The title "Kyr-kor" is a play on the Swedish words for churches (kyrkor) and cows (kor). The material used for this very short dreamscape features church bells and cowbells recorded while hiking in two small villages in Bavaria: Roßhaupten and Oberaudorf respectively. Today, these types of sounds are probably associated mostly with rural charm. But they also have a long tradition in music history. Mahler, for instance, was particularly fond of cowbells. However, both of these bell sounds also connote domestication and power. Church bells once demanded that villagers attend church services, and cowbells are a means of control. The large bells worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock help herders keep track of their cattle, but have in recent years been considered harmful to the animals' hearing and feeding habits. The edited snippets used in the collage reflect on these different aspects and are furthermore combined with the ringing sound of rain recorded on my home block in Stockholm, just opposite the Högalid Church and the columbarium where a dear and deeply missed friend of mine is resting.
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