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Sing Gong 24 - dimensional sound experience
tr x
01 Warm Body 07:15
02 Body Deeper 08:15
03 Inner Outie 04:50
04 Collar - Brain 06:48
05 Behind your Eyes 04:47
06 Heartchime 02:50
07 Center 05:09
08 Aura 03:26
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About This Instrument...UFIP Targo Gong - a choir of voices lie within -
This cast bronze Gong is an extremely vibrant organ of sound, shaped and tuned so as to reflect a natural flow of harmonic
wave energy. Targo Gongs have great mass and are cast to shape. This leaves the cast B20 bell-bronze a relatively
undisturbed state which produces full, vibrant, warm sounding, detailed and sustaining tones. Casting to shape is
descendant of bell making, there is no other gong like this gong. One could certainly consider a Targo Gong to be:
- 60% gong/tam tam - (shape and response)
- 20% chime - (cast, tuned plate-like quality)
- 10% bell - (cast to shape method of production)
- 10% cymbal - (influence in hammering)
Harmonic scales are played on the gong's concentric lathed circles, each position putting a new tonality into motion .The
center area resolves to the lowest fundamental tone of the Gong. Moving out from the center, the gong's surface is divided
proportionally. Playing in each position brings new sets of harmonic tones. At the edge is a deep Cosmic Roar, all tones all at
once. Targo gongs excel at creating long sustains of clear harmonics when played soft to medium velocity with a wide
range of mallets. Each track on this CD is defined by a unique mallet which is used for that track and no other.
ABOUT CREATING THIS MUSIC
I have been playing ringing metals for a long time, my primary influences are John Bergamo, Lou Harrison and John Cage.
My method is to pick up a mallet and play the gong once - hear the tone, feel the tone - and then let the GONG show me what
to do next and when to do it. It is easy because I have a built up a vocabulary of sounds that I gather from playing this gong -
this is every gonger's experience. When we do it right, we are being used as a vehicle to create a higher order of resonant
space. I encourage everyone to get a gong and play it every day. Contact me for interest in UFIP gongs. Enjoy these Tones! I
wish you a wonderous experience in sound.
This recording works very well for listening during computer and other activities, at a meditative work pace.
Performed, recorded and edited by Ed Mann. Photos - Ed Mann, layout J21
Ed Mann November 2008 http://www.edmann.info
Limited edition offer "SING GONG 24" CD $12.00 w/free shipping usa
tr x
01 Warm Body 07:15
02 Body Deeper 08:15
03 Inner Outie 04:50
04 Collar - Brain 06:48
05 Behind your Eyes 04:47
06 Heartchime 02:50
07 Center 05:09
08 Aura 03:26
ORDER CD
About This Instrument...UFIP Targo Gong - a choir of voices lie within -
This cast bronze Gong is an extremely vibrant organ of sound, shaped and tuned so as to reflect a natural flow of harmonic
wave energy. Targo Gongs have great mass and are cast to shape. This leaves the cast B20 bell-bronze a relatively
undisturbed state which produces full, vibrant, warm sounding, detailed and sustaining tones. Casting to shape is
descendant of bell making, there is no other gong like this gong. One could certainly consider a Targo Gong to be:
- 60% gong/tam tam - (shape and response)
- 20% chime - (cast, tuned plate-like quality)
- 10% bell - (cast to shape method of production)
- 10% cymbal - (influence in hammering)
Harmonic scales are played on the gong's concentric lathed circles, each position putting a new tonality into motion .The
center area resolves to the lowest fundamental tone of the Gong. Moving out from the center, the gong's surface is divided
proportionally. Playing in each position brings new sets of harmonic tones. At the edge is a deep Cosmic Roar, all tones all at
once. Targo gongs excel at creating long sustains of clear harmonics when played soft to medium velocity with a wide
range of mallets. Each track on this CD is defined by a unique mallet which is used for that track and no other.
ABOUT CREATING THIS MUSIC
I have been playing ringing metals for a long time, my primary influences are John Bergamo, Lou Harrison and John Cage.
My method is to pick up a mallet and play the gong once - hear the tone, feel the tone - and then let the GONG show me what
to do next and when to do it. It is easy because I have a built up a vocabulary of sounds that I gather from playing this gong -
this is every gonger's experience. When we do it right, we are being used as a vehicle to create a higher order of resonant
space. I encourage everyone to get a gong and play it every day. Contact me for interest in UFIP gongs. Enjoy these Tones! I
wish you a wonderous experience in sound.
This recording works very well for listening during computer and other activities, at a meditative work pace.
Performed, recorded and edited by Ed Mann. Photos - Ed Mann, layout J21
Ed Mann November 2008 http://www.edmann.info
Limited edition offer "SING GONG 24" CD $12.00 w/free shipping usa
***** "Five Stars great
sound experience...."
- Ed Mann, gongolier
sound experience...."
- Ed Mann, gongolier
hear it - track 08 "Aura"
| This CD can be listened to for hours on end without being distracting. It has a timeless quality, it keeps one in the Now. It is great for multi-tasking |