Just Here, Just Now, Alive *Sound Collage*
Channel: Joyous Dawn Music
Date: 2019-01-14

The sounds come from my journeys in Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil between June 2017-April 2018 and include nature sounds, protests, and cherished memories. This collage first premiered at the live show "Just Here, Just Now, Alive" in Berkeley, California.

Sounds and locations:
1. Mama Ocean- Las Tunas, Ecuador
2. Meditative Guitar Riff- Joyous Dawn, Vilcabamba, Ecuador
3. Pond Ambiance- Vilcabamba, Ecuador
4. Delphine and Joyous Dawn Duet- Vilcabamba, Ecuador
5. Rainforest Companion- Puyo, Ecuador
6. Sweet River- Valle De Cocora, Colombia
7. Dina's beautiful song duet w. Joyous Dawn- Tabitinga, Colombia
8. Flamingo fauna n flora- Camarones, Colombia
9. Maracatu Band from Manaus New Years Day- Alter Do Chao, Brazil
10. Acai do Totoa car advertisement- Alter Do Chao, Brazil
11. "I Learn from You" Delphine n Joyous Dawn- Riverboat from Manaus to Santarem, Brazil
12. * Protect River Xingu- Convergence of activists, locals and anthropologists about mining in the Amazon- Belem, Brazil 
13. Women's Forro band - Sao Paolo, Brazil
14. ** Por Marielle (For Marielle)- Sao Paolo, Brazil
15. Tent company- Barra Serra, Brazil
16. Victor's Song- Bombas Quilombo- 12 km walk from Barra Serra, Brazil
17. Sister River - Barra Serra, Brazil

DEEPER NOTES ON THE RECORDINGS:
*12 -- Although many of my English speaking friends won't be able to understand the speaker in # 12, I wanted to include a full snippet of their powerful words. With illusions to the spiritual and ancestral connections locals have to the Xingu river, the speaker makes a plea for people to care for the fight to protect the river. The Xingu river is in the Amazon region of Brazil and is facing major destruction as a result of mining and deforestation. Under the presidency of Bolsanero, the Amazon region faces further threat...

The speaker says: "Xingu [is] the house of the gods. We are the river Xingu, we are these waters of Xingu, we are the forests of Xingu, we are the rivers that form the heavens, immense corridors, rapids, waterfalls, of this immense river Xingu. We are....Therefore we have to defend this immense river with all of our [force], with all our life, with all our soul, for the present and future generations."

More information about Bolsanero & a Threatened Amazon www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46039996

**14-- Literal translation: "For Marielle I say no, I say no to the [military] intervention"
Marielle Franco was a very popularly elected Black and lesbian councilwoman representing the Partido Socialisto e Liberdade in Rio De Janeiro. She denounced former President Temer's order for military intervention in Rio De Janeiro to increase “security” and was a public voice speaking up against racism towards black people in Brazil. Shortly after I left Rio de Janeiro where I lived for about a month, she was viciously assassinated by “unknown suspects.” To people with open eyes, it was so clear who was threatened by her voice, and who would want her out of the picture. This was a horrific moment-- a brilliant and black woman lost her life for speaking out for justice and what is right. In response, all over the country of Brazil (and world), people mourned and mobilized actions and marches. This recording comes from a protest I attended with my friend Beth in Sao Paolo on March 18, 2018. I share this In honor of Marielle's life and light. Marielle, presente.

More information: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…-a8259516.html

All recordings completed by Joyous Dawn.