THE TIME OF BELLS, 4
Soundscapes of Italy, Denmark, Finland, Japan, and USA/Iraq

RELEASE DATE: SUMMER, 2007

The first two volumes of The Time of Bells explored how church, animal, and ceremonial bells ring the time of day, season, ritual, festival, work, and social life in Italy, Greece, France, Finland, and Norway. Volume three took the project to Accra, Ghana, to discover bells as musical instruments ringing the time of traditional, contemporary, and pan-African diasporic styles. Volume four returns to Europe, with animal, church, musical, and sleigh bell selections from Italy, Denmark, and Finland. Additionally, the research expands into new geographic and symbolic terrain: the time of annual ritual bells in Japan, and the role bells play in heralding world peace in Japan, the USA, and Iraq.

Produced, recorded, photographed, and annotated by Steven Feld
Mixed by Bill Boaz at Fourth World Recording Studios, Santa Fe
Designed by Michael Motley