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RECORDINGS IN NATURAL CAVES

FRANCE

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Aven Armand Meyrueis, Lozère

Gouffre de Cabrespine Cabrespine, Aude

Grotte de Trabuc Mialet par Anduze, Gard

Grotte de Labeil Le Caylar, Hérault

RIC-FR1 France 1999

AU COEUR DE LA TERRE * RIC – Contemporary – Experimental – Nature Sounds – Speleolithophonic – New Age – Ambient –

Instrumental – Cave Pic Cover

Selections: 1. Dernier lueur [Last Light] – 2:39/ 2. Arche naturelle [Natural Arch] – 1:43/ 3. Colonie de Minioptères de Schreiber [Colony of Schreiber Bats] – 1:48/ 4.Couloir d'accès [Access Corridor] – 1:20/ 5. PERCUSSIONS 1 – 2:32/ 6.L'Age d'une stalagmite [The Age of a Stalagmite] – 2:10/ 7.RÉSONANCES – 2:13/ 8. Échos de rivière [River Echoes] – 3:42/ 9. FLÛTE DE CORNE [Horn Flute] – 1:30/ 10. Pluie d'hier [Yesterday's Rain] – 2:10/ 11. Pétales de crystal [Crystal Petals] – 3:18/ 12. L'homme sous terre [Man Underground] – 1:31/ 13. Eau souterraine [Subterranean Water] – 3:16/ 14. Profondeur [Depth] – 3:44/ 15. PERCUSSIONS 2 – 1:41/ 16. Goutte à goutte [Drop by Drop] – 4:48/ 17. VOILE DE PIERRE [Calcite Drapery] – 1:47/ 18. Près d'un siphon [Near a Siphon] – 3:47/ 19. PERCUSSIONS 3 – 2:01/ 20. Passage étroit [Narrow Passage] – 2:31/ 21. L’EAU ET LA PIERRE [Water and Rock] – 2:24/ 22. FLÛTE DE ROSEAUX [Reed Flute] – 2:34/ 23. Résurgence vers la lumière [Resurgence towards the Light] – 2:46 Comp: Hervé BERTEAUX Rts: (SACEM)

Perf: Hervé BERTEAUX (flute & calcite percussion) Prod. Co: Nashvert Production Rec. Eng: F. Deroussen & (Tk 3) Boris Jollivet Speleo Advisor: Aimé Mallet Rec. Loc: Aven Armand, Gouffre de Cabrespine, Grotte de

Trabuc, & Grotte de Labeil Liner Notes: (6-page foldout) Time: (See above) Total – 58:02 CD: AU COEUR DE LA TERRE (PC-RE)

Nature et Découvertes 17105570 (Tks 1 to 23) Notes: This is a mixed album presenting several different categories of cave-related music and recorded sounds, so some of the selections will be discussed elsewhere under the appropriate section. The CD is

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primarily devoted to recorded sounds in caves, only eight tracks out of 23 are acoustic music selections, six of these (capitalized titles) are speleolithophonic pieces (speleothem percussion) and two are flute pieces. Most of the caves where different sounds were recorded are not identified, but it is possible in some cases to figure out which cave is used. The sounds of some tracks bleed over to the following track. The liner notes provide wordy French texts for each selection. These have been omitted here and replaced by summarized translations or short descriptions of the sounds heard. 1. Dernier lueur [Last Light] – sound of a river entering a cave & sound of a rossignol philomèle (nightingale) – three caves here have a stream: Gouffre de Cabrespine, Grotte de Trabuc, and Grotte de Labeil. 2. Arche naturelle [Natural Arch] – a natural arch where the sound of the pigeon biset (rock dove) is heard echoing. 3. Colonie de Minioptères de Schreiber [Colony of Schreiber Bats] – recorded several meters inside the cave where the bats are sleeping. 4. Couloir d'accès [Access Corridor] – a narrow corridor with a dry cave river bed – water drops fall on humid clay. 5. PERCUSSIONS – musician strikes different stalactites varying the rhythm and duration to obtain diverse tunes – due to position of stalactites the musician has to be a contortionist, which results in cramps. 6. L'Age d'une stalagmite [The Age of a Stalagmite] – sound of water dropping on a stalagmite. 7. RÉSONANCES – a giant triangular calcite drapery several meters long resonates in vibrato when struck with the hand. 8. Échos de rivière [River Echoes] – 400 meters from the entrance the cave stream runs along rapidly. 9. FLÛTE DE CORNE [Horn Flute] – a Medieval bone flute is heard with the cave stream behind. 10. Pluie d'hier [Yesterday's Rain] – it took two days for the rain water to penetrate 400m of rock and dribble into the cave chamber. 11. Pétales de crystal [Crystal Petals] – Recorded in the Aven Armand – after a heavy rain water drops fall 40m onto stalagmites bordered by calcite petals that tinkle at each impact. This is a truly unusual cave sound. 12. L'homme sous terre [Man Underground] – the silence of the cave is interrupted by the sounds of a passing caver. Some water drops are heard. 13. Eau souterraine [Subterranean Water] – a small waterfall and a running cave stream in a huge chamber (“as big as Notre Dame Cathedral”). 14. Profondeur [Depth] – in a pit over 100m deep where drops fall and echo loudly, some striking the floor with a loud bang. Probably in the Gouffre de Cabrespine. 15. PERCUSSIONS 2 – tapping out notes on calcite draperies, varying the rhythm. 16. Goutte à goutte [Drop by Drop] – water drops into a pool and then flows on as a trickle of water. 17. VOILE DE PIERRE [Calcite Drapery] – a hand brushes vigorously over draperies of different sizes to obtain various musical tones. 18. Près d'un siphon [Near a Siphon] – after exploring over a kilometer in the waters of the stream an impenetrable terminal siphon is reached. 19. PERCUSSIONS 3 – another piece of speleothem percussion music with variant tempos. 20. Passage étroit [Narrow Passage] – the silence is disturbed only by a few water drops hitting the floor. 21. L’EAU ET LA PIERRE [Water and Rock] – a hand hitting a small rimstone pool and a piece of wood hitting small stalagmites. 22. FLÛTE DE ROSEAUX [Reed Flute] – the reed flute plays a melody that sores to high notes in the Salle des Schistes, 400m underground. Probably in the Gouffre de Cabrespine, because we are told that this cave is developed in thin bands of Paleozoic limestone one of which is – “Calcaires noirs à plaquettes et calcschistes à entroque du Gothlando Dévonien” (Anon; n.d.) [Black limestone plaques and calcareous schist with crinoidal inclusions of the Gothlando-Devonian age.] 23. Résurgence vers la lumière [Resurgence towards the Light] – a warm air current and the song of a sirin cini (serinus serinus) bird. All four of the show caves here are located in southeastern France. Concerts have only been held in the Aven Armand. The producers of this disc were added by the managers of all four show caves. The cover photo by GGF shows the formations in the Gouffre de Cabrespine. Nature et Découvertes is a chain store in France devoted to nature and nature study. It was founded in 1990 and has 85 stores in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. (Anon. 2013) See also under Contemporary Art Music – Speleolithophonic – Au Coeur de la terre and under New Age Music – France – Au Coeur de la terre and under Recordings of Bats & Cave-dwelling Birds – France. Ref: Anon. 2013, Nature et Découvertes (in French), Wikipedia Anon. n.d., Gouffre de Cabrespine, Géologie (in French), gouffre-cabrespine

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_____________________________________________________ Grotte des chauves-souris Grotte de Châteaudouble Châteaudouble, Var

RIC-FR2 France 1994

CHIROPTÈRES – Deux espèces de chauve-souris en vol de chasse * GROTTE DE CHÂTEAUDOUBLE * RIC – Nature Sounds – Bat Sounds Prod. Co: Le Studio de Pékinos; Paris Rec. Eng: J.M. Guesdon & P. Bernard Time: 3:35 CD: AMBIANCES ET CURIOSITÉS DE LA NATURE – VOL. 2

Pékinos SDP 009 (Tks 1 & 2) Notes: The liner notes tells us that – “vous allez découvir une ambiance extraordinaire, dans une petite grotte à ciel ouvert, où les gouttes d’eau qui suintent de deux stalactites tombent dans un minuscule lac artificiel alimenté par une source thermale.“ (Anon. n.d.) [You are going to discover an extraordinary ambiance in a small cave, open to the sky, where the drops of water, which seep from two stalactites drop into a miniscule artificial lake fed by a thermal spring.] The sound of water drops near and far and occasionally the high-pitched call of a bird can be heard. Now there are three reported caves in the vicinity of Châteaudouble: Grotte des chèvres (34m long), Grotte des chauves-souris (61m long), and Aven-Grotte du Mouret. (Anon. 2008) The Aven de Mouret is no “small” cave, by 1998 it had been explored by passing six siphons to a distance of well over 7 kilometers. (Anon.ca.1998) The Fichier des cavités du Var (Cave Reports for the Var Department) provide data on two small shelter caves in the commune of Châteaudouble that could be mentioned – Abri 33 and Abri 47. However, none of these caves really correspond to the above description. The presence of bat sounds on this disc seems to indicate that at least part of this CD was recorded in the Grotte des chauve-souris. See also Recordings of Bats & Cave-dwelling Birds – France. Ref: Anon. n.d., Ambiances et curiosités de la nature CD, Éditions de Pékinos, (in French), editionspekinos Anon. ca.1998, Aven de Mouret, Châteaudouble, Var, (in French), plongeesouterraine Anon. 2008, Gorges de Châteaudouble, Var, (in French) developpment-durable Aven de Mouret, Fichiers des cavités du Var – CDS 83 (in French), cdspeleo83 Lucot, Jean-Pierre n.d., Grotte des chauves-souris, (in French) fichiertopo.fr

_____________________________________________________ Grotte de la Cocalière Saint-Ambroix, Gard

RIC-FR3 France ca.1980s

MICHELE THOMAS CHANTE * RIC – Popular – Vocal – Cave Pic Cover Selections: Side One – 1. Chère Elise/ 2. La noce

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Side Two – 1. La voisine/ 2. Le vent Comp: Michele THOMAS Rts: (SIEM)

Perf: Michèle THOMAS (vocal) Henri Tachez, Serge Pivot, & Daniel Blanc (guitars) Hursula Fanjat (cello & flute) Bernard Lerousseau (accordion) Charles Champagne (bass) Prod. Co: JBP; Lyon Dir. & Arr: Henri Tachez Time: EP: MICHELE THOMAS CHANTE … (PC-RE) Label: JBP 7 YEPART 66.363 255 00 Spec: 7" 45rpm (Sides 1 & 2) Notes: Concerts in the Grotte de la Cocalière (Gard department) are held in the Salle de Congrès, the first room on the guided tour, it can seat 200 or 400 people. The photo showing Michele Thomas playing in guitar in the cave was probably taken near the rimstone dams, which is not near the Salle de Congrès. When I visited the Grotte de la Cocalière in May 1988 and was able to interview the cave’s director, André Marti, about music and cinema in his cave, he gave me a copy of this EP. Later I stupidly left the disc in our closed car under the hot sun causing the vinyl to melt and turning the record into a warped mess. So to get another copy I obtained the address of Michèle Thomas and she kindly sent me a one. Ref: Grotte de la Cocalière, Description, Wikipedia Grotte de la Cocalière, Website, (in Fench) grotte-cocaliere & (in English), grotte-cocaliere Thomas, Michèle 1988, Letter dated Sept. 13, 1988, Yenne, Savoie, Donation of this disc

_____________________________________________________ Grottes de Cougnac Gourdon, Lot

RIC-FR4 Japan 2008

暝響・壁画洞窟 THE SOUNDS OF PREHISTORIC PAINTED CAVE * Contemporary – Experimental – Speleolithophonic – Instrumental & Vocal – Recorded in Cave – Cave Pic Cover

Selections:

1. 生命の海 The Sea of Life – 3:08/ 2. ネアンデルタール・ダンス DANCE NEANDERTHALS – 1:40/ 3.

翼を持った大角鹿 FLYING MEGALOCEROS (sic) – 5:08/ 4. クロマニョン・ダンス DANCE CRO-

MAGNON – 3:02/ 5. レッド・ポイント RED POINT – 1:53/ 6. ドリーム・タイム Dream time –

5:28/ 7. 精霊メガセロス SPIRIT MEGALOCEROS (sic) – 2:52/ 8. アイベックス IBEX – 6:39/ 9.

祖霊へTO THE ANCESTOR’S SPIRIT – 1:19/ 10. 洞穴熊の滑り台 THE PLAYGROUND OF THE

CAVE BEAR – 2:57/ 11. 踊るバイソン DANCING BISON – 1:45/

12. マンモスの行進 MARCHING MAMMOTH – 5:04

Comp: 土取利行 Toshi TSUCHITORI Rts: (SACEM)

Perf: 土取利行 Toshi TSUCHITORI (bone flute, nose flute, lithophones, wooden scrapers,

& Aborigine rattle) Prod. Co: Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation Rec. Eng: (?) Rec. Date: Nov. 21, 2002 Liner Notes: (20-page booklet in Japanese & English) Time: (See above)

CD: 暝響・壁画洞窟 THE SOUNDS OF PREHISTORIC PAINTED CAVE (PC-RE) VZCG-687 (stereo) (Tks 1-12)

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Notes: Various primitive musical and percussive sounds meant to represent a modern man's conception of the music of Paleolithic times. Recorded in and inspired by the Grottes de Cougnac, near Gourdon in the Lot department of France. Tsuchitori had special authorization to perform in this cave from the French prehistorian Michel Lorblanchet. He also acknowledged assistance from other renowned prehistorians among them Jean Clottes (scientific advisor to the French Ministry of Culture and world-renowned specialist in prehistoric cave paintings), Robert Bégouën (grandson of early prehistorian Count Henri Bégouën), and Germain Viatte (Conservateur général du patrimoine français). This speleolithophonic music was no doubt performed and recorded in the “partie terminale” the last section of the cave. Studies by Michel Lorblanchet have shown that during the Paleolithic period prehistoric man probably used this part of the cave where the acoustics are perfect to “practiqué la musique par percussion,” that is to perform lithophonic music. (Jach 2011) These selections were all recorded on Nov. 21, 2002, but they waited five years before doing a mix and releasing the CD in 2008. This takes the recording well beyond the cutoff date of 2005, however, given the rarity of these attempts at recreating prehistoric cave music, an exception was made to include this creation here. See under Contemporary Art Music – Speleolithophonic – The Sounds of Prehistoric Painted Cave. Ref: Chengagappa, Aditi 2008, Music Inspired Art in Stone Age Caves, digitaljournal Grotte de Cougnac, Description (in French), Wikipedia Grotte de Cougnac, Website, grottesdecougnac Jach, Francis 2011, Les Grottes de Cougnac, Interview (in French), Télé Figeac (3:48), telefigeac Lorblanchet, Michel & Jach, Francis 2004, Cougnac – Les grottes magiques, Imagis, Gourdon, 24p. Marie-Claire n.d., Les grottes de Cougnac, relinquiere Toshi Tsuchitori, Playing the Lithophone of Stalagmite & Stalactite in Cave of Cougnac (3:08), Tk 1, YouTube (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE) Toshi Tsuchitori, The Sounds of Prehistoric Painted Cave CD, homepage2.nifty (◄AUDIO SAMPLE) Toshi Tsuchitori, The Sounds of Prehistoric Painted Cave CD, Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation, (in Japanese & English), japo-net

_____________________________________________________ Grotte à Jean Mecier Cressia, Jura

RIC-FR5 France 1998

MINIOPTÈRES DE SCHREIBERS (SCHREIBER’S BATS) * RIC – Bat Sounds Prod. Co: Sittelle Rec. Loc: Grotte à Jean Mercier; Cressia, Jura Rec. Date: April 1998 Rec. Eng: Boris Jollivet Time: 2:07 CD: FORÊT DU JURA – ROYAUME DU LYNX (FORESTS OF THE JURA –

THE LYNX’S REALM) Sittelle (?) (Tk 23) Notes: The sounds of this bat in the Grotte de Cressia in the Jura department of France. Boris Jollivet probably recorded these bat sounds at the same time as those, which were released in 1999 on the Nature et Découvertes CD (see above RIC-FR1). The subtitle of this selection is “Dans la grotte de Cressia, en avril” [In the Cressia cave, in April]. The major cave near Cressia is the Grotte à Jean Mercier, which has 550 meters of total passage. "Cette grotte tire son nom d'un cordonnier vivant au XVIIIème siècle et nommé Jean Mercier. Celui-ci s'installait, l'hiver, à l'entrée de la grotte pour faire son travail. Il profitait ainsi de sa douce chaleur et faisait des économies de combustible." (Cuaz 1947) [This cave gets its name

from a shoemaker by the name of Jean Mercier who lived in the 18th century. In the winter he installed himself there to work in the cave entrance. He took advantage of its mild warmth and thus economized

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fuel.] However, Frachon points out – “La cavité s'ouvre par un boyau perché sur une étroite plateforme d'un banc rocheux : il est douteux que ce site inconfortable ait été utilisé de cette façon.” (Frachon n.d.) [The cave starts with a crawlway at the narrow platform of a rocky ledge: it is doubtful that this uncomfortable site was used for this purpose.] The passages in this cave are small in size and there are a few crawlways, but the bats seem to manage. The cave map is by Jean Claude Frachon, 1975. Ref: Anon. n.d., Grotte à Jean-Mercier, Jura Spéléo, ffspeleo Cuaz, Jacques 1947, Annales de Spéléologie, v. II, n. 1, p. 33 Forêt du Jura – Royaume du lynx CD, Amazon.fr (◄AUDIO SAMPLE) Forêt du Jura – Royaume du lynx CD, fremeaux Frachon, Jean Claude n.d., Grotte à Jean-Mercier, Jura Speleo, juraspeleo.ffspeleo.fr (No longer online) Grotte à Jean-Mercier, Abris et refuges, Jura Spéléo, ffspeleo

_____________________________________________________ Grotte de Lombrives Ussat-les-Bains, Ariège

RIC-FR6 Netherlands 1987

ECHOS DE LOMBRIVES * RIC – Classical – Popular – Instrumental – Cave Pic Cover Selections: 1. Catharenlied Joanna – 3:20/ 2. Prière des Albigeois (1208) – 2:20/ 3. Catharenlied (tempellied 152) – 2:54/ 4. Catharenlied (L’enfant es arrivat) – 4:24/ 5. HOMMAGE AU SABARTHEZ (Lex van den Brul, 1933) – 3:20/ 6. Gij badt op eenen berg aleen (Lex van den Brul) – 2:10/ 7. Bogomielen-melodie – 1:47/ 8. Bogomielen-melodie – 4:00/ 9. Bogomielen-melodie – 2:06/ 10. Bogomielen-melodie – 2:06/ 11. Catharenlied Joanna – 3:20 Comp: (Nos. 5 & 6) Lex van den Brul

Perf: Lex VAN DEN BRUL (oboe & oboe d’amore) Prod. Co: Rozekruis Pers; Haarlem Time: (See above) 1. LP: ECHOS DE LOMBRIVES (1987) (PC-RE)

DMM BOSP 9 12” 33rpm (Sides 1 & 2)

2. Reissue CD: ECHOS DE LOMBRIVES (1996) (PC-RE) (Label ?) LR NL 96001 (Tks 1 to 11)

Notes: An LP and CD presenting a live concert in the Cathedral Chamber of the Grotte de Lombrives at Ussat les Bains in the Ariege department. Since the mid-1980s concerts have been given in this huge room on a fairly regular basis during the summer season and sometimes at Christmas time. The Salle de la Cathédrale, 250m from the entrance, is as big as the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. Lex van den Brul plays an oboe on some pieces and an oboe d’amore on other pieces (an oboe d’amore is the alto of the oboe family). Two of the pieces here were composed by van den Brul: one, “Hommage au Sabarthez,” (Homage for Sabarthes) was inspired by the Sabarthez limestone massif, which contains three caves, Grotte de Lombrives, Grotte de Niaux (the celebrated Paleolithic art cave), and Grotte de Sabart (see under Contemporary Art Music – Wind Instruments – Hommage au Sabarthez). Nearly all the pieces of oboe music on this album were inspired in some way by the people of the Cathare protestant religion. According to one legend promulgated by Antoine Gadal in the latter 19th Century, the Cathares took refuge in this cave to escape persecution in the 14th century. However, there is absolutely no historic evidence that the Cathares ever used this cave. In 1998 a piece of New Age music was composed by Daniele Garella, entited, “Dans une grotte de Sabarthés” (see under New Age Music – France). See also under World Music – France – La Grotte de Lombrives, a madrigal in the style of a medieval troubadour ballad. Ref: Bodin, E. & R. ca.1970s, Lombrives, Editions le Castelet, Boulogne Billancourt Brüser, Wolfgang 2011, Personal disc collection, Dechenhöhle, Lemathe, Germany, 7 Oct. 2011 Dengerma, Joseph 1967, Les Cinq Cents Cathares emmurés de Lombrives, Gadrat-Doumenc, Foix, Ariège, p. 6-8,

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RIC-FR7 France 2000

LEV TAHOR * RIC – Religious – Ethnic – Popular – Instrumental

Selections: 1. Lev Tahor (Cœur Pur) – 2:15/ 2. Esa Enaï (Lève les yeux) – 1:15/ 3. Ata Honen (Que tu es compatisant) – 1:40/ 4. Al Tira (Ne crains rien) – 1:15/ 5. Artza Alinou (Retour a la terre) – 1:00/ 6. Taldah Criosta – 1:45/ 7. Russignol – 2:10/ 8. Solitude – 4:40/ 9. En Mai la rouse – 0:50/ 10. Palestinalied – 1:20/ 11. Wie sol Ich den Gemymen – 1:00/ 12. Trop penser me font amour … – 1:15/ 13. Ma viele – 1:18/ 14. A l’entrée de l’este – 1:35/ 15. Noël nouvelet – 1:20/ 16. Triste es lo cèl (Triste est le ciel) – 3:15/ 17. Lo boier – 6:45/ 18. Diaspora – 3:55

Perf: Christian KOENIG (pan flute & vocals) Valérie Tercinet (Celtic harp) Jean-Philippe Rodrigues (accordion) Prod. Co: Zen Multimedia Rec. Eng: Time: (See above) Concert in Lombrives 1996 - Photo DB CD: LEV TAHOR Zen Multimedia CK 778 (Tks 1 to 18) Notes: An album of pan flute pieces recorded in the Cathedral Room of the Grotte de Lombrives, where Christian Koenig frequently gave concerts. The selections include psalms arranged by Koenig and Rodrigues, 12th and 18th century music, and three pieces written by Christian Koenig, Valérie Tercinet, and Jean-Philippe Rodrigues. No mention is made anywhere on this CD that the recording was made in a cave. Christian said that he deliberately did not mention this because he feared that it would put off potential buyers who are strict melomaniacs. This is extremely moving music, performed with a great deal of feeling and passion; all is eminently suitable to the acoustics of the cave. On the occasion of the 2000 National Congress of the Fédération Française de Spéléologie, held in Tarascon sur Ariège, I set up a special stand in the venders’ hall dedicated to selling and promoting recorded cave-inspired music. The stand was called “Musique des Cavernes” because in French that sounds better than “Musique des Grottes.” It was intended as a showcase for cave music. There I sold copies of François Bayle’s CD “Jeïta” (on consignment from the composer) and several other duplicate singles, LPs, and CDs from my own collection covering all categories of cave music. There were also order forms and info regarding Mariolina Zitta’s CD “Perle di Grotta.” And even a copy of Barbara am Ende’s collection, “Cave Ballads 1972-1979,” transcribed caving ballads from the early years of the NSS Ballads Salon. I invited Christian Koenig, who lives in nearby Ussat-les-Bain, to come and sell this CD that had been recorded in the local cave. He had a sound box there playing this music and, during the weekend, he managed to sell nine copies of the CD to cavers. I didn’t do so well with the other recorded cave music. Ref: Christian Koenig, Lev Tahor CD, flute-de-pan Koenig, Christian 1999, Personal communication, Tarascon sur Ariège, France Grotte de Lombrives, Info, showcaves Grotte de Lombrives, Info (in French), Wikipedia

_____________________________________________________ Grotte de Niaux Niaux, Ariège

Grotte du Portel Loubens, Ariège

http://www.rozekruispers.com/nl/product/CD-ECHOS/cd-echos-de-lombrives.htmlhttp://www.gadal-catharisme.org/une-cathedrale-cathare_8_65_fr.htmhttp://www.grotte-lombrives.fr/BDC_Histoire/Catharisme.htmlhttp://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotte_de_Lombriveshttp://www.flute-de-pan.com/musiques/lev_tahorhttp://www.showcaves.com/english/explain/Index/index.htmlhttp://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotte_de_Lombrives

RIC-FR8 France 1999

ACOUSTIQUE ET INSTRUMENTS ANCIENS * RIC – Nature Sounds – Speleolithophonic – Instrumental

Selections: Grotte de Niaux (Ariège): Réseau Clastres, Salle des peintures, Draperies de calcite à droite du dessin de cheval [Gallery Clastres, Hall of Paintings, Calcite draperies to the right of the horse drawing] – 43. Grande draperie, Frappée au point A – 0:19 44. Grande draperie, Frappée au point B – 0:13 45. Grande draperie, Frappée au point C – 0:13 46. Grande draperie, Jeu sur la grande draperie – 0:07 47. Grande draperie, Frapée sur la petite draperie (points D et E) – 0:07 48. Grande draperie, Jeu sur la grande draperie – 0:07 49. Grande draperie, Cinq notes obtenues aux differents points de la grande et de la petite draperie – 0:11 50. Grande draperie, Jeu sur la grande et de la petite draperie – 0:15 Réseau Clastres, Salle des peintures – 51. Jeu sur le lithophone III du Réseau – 0:17 52. Jeu sur le lithophone IX du Réseau – 0:20 53. Jeu sur le lithophone XII du Réseau – 0:15 Grotte du Portel (Ariège): Grand lithophone constitué d’un ensemble de draperies et colonnes [Grand Lithopone consisting of an ensemble of draperies and columns] – 54. Frappe des draperies A, B, C et D de la partie inférieure du lithophone, toutes portant des traces de chocs ou portant des entailles datant de l’époque paléolithique [Striking draperies A, B, C & D in the lower portion of the lithophone, all showing traces of percussive shocks or showing notches dating to the Paleolithic period] – 0:35 55. Frappe des draperies N, P, Q et O, frappées ou entaillées à l’époque paléolithique – 0:38 56. Jeu sur les parties inférieure et supérieure du lithophone – 0:59 Comp: Michel DAUVOIS

Perf: Michel DAUVOIS (calcite percussion) Prod. Co: Société française d’acoustique (SFA), Cité de la Musique; Paris Rec. Eng: (?) Michel Dauvois Rec. Loc: Grotte de Niaux & Grotte du Portel Liner Notes: (9-page article in book) Time: (See above) CD: ACOUSTIQUE ET INSTRUMENTS ANCIENS

SFA (No Catalog No.) (Tks 43 to 56) Notes: This CD accompanied the Acts of the Colloque: Acoustique et instruments anciens, which was held at the Cité de la Musique in Paris on November 17-18, 1999. These selections recorded in two Paleolithic art caves in the Ariège department were included with the Acts of this Colloque to illustrate one of the papers entitled, Grottes et lithophones [Caves and Lithophones], which was presented by Michel Dauvois and Xavier Boutillon. Michel Dauvois is a well-known prehistorian of the CNRS who has specialized in the study of Paleolithic musical instruments. “ The Réseau Clastres in the renowned Paleolithid art cave, Grotte de Niaux was cut off from the main cave by four lake-siphons that were pumped and passed in 1970. The small draperies that were used for these recordings are located in the Salle des Peintures on the sheer wall just to the right of the horse drawing. Shown here is the wall in that chamber with the drawing of

the otter on the left and the horse on the right. Dauvois and Boutillon write – “Des traits gravés peuvent également marquer les draperies sonores.…. Ces traces de d’appropriation de structures vibrantes font qu’on peut sans doute parler d’instruments naturels, d’autant qu’ils sont pratiquement toujours associés à des figures. Au Réseau Clastres, cette association est une des plus singulières : un cheval et un mustélidé sont dessinés dans le voisinage immédiat de deux petites draperies particulièrement sonores sur une paroi gigantesque où il n’y a par ailleurs aucun autre témoin paléolithique.“ (Dauvois & Boutillon 1999) [Engraved marks can also designate sounding draperies…. These traces of usage of vibrating structures allow us to probably speak of natural instruments, especially as they are almost always associated with figures. In the Gallery Clastres, this association is one of the most unusual: a horse and a mustelid (otter) are drawn in the immediate vicinity of two small particularly sonorous draperies on a giant wall where otherwise there is no other Paleolithic evidence.]

Grotte de Niaux Grotte du Portel Regarding the three recordings made in the Grotte du Portel the authors write – “Au Portel, un ensemble groupé de draperies et de colonnes fait qu’on serait presque tenté de parler d’un instrument lithophonique. Certaines de ces draperies ont été entaillées dans leur partie le plus sonore par des chocs répétés et anciens, une légère calcitation recouvrant ces blessures. Certaines de ces cassures ont reçu un discret marquage ocré, calcité depuis.“ (Dauvois & Boutillon 1999) [In Portel, a group of draperies and columns are such that one is almost tempted to speak of a lithophone instrument. Some of these draperies were notched in their most sonorous part by repeated and ancient shocks, with a slight calcite deposit covering these damages. Some of these fractures show discreet ocher markings, since covered by calcite.] It is not known exactly where this group of draperies and columns are located in the Grotte du Portel. Ref: Acoustique et instruments anciens, Catalogue de la Médiathèque, Cité de la Musique, philharmoniedeparis.fr Anon. 2014, Grotte de Niaux, Description, Photos & Map (in French), lieux-insolites.fr/ariege C.R. 2016, Musique dans la préhistoire (in French), hominides Dauvois, Michel & Boutillon, Xavier 1999, Grottes et lithophones, Colloque: Acoustique et instruments anciens, Société française d’acoustique (SFA), Cité de la Musique, Paris, 215-223 & 261-262 Grotte du Portel, Info, Wikipedia Lremacle n.d., Grotte du Portel (in French), University of Liège, europreart Navas, José 2016, Librarian, Médiathèque, Philharmonie de Paris, Jan. 29, 2016

_____________________________________________________ Grotte de Pech-Merle Cabrerets, Lot

RIC-FR9 France 1999

LITHOPHONIA *

http://catalogue.philharmoniedeparis.fr/doc/ALOES/0177907http://www.lieux-insolites.fr/ariege/niaux/niaux.htmhttp://www.hominides.com/html/dossiers/musique-prehistoire.phphttps://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotte_du_Portelhttp://www.europreart.net/cgi-bin/baserun.cgi?_cfg=record.cfg&_fil=code%3D%22portl001%22

RIC – Contemporary – Experimental – Speleolithophonic – Instrumental

Perf: XII ALFONSO François Claerhout (lithophones) Philippe Claerhout (lithophones & percussions) Philippe Rougé (lithophones) Thierry Moreno (lithophones) Prod. Co: Muséa Rec. Eng: François Claerhout Time: 3:09 CD: ODYSSÉES

Muséa FGBG 4303.AR (Tk 3) Notes: Only one of 13 tracks to have been recorded in the renowned Paleolithic art cave, Grotte de Pech- Merle. Notes were obtained by striking cave formations without damaging them. It is not known where exactly in the cave this recording was made, probably in the Salle Rouge (see photo), but certainly not in the prehistoric art sections. Other primitive instruments such as flutes, whistles or rhombus may have been played here as they were on the later album recorded in this cave by François Claerhout (see below). For more information see under Contemporary Art Music – Speleolithophonic – Lithophonia. This isolated recording led to the production of an entire CD album of 16 tracks recorded in this cave and also in two caves in Spain, which was released in the summer 2001 (see below). The photo show the room where the famous “Panneau des chevaux ponctués” [Panel of the Spotted Horses] can be seen on the right. Ref: Anon. 2008, Biography, Blog de XII Alfonso, No longer online, blogs.myspace.com XII Alfonso, Bio, Au fil du temps, (in French), Wikipedia XII Alfonso Music Reviews, Odyssées CD, progarchives XII Alfonso, Odyssées CD, progarchives Grotte de Pech-Merle, Info, (in French), Wikipedia & (in English), Wikipedia Lorblanchet, Michel 1981, Pech-Merle – Centre de préhistoire, Grottes et Musée de Pech-Merle, Cabrerets, 52p.

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RIC-FR10 France 2001

EL CANTO DE LAS PIEDRAS * (LE CHANT DES PIERRES) (SONG OF THE STONES) RIC – Contemporary – Experimental – Speleolithophonic – Film Music – Vocal & Instrumental – Cave Pic Cover

Selections: 1. SORTILEGIO DE LAS SOMBRAS [Sortilège des ombres – Bewitching Shadows] – 3:14/ 2. EL CANTO DE LAS PIEDRAS [Le Chant des pierres – Song of the Stones] - Part 1: TRANCE – 1:09/ 3. HUELLA [Empreinte – Hand-print] – 0:57/ 4. ANIMA – 2:10/ 5. MANOS ROJOS, MANOS NEGRAS [Mains rouge, mains noires – Red Hands, Black Hands] – 1:31/ 6. EL CANTO DE LAS PIEDRAS – Part 2: VIAGE [Voyage – Journey] – 2:26/ 7. RENACIMENTO [Renaissance – Born Again] – 2:26/ 8. EL CANTO DE LAS PIEDRAS – Part 3: VISION – 2:29/ 9. FERTILIDAD [Fertilité – Fertility] – 1:20/ 10. LA LLAMADO DE LOS ANTEPASADOS [L'Appel des ancêtres – Call of the Ancestors] – 3:50/ 11. INICIACION [Initiation] – 1:12/ 12. EL CANTO DE LAS PIEDRAS – Part 4: VUELTA [Retour – Return] – 3:22/ 13. EL PODER DEL OCRE [Le Pouvior de l'ocre – The Power of Ochre] – 1:58/ 14. DANZA DEL HOMBRE-BISONTE [Danse de l'Homme-Bison – Dance of the Bull-Man] – 2:05/ 15. RAICES DEL TIEMPO [Racines du temps – Origins of Time] – 4:11/ 16. MURMULLO DE VIDA [Invisibles presences – Invisible Presences] – 4:12

Comp: (Music improvised by musicians) Rts: (SACEM)

Perf: François CLAERHOUT (lithophones, rhombus, whistles, & Jew's harp) Philippe Claerhout (lithophones & synthesizer) Thierry MORENO (lithophones, rhombus, whistles, wooden drum, & Jew's harp) Philippe Rougé (lithophones) Michael Geyre (lithophones) Boris LELONG (lithophones & rhombus)

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Joon CLAUDIO (lithophones, flute, whistles, & Jew's harp) [Shaman – from Henri Lecomte's recordings] Prod. Co: Le Chant des Pierres Sacrées; Villeneuve sur Lot, France

(alfonso.claerhout@libertysurf.fr) Rec. Eng: François Claerhout & Boris Lelong Liner Notes: (?) (Spanish trans.: William Sanz & English trans.: Paul Keulers & Guillaume Sindicq) Time: (See above) CD: EL CANTO DE LAS PIEDRAS – LE CHANT DES PIERRES –

SONG OF THE STONES (PC-RE) LCDPS 01 (Tks 1-16)

Notes: This is speleolithophonic music especially composed and performed in caves for a 16-minute Spanish documentary film, El Sueño del chamán – The Shaman’s Dream, released in 2001 with English subtitles. Most of the 16 tracks on this album of "prehistoric music" were recorded in the Grotte de Pech-Merle in France. But apparently some unspecified tracks were also recorded at Cueva de Altamira and Cueva del Castillo in Cantabria, Spain. Track 16. MURMULLO DE VIDA (Invisible Presence) – This is nothing more than a few water drops falling in the cave, then the distant muffled voices of a man and a kid talking in the cave passage. The indistinguishable voices approach (the man sounds like he's saying, "Je ne sais pas" – "I don't know") and then the voices recede into the distance and the water drops return again. For details about each selection see under Contemporary Art Music – Speleolithophonic – El Canto de las piedras. Ref: El Canto de las piedras – Le Chant des pierres – Song of the Stones CD, Review in English & French, musearecords El Sueño del chamán - The Shaman’s Dream, Data on Documentary Film, xii-alfonso

_____________________________________________________ Résurgence de la Loue Source de la Loue, Ouhans, Doubs

RIC-FR11 France 1996

RÉSURGENCE DE LA LOUE * RIC – Nature Sounds Prod. Co: Nashvert Production Rec. Eng: F. Deroussen Rec. Date: 15 Feb. 1994 Time: 1:39 Photo D. Brison, 2003 1. CD: AU FIL DE L'EAU

Nature et Découvertes 17104160 (Tk 14) 2. Reissue CD: AU FIL DE L'EAU (2005)

Vox Terrae VT 9910 (Tk 14) Notes: The sound of water rushing vigorously out of this famous cave resurgence and cascading down a low artificial dam there. The first cave dive here was in 1969. Since then cave divers have penetrated 1200m to a depth of –15m. (Anon. 2010) Also included on this album is a long recording entitled "La Sorgue." This large stream, practically a river, has its source at the cave resurgence of the Fontaine de Vaucluse but the recording was apparently not made at the source itself. The French painter Gustave Courbet, who was a native of nearby Ornans, did 14 different oils of this cave resurgence. Ref: Anon. 2010, La Source de la Loue, Description (in French), lieux-insolites Au fil de l’eau CD, valeur-nature Martin, Frederic ca.1976, Source de la Loue, (in French), plongeesout

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Unidentified Cave RIC-FR12 France 1995

L’EAU DANS LE MONDE SOUTERAIN * (WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD)

CRIS ET BATTEMENTS D’ALILES DE CHAUVE-SOURIS * (RUSTLING AND CALLING OF BATS)

RETOUR AU MONDE SOUTERRAIN * (RETURN TO THE UNDERWORLD) RIC – Nature Sounds – Bat Sounds – Cave Pic Cover Prod. Co: Sittelle; Mens Rec. Eng: Jean-Luc Hérelle Liner Notes: (8-page booklet in French & English) Jean-Luc Hérelle Time: (No. 1) 6:08; (No. 2) 0:54;& (No. 24) 1:56 CD: HISTOIRE DE L'EAU (Water Story) (PC-RE)

Sittelle 30007-2 (Tk 1, 2, & 24) Illustration by Jérôme Guerry Notes: Trickles of water falling and running in an unidentified cave chamber presumably somewhere in France. A drop echoes hollowly somewhere in the background and then stops. The chattering of bats is heard along with the flowing water. The recording continues uninterrupted with the sound of flowing water and the sound of flying bats approaching and receding. Then we hear the stream outside the cave with bird song. The last track returns to the underworld of the cave similar to the first track with a distant drop echoing in the cave and other assorted drops and trickles. Ref: Jean-Luc Hérelle, Histoire de l’eau CD, Amazon.fr

_____________________________________________________ Unidentified Cave RIC-FR13 France 1993

PROMENADE AQUATIQUE * AQUAVIVA * RIC – Nature Sounds – New Age – Ambient

Comp. & Prod: Dominique Bouvier & Georges Sandri Prod. Co: Èditions Morisset Rec. Eng: Dominique Bouvier & Georges Sandri Liner Notes: Roger Ritz Time: (Water Drops) Approx. 1:59 or 1:55; (Total) 24:21 CD: LE CYCLE DE L’EAU

Morisset 492020 (Tk 1 – Part 1 & Tk 2 – Part 1) Notes: This "Water Cycle," is basically a collection of water sounds edited together without any breaks to recreate the cycle of water as it gathers in caves, falls as rain, and flows to the ocean. The short liner notes give a very vague idea of the content of this CD – “L’eau symbole de la vie… Véritable symphonie naturelle, cette composition vous emmènera en promenade dans le monde aquatique. De la goutte d’eau qui alimente le stalactite d’une grotte, jusqu’au déchaînement de l’océan, vous enterez en fusion avec cet élément naturel. Afin de favoriser encore plus cet état fusionnel, nous avons également composé une musique à l’unisson des bruits d’eau.“ English of liner notes – “Water symbolizes life itself… Arranged as a real natural symphony, this composition will lead you into the aquatic world, from a drop of water giving birth to the stalactite to the furious ocean. To encourage even better the progressive union of your mind with this natural element, we have also composed a music keeping in harmony with these water sounds.”

http://www.amazon.fr/Histoire-De-LEau-Artistes-Divers/dp/tracks/B000024N19/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1

The first track, Promenade aquatique [Aquatic Promenade], begins with the sound of water drops near and far falling into pools and echoing in what is presumably a cave chamber. The frequency of the drops increases. Then the sound of an approaching storm with thunder rumbling is heard in the background until the water drops morph into rain falling outside. The second track, Aquaviva, starts out identically only this time with light synthesizer music in the background. There is no information on where these sounds were recorded. The water drops could easily have been generated by the synthesizer. Ref: Dominique Bouvier & Georges Sandri, Le Cycle de l’eau CD, worldcat

_____________________________________________________ Unidentified Cave RIC-FR14 France 2005

TERRE DES PROFONDEURS RIC – Nature Sounds Prod. Co: Nashvert Production; Charenton Rec. Eng: Fernand Deroussen Time: 10:44 CD: BALADES NATURE EN TERRES EXTREME

Chiff Chaff (?) (Tk 2) Notes: An album devoted to the “most impressive sounds” on the planet: volcanos, icebergs, caves, and deserts. The audio sample has a series of water drops echoing as they drop onto stone in a hollow space. Ref: Balades nature en terres extremes CD, Amazon.fr (◄AUDIO SAMPLE)

_____________________________________________________ Unidentified Littoral Blowhole Cave Étretat, Seine Maritime

RIC-FR15 France 2000

TROU SOUFFLEUR DANS UNE GROTTE * RIC – Nature Sounds Prod. Co: Nashvert Production; Charenton Rec. Eng: Fernand Deroussen Liner Notes: (20 page booklet) Hervé Millancourt Time: 1:11 CD: J'ÉCOUTE LES SONS DE LA MER

Nashvert NHV 850030-2 (Tk 6)

http://www.worldcat.org/title/cycle-de-leau/oclc/659008318http://www.amazon.fr/Balades-nature-en-terres-extremes/dp/B00246RZDS

Notes: The title translates as "blowhole in a cave." The liner notes say – “L’erosion attaque les falaises et creuse parfois des grottes où l’eau peut s’engouffrer, faire pression et sortir en giclant comme un souffle de baleine.“ [The erosion attacks the cliffs and sometimes carves out caves where the water penetrates, is compressed, and escapes by spouting up like a whale's blowhole.] We hear continuous sounds of dashing waves churning around in a cave and occasionally the whirring sound of water rushing up out of the blowhole. The notes briefly indicate that this cave blowhole is at Étretat. The paleo-karst geology at Étretat is fascinating and there are many solution caves and natural arches (cave remnants) in the chalk cliffs there. Shown in the color photo above on left (from lt. to rt.): Trou à l’Homme (52m), two tiny caves, and Porte d’Aval.

Given the description it would seem that the blowhole cave in question is the small cave that traverses the pillar of the Manneporte arch at Étretat. Regarding this arch, Rodet (see his map on left) notes that – “un autre conduit traverse entièrement le pilier. Noyé à marée haute, il présente cependant une morphologie karstique, malgré les coups de boutoir que lui infligent les vagues à marée basse.“ (Rodet 1983) [Another conduit extends entirely through the pillar. Submerged at high tide, it nevertheless has a karst morphology,

despite the battering which the waves inflict at low tide.] The small cave tunnel at Manneporte is not technically a blowhole, but at low tide with rough seas it could produce the sounds heard here. Ref: Anon. 2011, Balade sur les falaises d’Étretat, voyages Anon. 2012, Étretat dans tous ses etats, Terre et Volcans, (in French), free.fr J’écoute les sons de la mer CD, Amazon (◄AUDIO SAMPLE) J’écoute les sons de la mer CD, Trou souffleur dans une grotte, Amazon.fr (◄AUDIO SAMPLE) Martel, Edouard Alfred 1930, La France Ignorée – Tome 2, Des Ardennes aux Pyrénées, Librairie Delagrave, Paris, p. 286 Rodet, Joel 1983, Karst et littoral du Bec de Caux, Karstologia, n. 2, 2e semestre 1983, Association Française de Karstologie, Nimes, p. 28 and Abstract of this paper online, speleogenesis.info Rodet, Joel & Lautridou, Jean-Pierre 2003, Contrôle du karst quaternaire sur la genèse et l’évolution du trait de côte d’une région crayeuse de la Manche, Quaternaire, Anée 2003, v. 14, n. 14-1, p. 34-35, persee.fr

_____________________________________________________ Unidentified Sea Cave RIC-FR16 France 1994

DANS UNE GROTTE * IN A GROTTO * EN UNA GRUTA * RIC – Nature Sounds

Prod: Jean-Paul Bataille Prod. Co: Auvidis/ Tempo; Paris Rec. Eng: Jean-Paul Bataille Liner Notes: (French & Spanish) Jean-Paul Bataille

(English Trans.) Mary Pardoe Time: 3:18 CD: AMBIANCES – MER/ ATMOSPHERES – SEA/ AMBIENTES – MAR

Auvidis/ Tempo A 6203 (Tk 5) Notes: The sound of waves in an unidentified sea cave probably somewhere on the French coast. The sound of crashing waves from the previous sample blends right into the sounds of smaller waves slopping around inside a sea cave. When the wave ebbs we hear water dribbling from the cave rocks and a slight echo. Between waves there is quiet gurgling water with the roar of the heavy rollers in the distance. An occasional larger spent wave crashes in the echoing cave passage. At the end the waters in the cave are calm and the sound blends over into the next sample of waves on a rough pebble shore. Jean-Paul Bataille worked on at least 17 different albums for the Auvidis/ Tempo label.

http://www.voyages.net/fr/membre/Nico/carnet/week-end-etretat-les-falaises-etretat/5/27/http://terreetvolcans.free.fr/fr/articles.php?id1=29&t=0&a=1&cat=geohttp://www.amazon.fr/J%C3%A9coute-sons-mer/dp/B00248I22Ehttp://www.amazon.fr/Trou-souffleur-dans-une-grotte/dp/B00248QEJWhttp://www.speleogenesis.info/directory/karstbase/publication.php?id=3310http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/quate_1142-2904_2003_num_14_1_1727

Ref: Jean-Paul Bataille, Ambiances/ Mer – Sea/ Ambientes – Mar CD, Discogs Ambiances – Mer/ Atmospheres – Sea/ Ambientes – Mar CD, Bibliothèque de Chartes, mediatheque.chartres.fr Jean-Paul Bataille, Ambiances/ Mer CD, Médiathéque Éric Rohmer, Tulle, mediatheque.tulleagglo.fr

_____________________________________________________ Unidentified Paleolithic Art Cave RIC-FR17 France 2001

DOTS AND DASHES * RIC – Contemporary – Nature Sounds – Spoken Word

Perf: (?) (Cave guide) Will MENTER (samples) Prod. Co: Atelier des Neuf Portes, Saisy Rec. Eng: Will Menter Time: (?) CD: ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND LEVEL (Label ?) (Tk 1) Notes: An album of field recorded soundscapes. This first track features a recording of a guide taking people on a tour of a cave in the Pyrenees where prehistoric paintings are visible. (Menter n.d.) One critic wrote in The Wire – “In what has to be one of the oddest opening tracks on any album, Will Menter’s ‘Above And Below Ground Level’ starts with a tourist guide leading her charges deep into a French cave. The guide’s singsong voice and the shuffling, whispering tourists underline the cavernous ambience. Then the guide invites us to contemplate the Palaeolithic paintings in silence, and for forty seconds or so we listen to exactly that. ‘It needs a special kind of listening that is not very evident,’ explains Menter on the phone from his home in central France. ‘I was trying to frame the silence at the end of the track, to build up to a situation where the listener is forced to use their visual imagination to conjure up what is happening. Anyway, the idea was to make this track inform the way the rest of the CD was listened to – so that was why I put it first.’ ” (Bell 2003) All the Paleolithic art show caves are on the French side of the Pyrenees and there are six of them starting in the west and moving east: Grottes de Isturitz & d’Oxocelhaya, Gargas, Mas d’Azil, Bédeilhac, La Vache, and the celebrated Grotte de Niaux. It is not known which cave was used for this recording. Other underground sounds on the album were recorded in the vaulted cellar of the medieval Cluny Abbey in Paris. Track 8 on this CD is entitled, “The Guiding Song,” but it is not known if this is the guide at the Paleolithic art cave visit or the one at Cluny Abbey. For another recording by Will Mentor see under Recorded in Artificial Caves – France. See also under Spoken Word – Documentary – France – Dots and Dashes. Ref: Bell, Clive 2003, Cross Platform, Cross Platform, The Wire, n. 237, Nov. 2003, willmenter Menter, Will n.d., Sound Recordings, Films and Books, willmenter Simmons, Ian 2002, Nthposition Online Magazine, nthposition

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