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Logging in Chinese occupied Tibet has left many forest regions stripped to the bone. Present day agricultural policies and global climatic change compound the problem. Once lush areas have transformed to creeping sand dunes and water logged moors. One million square miles of rainforest in Tibet have emerged as a man-made desert. Tibet's forest is located at the upper reaches of ten major river flowing into south and southeast Asia and consequently, the destruction of forest in the head-watersheds means the contamination and even drying up of these rivers.

This recording was made for the installation of Helen Meyer Harrison and Newton Harrison's project proposal 'Tibet is the High Ground' as part of a series of lectures, concerts and performances entitled 'Good Gut Friedrichstein' in 2004. The organising curatorial group 'Survival Aesthetics' invite Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison to present aspects of the extensive body of eco-political artworks as the focus of these events.

Music is the most abstract language humans have developed. In essence it is a revolutionary language, continually erasing and rewriting its own code. I wanted to contribute a sense of peace, so see and hear with the heart. I recorded a large variety of metal percussion instruments, including Tibetan gongs and prayer bowls, cymbals, sound sticks, discs and a toy vibraphone. The piece, although originally produced for this psecific sound installation, can also be used for meditation and relaxation.

Many thanks to Manfred Langlotz for commissioning the installation at Gut Friedrichstein, and to the Harrisons for their inspiring enthusiasm and encouragement.

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released January 1, 2004

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Niklas Zimmer Cape Town, South Africa

Drummer for the free improvisation ensemble 'as is' in Cape Town from 2010 to 2018.

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