To date, The Cylinder Project has created four new cylinder recordings as part of its ongoing work:
- An Ainu language cylinder has been completed in collaboration with Japanese “lost mood” musician, Meitei incorporating a 1913 lullaby from the Smithsonian Folkways and UNESCO Archives.
- A Yiddish language cylinder was created in collaboration with musician and academic, Richard Marsella in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin and its Mayrent Institute, which is home to the largest repository of Yiddish recorded music in North America.
- A Maltese cylinder was created in collaboration with musician James Vella (A Lily) to create original music using an extensive database of archival recordings of Maltese emigrées taped messages, dating back to the 70’s and 80’s.
- A contemporary cylinder for demonstration purposes was produced using a song by acclaimed Australian genre-bending group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard to highlight early sound recording fidelity.
- Laħqitni Miċ-Ċpar / A Lily
As with his newest album Saru l-Qamar (Phantom Limb, 2024), this piece was formed from archival recordings of Maltese emigrées sending taped messages back home, dating back to the 70’s and 80’s. In the era between email and video… Continue reading Laħqitni Miċ-Ċpar / A Lily - Yankele / Joseph RumshinskyIn this work, Richard Marsella (organ, guitar, horn instruments, voice) leads an ensemble including Tom Richards (tuba and trombone) Aline Homzy (violin), Nichol Robertson (banjo), David French (clarinet) Richard Marsella (voice) and Tania Gill (accordion) in a… Continue reading Yankele / Joseph Rumshinsky
- Ihumke / Kiyo KurokawaIn this work, Meitei expresses the mysterious atmosphere of Japanese folk history, the lullaby that echoes in the night on the vast coast. The sound of waves at night lapping on the damp land of the Far… Continue reading Ihumke / Kiyo Kurokawa