Somneuk and Four Elephants
Thai Elephant Orchestra, Somneuk, Dave Soldier & Richard Lair
Performed By
Thai Elephant Orchestra, Somneuk, Dave Soldier & Richard Lair
Album UPC
889211546541
CD Baby Track ID
TR0001488018
Label
Mulatta
Released
2015-04-21
BPM
111
Rated
0
ISRC
uscgj1576345
Year
2015
Spotify Plays
447
Writers
Writer
Dave Soldier
Pub Co
Rigglius Music
Composer
Dave Soldier
ClearanceFacebook Sync License,Traditional Sync,YouTube Sync ServiceOne Stop
Rights Controlled
Master and Publishing Grant
Rights
One-Stop: Master + 100% Pub Grant
Original/Cover/Public Domain
original
Country
Thailand
Description
Twenty six of the top smash hits by the world's largest band (by weight), the Thai Elephant Orchestra!
Notes
An orchestra of up to 16 elephants who perform at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang, Northern Thailand, the Thai Elephant Orchestra was cofounded in 2000 by composer Dave Soldier and Richard Lair, a conservationist who lives in Lampang who is the world's foremost specialist in the care, upkeep, and status of the Asian elephant. The TEO recording sessions bring public awareness to the first center devoted to elephant conservation and give the elephants a pleasant activity to enjoy - and as you will hear, to make some wonderful music.
The full orchestra very rarely performs in public, but four of the same elephants perform music for a few minutes a day at the Conservation Center, including a bit of solo free improvisation on a giant marimba.
This compilation, SMASH HITS, are some favorites from their 3 CDs. Most pieces are simply the elephants playing with no edits or overdubs. One piece has Dave Soldier playing violin live with the orchestra (Little Elephant Saddle), one has a local string local band who work at the Center playing Thai country music with the elephants (Floating Down the Pin River). The piece Invocation features Boonyang, a master elephant trainer and shamanistic Buddhist priest, performing a traditional prayer with live with the orchestra. Finally, Phong's solo, which was improvised by the great elephant virtuoso, is repeated in a transcription for a human pianist played by Steven Beck.
The full orchestra very rarely performs in public, but four of the same elephants perform music for a few minutes a day at the Conservation Center, including a bit of solo free improvisation on a giant marimba.
This compilation, SMASH HITS, are some favorites from their 3 CDs. Most pieces are simply the elephants playing with no edits or overdubs. One piece has Dave Soldier playing violin live with the orchestra (Little Elephant Saddle), one has a local string local band who work at the Center playing Thai country music with the elephants (Floating Down the Pin River). The piece Invocation features Boonyang, a master elephant trainer and shamanistic Buddhist priest, performing a traditional prayer with live with the orchestra. Finally, Phong's solo, which was improvised by the great elephant virtuoso, is repeated in a transcription for a human pianist played by Steven Beck.
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