Highly politicized found sound auteur Matthew Herbert is at it again, this time, recording the life of a pig from birth to death to the meal that follows. I had dinner with Herbert once many years ago. He’s definately what one might call an over-thinker.
To document the project, he has started Herbert Pig blog, where heissued the following dogmatic statement:
“in 2010 i will release a record entitled ‘the pig’ [current title One Pig]
it will be made up entirely of sounds made during the life cycle of a pig.
i will be there at its birth
during its life
present at its death
and during the butchery process.
its body will then be given to chefs new and old
there will be a feast
it will all be recorded
and then turned in to music”
See the little heffer below. It’s the one with the black triangle on it’s butt.
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