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This song about the absence of a loved one was featured on the soundtrack of the brilliant war movie Underground, from 1995 by Emir Kusturica. The song was sung by Cesaria Evora from Cape Verde.

Saskia and I have recorded it to pay some sort of tribute to the almost 200 fellow Dutchmen whom died in the crash of Malaysia Airlines in Eastern Ukraine.



Thanks for watching.
 
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We, that is gorgeous. So subtle. Your wife sings sweetly. I don't understand the language, but picked up a little with my skilled ear as she sung--something about Malaysia and aeroplanes and ascending into skies (the song title) and vanishing, I think. Meaningful. Sad.

Is the sound that we hear, the voice and uke, from that one microphone? If so, I'm impressed by how it l
Picked up your uke, since you were at some distance, sound hole away from mic.
 
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thanks! I have a mic for the uke, but it's just out of the frame. But I must say that these lage diaphragm condensor mics pick up an awful lot of sound. Love them for home recording.
 
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