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about
Viridissima is a song about community: living together, travelling together, dancing and singing.
Composed exclusively from insect sounds by Tettigonia viridissima: some have been incorporated as real sounds, and some have been sampled and processed to become the different instruments in the song (drum kit, shakers, pad, etc.).
The real great green bush-cricket produces an evening song that we often confuse with garden sprinklers.
lyrics
Xicoia xerric xerric xerric...
Quan baixi el sol, salta al carrer
-salta el salt del Lèucade.
Quan baixi el sol, salta al carrer: balla i et seguiré!
Per entre espigues i xicoies i pels marges,
tot dringa en verd, perquè tu et mous.
Et diran plaga els qui són plaga
i fan les lleis que diuen qui, que diuen què, que diuen com.
Viridíssima!
La Viridíssima no calla.
Quan baixi el sol, salta al carrer
-salta el salt del Lèucade.
Quan baixi el sol, salta al carrer: balla i et seguiré!
Viridíssima!
La Viridíssima no calla.
Ets la funàmbula, advinguda, egipciaca,
llengueruda: la del mal nom.
I et diran plaga els qui són plaga
pel neguit que els plantis cara, plantant-hi el cos.
credits
released December 21, 2021
Real Tettigonia Viridissima recorded by Jansky at Camí de Ses Puntes, PN s'Albufera (Mallorca) in June 2020.
Song composed and produced by Jansky at Rampa Studios.
Mixed by Lee Avant (London).
Mastered by Matthew Styles at Horizontal Studios (Barcelona).
Artwork by Arauna Studio.
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