Name: Spirit Cry Flutes and Bamboo Jews Harps from Papua New Guinea: Eastern Highlands and Madang
Brand: Ragnar Johnson and Jessica Mayer

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SOMA048CD

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Extended format: No

Format detail

With 20 Page Booklet.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0647581407776

Total Cap

CDx2

SOMA048LP

Black

Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with 8 Page Booklet.

0647581407769

Black LPx2

Artist

Ragnar Johnson and Jessica Mayer

Genre GB

Rest of World

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Ideologic Organ

Ideologic Organ is a music label that was launched on April 14, 2011. Curated and art directed by Stephen O'Malley, it has been a platform for his publishing company and artistic endeavors in album and book design. From 2011 to 2021, the label was manufactured and distributed by Editions Mego, and since 2021, Shelter Press has taken over these responsibilities.

Under the guidance of Stephen O'Malley, Ideologic Organ has become synonymous with quality music releases and captivating visual aesthetics. With an impressive catalog spanning over a decade, the label has showcased innovative artists who push boundaries across various genres.

As both a publishing company and art direction entity, Ideologic Organ represents Stephen O'Malley's dedication to creating immersive experiences through sound and visuals. The label continues to be a vital force in the music industry, providing a platform for unique voices to be heard.

Newest Listed Items

Third release in a trilogy of double LP and double CD documents of the invaluable ethomusicological research of Ragnar Johnson and Jessica Mayer in Papua New Guinea from the 1970s.&nbsp;Limited edition pressings have consistently sold out. In collaboration with David Toop. “A New Guinea Journey”, Dr. Ragnar Johnson’s 289pp manuscript journaling the research in the 1970s is published simultaneously to the release of these audio documents. 

The third part of Ideologic Organ Music’s trilogy together with Dr. Ragnar Johnson and Jessica Mayer’s anthropological field recordings of sacred flute music from the island of Papua New Guinea in the 1970s. A book titled A Papua New Guinea Recording Journey consisting of Dr. Johnson’s field notes from the entire research period will be published simultaneously with this music release. “The recording of a male initiation ceremony with sacred flutes, bullroarers and ‘crying baby’ leaves was only possible after fifteen months residence during anthropological research. From the same Ommura villages in the Eastern Highlands there are bamboo jews harps, yam fertility flutes and singing. Nama (‘bird’) sacred flutes were recorded in a Gahuku Gama village in the town of Goroka. There are Mo-mo bamboo resonating tubes and singing from the Finisterre Range of Madang. From the Ramu Coast region of Madang there are: Waudang flutes, garamut slit gongs and singing from Manam Island, Maner flutes from Awar village and Siam and Guna flutes and garamuts from Nubia Sissimungum Village. These previously unreleased recordings were made in 1976 and 1979.” Ragnar Johnson, London 2021.

Spirit Cry Flutes and Bamboo Jews Harps from Papua New Guinea: Eastern Highlands and Madang   

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