Synaesthesia by Fresh Handmade Collective, The Nightjar Orchestra

Synaesthesia: Our signature spa treatment.

Bird song and an orchestral score place yo in the Dorset countryside on a perfect English Sunday morning.

Passing through the day into a fantastical twilight, you arrive at the heart of a still forest in the dark, deep, depth of the night.

Soft rain brings in a glorious dawn chorus and the clarion calls of rooks and jackdaws herald your journey off the Scarborough Fair.

"These are natural soundscapes. The first one took two weeks at Corfe Castle just getting the song thrush and church bells right; I even had a very cold night in Finland at -17 to record hawk owls calling across frozen fields." - Mark Constantine

"Collaborating with inspiring musicians from The Imagined Village, The Nightjar Orchestra and the superb masseurs allowed us to produce a score that was fully choreographed to the treatment." - Simon Emmerson

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Tracklist

1.	Song Thrush at Corfe Castle	1:36

2.	The Great Western	11:09

3.	Song Thrush and Jackdaws	1:38

4.	Jack Snipe Hornpipe	7:35

5.	Last Light	3:08

6.	Nightjar and Tawny Owls	2:05

7.	The Star Studded Plough	8:20

8.	Nightingale	0:41

9.	Peace, Love & Harmonium	9:53

10.	Nightingale and Owls	3:58

11.	The Night Vigil	3:08

12.	Dawn Chorus	2:43

13.	First Rain	6:31

14.	Rooks and Jackdaws	2:13

15.	A Parliament of Rooks	7:19

16.	Scarborough Fair	6:49

Credits

released May 22, 2020

The Nightjar Orchestra are:
Richard Evans (guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, flute), Simon Emmerson (guitars, mandolin, cittern), Kate Garrett (harmonium, flute, vocals on track 9), Barney Morse-Brown (cello), John Metcalfe (viola and violin), Ben Murray (accordion), Angie Pollock (piano, vocals on tracks 4 & 5), Andy Gangadeen (drums), Simon Massey (electronica) and various creatures of the night on strings.

All strings arranged by John Metcalfe, except track 9 arranged by Richard Evans.
Track 16, traditional arranged by The Imagined Village.

All bird samples recorded by The Sound Approach:
Mark Constantine, Magnus Ribb, Arnoud van den Berg.

Produced by Simon Emmerson and Richard Evans.
Executive Producer: Mark Constantine.

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