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Each Morning of the World #03
Central American PhoNographic Mornings #09/15
~ San Luis Potosi ~ Mexico
« La cuna del sol »
Enrico Ascoli
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the track "la cuna del sol" is a quick time-lapse on the typical morning of an antimony miner in the Cartoce area (San Luis Potosi, Mexico): the wake up at 5 am, announced by the passage of the first freight train down in the valley, in one of the few little and rural villages at the base of the mountains, the 4 hours of mule track riding a donkey to rich the mine, the breakfast all together around a stove, cooking quesadilla, the march in the long entrance tunnel of the mine, the hard and dangerous job, all hand made, did of explosions, hammering, shoveling rocks and transporting them with heavy carts. I recorded all these materials during the shooting of the documentary Gods of Mexico by Helmut Dosantos in 2016. We spent 10 days leaving together with miners and exploring the 9 level of tunnels. The most impressive sound was the unreal silence of the deepest parts.
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Enrico Ascoli
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Sound Artisi / Sound Designer / Music Producer
Enrico Ascoli works in sound art exhibitions, multimedia installations, documentary films, animation movies, field recordings, advertising and cognitive research. he makes electroacoustic music and experimental sound installations and performances. His recent music projects are edited/composed using processed location recordings; in performance and installations he sometimes combines these with everyday life objects and food cooking processes to create pieces which move between the abstract and the sociocultural perspective.
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