The Tom Vater Collection at the British Library to be digitally preserved

This recording is part of the Tom Vater Collection (C799) at the British Library. A longer extract has been published on The Moken: sea gypsies of the Andaman Sea (Topic Records TSCD919, 2001).  The full collection also includes recordings from India, Laos and Cambodia. It will be digitally preserved as part of the Unlocking our […]

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My catalogue of field recordings from Asia at The British Library.

Between 1995 and 2004 I recorded several hundred hours of music and sounds from Asia for The British Library’s National Sound Archive – material from Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, The Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan, India and Nepal. I recorded mostly the music of minorities and musicians in remote rural locations. I released several CD collections of […]

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The Sounds of the Himalayas – jetzt onlineThe Sounds of the Himalayas – online

Der österreicher Maler und Videokünstler Willy Wysoudil und Tom Vater trafen sich 1998 auf dem Dach eines Hotels in Pokhara, Nepal. Damals war Tom Vater im Auftrag der British Library unterwegs, um die traditionelle Musik der Minderheiten Südasiens aufzunehmen. Willy Wysoudil war in Nepal unterwegs, um Film und Fotos für seine Videoinstallationen zu sammeln. Gemeinsam […]

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