Atchafalaya National Park is the largest swamp area in the United States and is located in the Mississippi River estuary plain in southern Louisiana.
The Atchafalaya Basin, wild and impassable and haunted by myths of people disappearing into the thicket or falling prey to the "Rougarous" (Louisiana's werewolf), is one of the most important bird sanctuaries in America. It is populated by migratory birds or endangered species that have lost their habitat elsewhere. Meanwhile, Atchafalaya Swamp itself is threatened by human destruction.
Atchafalaya (Remix)'s world of sounds consists of sound fragments of endangered birds, sonic descriptions of the swamp as described in narratives, and recordings made by the composer during a road trip in southern Louisiana in 2010.
Atchafalaya (Remix) has been commissioned by the Ensemble Lemniscate and has been composed in close collaboration with the individual performers.
Recorded at Gare du Nord, Basel, 21.05.2021
Azra Ramic - bass clarinet
Miguel Angel Garcia Martin - percussion
Helga Karen - piano, ARP Odyssey
Sophie Wahlmüller - viola
Ellen Fallowfield - cello
Andreas Eduardo Frank - live sound