Insular Regions, by jgrzinich

Insular Regions

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jgrzinich: insular régions ^

Mooste, Estonia is not a likely place to make an obvious appearance on many cartographic or social maps of Europe. It is said to be a "normal" Estonian village, a small rural community that reflects on traditions of past histories and works to shape an identity following the period of Soviet occupation.

The local structures vary from an historic pre-WWI German farming estate to Soviet era collective farm and housing buildings along with a few traditional wooden houses scattered in between. Its inhabitants have taken on a great variety of improvised means of survival, everything from regular to odd jobs, mothering to mushrooming.

The surrounding terrain is a patchwork of used and unused farmland interspersed with peat bogs and dense pine forests. Rather than being a village proper,

Mooste is more a collection of small settlements. Upon each historical phase a new and different type of settlement came about. Following the pattern of history the time came recently again "re-settle" the area, to place local history at odds with the current tides of continental trends.,

Sounds recorded in Mooste, Estonia from August 2003 to October2004. Tracks composed by John Grzinich at Maaheli studio, MOKS.
Special thanks to Evelyn Müürsepp, Paulo Raposo and Marc Behrens for continued support.
Photographs and text by John Grzinich. Cover design by www.mbehrens.com. © and by sirr 2005.

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released May 24, 2020

Sounds recorded in Mooste, Estonia from August 2003 to October 2004. Tracks composed by John Grzinich at Maaheli studio, MOKS.
Special thanks to Evelyn Müürsepp, Paulo Raposo and Marc Behrens for continued support.

Photographs and text by John Grzinich. Cover design by www.mbehrens.com. © and by sirr 2005.

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