Comments on: Sounds of my City: Urumqi

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:08:05 +0000

Please upload the pigeon whistle track again!!

By: Pigeon Whistles – Scan or Be Scanned

Pigeon Whistles – Scan or Be Scanned — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 04:02:19 +0000

[…] Caceres when he was living in the Xinjiang province of China in 2003. The second track down on this playlist features the sound of pigeon whistles. This collection of folk music and ambient sounds from […]

By: Mel Miller: Musical Instruments at the Met: Part II – Woodwind, Brass … | musicalinstrumentssong.net

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:58:27 +0000

[...] In China, they were attached to the tails of pigeons, and when the birds flew overhead, an eerie sound could be heard. The usage of these devices dates back to the southern Song Dynasty (1127 – [...]

By: James Paisley

James Paisley — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:51:48 +0000

Yes, very amazing. We’re interested in the process by which the whistle is fitted to the birdies. I love your project in general. Thanks

By: Continuumix #8 « Continuo’s weblog

Continuumix #8 « Continuo’s weblog — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:07:13 +0000

[...] Region, in the northwest side of China, where Caceres lived for 2 years, as documented on his blog. Equipping flock of pigeons with whistles is a very ancient Chinese tradition (see also [...]

By: Will

Will — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:51:45 +0000

In â€Primary School Children Singing #9â€œ, the teacher should have translated the song â€œæ²¡æœ‰å…±äº§å…š, æ²¡æœ‰æ–°ä¸å›½” as “No New China Without the Communist Party” instead of “No PLA, No Chinese.” It’s not a protest song (quite the opposite) as her translation might lead you to believe, and given the relations in the area between locals and the party.

By: Andreas Bick

Andreas Bick — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:48:11 +0000

Hi Fausto, the recording of the pigeon whistles is fantastic, I guess it is the best you can find around the web. I wrote a post on my blog and put a little excerpt of your recording, hope you’re fine with that:
http://silentlistening.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/chinese-pigeon-whistles/
Are you still living in this area? I enjoyed the Xinjiang recordings of “folk music” as well, very nice quality!
The best and good luck, Andreas

By: Knute Myhrvold

Knute Myhrvold — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:34:21 +0000

EXCELLENT! The recordings are wonderful, and the addition of pics and explanatory text is a great addition.
Works well in Internet Explorer and even better in Firefox.

By: poetpiet

poetpiet — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:03:05 +0000

hey, here is a dutchman typing, i heard some live coverage collation about chinese company mining in Zambia – looks, i mean, sounds like us whity colonials, or our whity colonials, you know, the ones we let slip and askape a way into regrettably unrestrained adventure, mercantile success and what have you along the lines opposing going native garden cultures and not leaving traumatized desertifyers behind but gently though firmly guiding them into absolute top soulery ward ored oord ort aard gaard. Traffic conductor for rocks turned to compost turned to that ripe and fresh festi food. Comb oddity supremo. You know, the stuff priced out of common man’s market in the ancestral regions of china, that is to say, that island to the east of them, with the aenemia and the miniaturization.

By: Eric Boros

Eric Boros — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:12:40 +0000

Hey this is great! I see you are still in Urumqi, we’ll be in China soon but I think the closest we’ll get to you will be Xining… Hope you are well. Eric.