The perils of passionate academic opposition were then swiftly conjoined to those of the Amazon in a debate whose outcome has yet to be won. Dont Sleep, There Are Snakes Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world.Įverett describes how he began to realise that his discoveries about the Piraha language opened up a new way of understanding how language works in our minds and in our lives, and that this way was utterly at odds with Noam Chomsky's universally accepted linguistic theories. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This month we read Don't Sleep There Snakes: Life & Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett. Written with extraordinary acuity, sensitivity, and openness, it is fascinating from first to last, rich with unparalleled insight into the nature of language, thought, and life itself.
Warmth flooding from every speaker.Also available on eBook for £5.99. It is also an anthropological investigation, an adventure story, and a riveting memoir of a life profoundly affected by exposure to a different culture. Donny Blew It is US teen heartbreak drama distilled into 7 minutes of luminous, rolling and striding house music. A lost wanderer into the deep green haze.Ī small teaser that landed last year and an apt emotional closer. Taking a strong influence from early Mount Kimbie and grinding it through classic machines and loaded with that RFF grit.Įxploring further Ross From Friends habits for tangental arrangements, Crystal Catcher (Weed) is an ecstatic, excitable jaunt that segues from one zonal fragmented crystalline mood into another. Xoxoxo is a headsy, beats-led excursion into the more broken end of the house/techno/bass spectrum. Everett quickly became obsessed with their language and its cultural and. Part passionate memoir, part scientific exploration, a life-changing tale set among a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in Brazil that offers a riveting look into the nature of language, thought, and life itself.'Immensely interesting and deeply mo. As swishing in and around vintage drum battering and MPC heavy arrangement chops. Dont Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle.
Woozing synths and phasers wash over a indelible vocal loop. Summer blasts through the windows, doors and ceiling like a nuclear flush of sunshine, rush of heather and cool, sprinkled breeze for days.
Ross From Friends returns to the Lobster pot with a hard skatin, snake evadin', cherry chompin' EP of luscious house bangers alongside raw stomping, broken beatdown escapades.Īfter making some serious waves over the past 12 months with the cult hit Talk To Me You'll Understand and following with an epic three-person live set, this third EP and sophomore release for the Lobster family expands on the RFF sound whilst stretching the sound pallet back to encompass the rawer end of the spectrum as seen on his debut for Breaker Breaker.
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