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By @MDeAbaitua and Richard Norris

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Richard Norris and Matthew De Abaitua

Mystical campfire mix to tap into the strangeness of the land.

Being brief readings by Matthew De Abaitua from his memoir and history of camping, The Art of Camping mixed with campfire tracks by the legendary Richard Norris (The Time and Space Machine, Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve).

Recorded and mixed in Lewes, East Sussex.

Twitter: @MDeAbaitua
@MrRichardNorris

Buy the book The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars by Matthew De Abaitua, published by Hamish Hamilton.

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Featuring tracks by Julianna Barwick , Enumclaw, The Present, Biosphere, Voice Of The Seven Woods and more

The Golden Morning Breaks Buy By Colleen	1
Reading from ‘The Spirit’ taken from The Confession of the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift by John Hargrave	2
Camping Buy By Sunol	3
Reading from The Perfect Campsite from The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars by Matthew De Abaitua, published by Hamish Hamilton	4
Reading of ‘The glories of a mountain campfire’ by John Muir from John of the Mountains	5
To The Fields Buy By Circulus	6
The Fire In My Head Buy By Voice Of The Seven Woods	7
Reading from ‘In Yosemite with John Muir’ by Theodore Roosevelt from his An Autobiography (1913), and quoted in The Art of Camping	8
Farmland-Freeland Buy By The Advisory Circle	9
Reading from Letter to the Editor of Forest and Stream by Nessmuk, quoted in The Art of Camping	10
Campfire Buy By Grizzly Bear	11
‘How to Light a Fire Without a Match’ adapted from Ernest Thompson Seton’s Two Little Savages	12
The Magic Place Buy By Julianna Barwick	13
Reading from ‘The figures marched up the Long Man of Wilmington” from The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars by Matthew De Abaitua (Hamish Hamilton)	14
Space Meadow Buy By The Present	15
Harmonic Convergence Buy By Enumclaw	16
Ancient Campfire Buy By Biosphere	17
Reading ‘The Camping Years’ from Leslie Paul’s Angry Young Man, quoted in The Art of Camping	18