Cho Oyu 8201m – Field Recordings From Tibet is an ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 album released by artist Biosphere under his real name Geir Jenssen. Recorded in 2001, it was released in 2006.

Overview

Geir Jenssen is also an active climber and mountaineer, a hobby which is an inspiration on his work as well as a source of natural sound samples. His highest feat was in September-October of 2001 when he climbed the Cho Oyu

Cho Oyu

Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu lies in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between China and Nepal...

 (Himalaya, 8201 meters) without supplementary oxygen. Exactly five years later in October 2006, he released this album of field recordings made during the trip, as a "sources" companion of sorts to his album Dropsonde

Dropsonde (album)

See dropsonde for the weather reconnaissance deviceDropsonde is an ambient album by musician Biosphere . Unlike his previous output, there is a notable jazz influence present on this album.-Overview:...

released in vinyl one year earlier, and which used some of those field recordings as raw material.

The album is released in a 142 mm by 162 mm card stock

Card stock

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sleeve, and includes the 12 page booklet "Only Krishna and I: With Adventure Peaks to Cho Oyu", a diary of Jenssen's climb.

Track listing

1. "Zhangmu: Crossing a Landslide Area" – 4:25
2. "Tingri: The Last Truck" – 5:23
3. "Jobo Rabzang" – 2:55
4. "Chinese Base Camp: Near a Stone Shelter" – 4:28
5. "Palung: A Yak Caravan Is Coming" – 4:56
6. "Cho Oyu Base Camp: Morning" – 8:34
7. "Nangpa La: Birds Feeding on Biscuits" – 5:09
8. "Camp 1: Himalayan Nightflight" – 2:38
9. "Camp 1.5: Mountain Upon Mountain" – 1:35
10. "Camp 2: World Music on the Radio" – 3:25
11. "Camp 3: Neighbours on Oxygen" – 2:16
12. "Summit" – 2:31