renats, Slit Drum – Thai Elephant Orchestra
12. Renat, Two Slit Drums, Gong, Thundersheet – Thai Elephant Orchestra
Disc 2
1. Two Renats, Thundersheet, Bass Drum – Thai Elephant Orchestra
2. Elephant Field Recordings – Thai Elephant Orchestra