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Jawharp Recording Project

An ongoing effort to create a compilation of jawharp-centric recordings, works in-progress posted below...

• Breakaway - [mp3] - (2.26 MB)
  style: jaw harp solo, upbeat, lots of delay.
  tools: jaw harp
  notes: still working out the finer points here
  
  
• Rhythm Stick - [mp3] - (2.72 MB)
  style: driving pulsing.
  tools: just jaw harps
  
  
• Jawharp Jam - [mp3] - (5.27 MB)
  style: trance groove, instrumental
  tools: jaw harps (with live sampling), sax, vocals, percussion
  percussion: Guy Mendilow
  vocals: Penpa Tsering
  notes: recorded live from an improv jam at the Dance Complex, Cambridge MA
  
  
• Octagon - [mp3] - (9.0 MB)
  style: instrumental groove
  tools: jaw harps (with live sampling), sax, , bamboo flute, guitar, percussion
  percussion, berimbau: Guy Mendilow
  guitar: Pete McCauley
  notes: recorded live from an improv jam at Earthdance, Plainfield MA
  
  
• JH rock groove - [mp3] - (2.58 MB)
  style: rockin' groove idea fragment
  tools: jaw harps, flute, bass, tambourine
  notes: overly repetitive right now, but that's why it's called work-in-progress...
  
  
• Julius Unnerving - [mp3] - (4.27 MB)
  style: a feature for jaw harp to shake your booty to.
  tools: jaw harps, recorder, PC Theremin, keyboard, bass, tambourine, shaker, drum machine.