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Northern Spy Records in partnership with Record Store Day have announced that original recordings by the Thai Elephant Orchestra—an ensemble consisting of Thai elephants located at a conservation center in Northern Thailand—will be released on vinyl for the first time ever on July 17th. This year, RSD Drops will take place on June 12 and July 17 at participating stores worldwide. Co-founded by elephant conservationist, Richard Lair, and musical artist and a professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, Dave Soldier, the Thai Elephant Orchestra are trained to play enormous, specially designed percussion instruments modeled after Thai instruments (such as the ranat ek). The completely improvised recordings consist of remastered audio of material released on CD via Mulatta Records as well as previously unreleased bonus material, new liner notes by Dave Soldier, and a beautiful package designed by D. Norsen. The Thai Elephant Orchestra have previously been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and BBC’s World Service. Read more about the Thai Elephant Conservation Center here. Tracklist A1. Three Renats, Gong, Thundersheet A2. Diddley Bow, Two Renats, Khene, Gong, Thundersheet A3. Renats, Diddley Bow, Bass Drum, Synthesizer, Thundersheet A4. Reed, Two Renats, Gong, Synthesizer A5. Two Renats A6. Diddley Bow, Slit Drums, Harmonica, Khene, Thundersheet, Gong A7. Pitch Pipe, Renat, Slit Drums, Diddley Bow B1. Bass Drum, Gong, Thundersheet B2. Diddley Bow, Slit Drums B3. Two Harmonicas, Khene, Bass drum, Tom-Tom, Gong, Diddley Bow B4. Three Renats, Slit Drum B5. Renat, Two Slit Drums, Gong, Thundersheet Bonus 7” Tracklist A1. Two Renats, Thundersheet, Bass Drum B1. Elephant Field Recordings Performers [Elephants] JoJo, Luuk Khang, Luuk Kob, Phangkhawt, Phrathida and Phumpang Credits Mixed by Dave Soldier Produced by Dave Soldier, Richard Lair, Rory Young, and Linzy Emery Recorded on location by Rory Young Assistant recording engineers Maria Banks and Neil Budzinski Elephant instruments designed by Dave Soldier, Ken Butler, Don Ritter, Richard Lair, and Neepagong, and built with the woodworking and metalworking shops at the Elephant Conservation Center Illustrations by Jenny Lynn McNuff Reissue design by D.Norsen Remastered by Chris Weiss Photography by Neil Budzinski Liner notes by Dave Soldier Links thailandelephant.org/ northernspyrecs.com/ recordstoreday.com/
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