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Mantra at Lowe's Hardware Store: NPR Music Field Recordings

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There's something primeval about guys banging on wood. But the New York percussion group Mantra takes such primitive pounding to a surprisingly refined level. For composer Michael Gordon's mesmerizing new work— Timber, written for six two-by-fours — Mantra set up a public performance of the piece in the lumber department of a big-box hardware store in Alexandria, Va. Who knew 60 inches of processed pine could sound so good?

See more Field Recordings: http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=144918893

Producers: Mito Habe-Evans, Dena Trugman, Tom Huizenga
Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait
Additional Videography: Mike Katzif
Executive Producers: Anya Grundmann, Keith Jenkins
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