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earthworks
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n. (plural of earthwork English)
Wikipedia
Earthworks may refer to the following:
- Earthworks (archaeology), human-made constructions that modify the land contour
- Earthworks (engineering), civil engineering works created by moving or processing quantities of soil
- Earthworks (military), military fortifications built in the field during a campaign or siege
- Earthworks (company), audio equipment company
- Earthworks, a novel by Brian Aldiss
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Earthworks (band), a jazz band led by drummer Bill Bruford
- Earthworks (album), the band's self-titled debut album
- "Earthworks" (song), song by Kerbdog
- Earthworks High School, an experimental school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 1971–1978
- Geoglyph(s)
- Land art or Earth art
- EarthWorks, a world-music label owned by Stern's Africa
Earthworks is a 1965 dystopian science fiction novel by prolific British science fiction author Brian Aldiss.
Earthworks is a professional audio equipment company founded by David E. Blackmer in the mid 1990s after he left dbx to sell studio microphones, preamplifiers and studio reference monitors.
Their products are based on Blackmer's research into ultrasonic frequencies in sound reproduction and his claims that the time resolution of human hearing is 5 microseconds or better - corresponding to 200 kHz, well above the 20 kHz conventionally accepted as the limit of human hearing.
Earthworks are engineering works created through the moving or processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock. The earth may be moved to another location and formed into a desired shape for a purpose. Much of earthworks involves machine excavation and fill or backfill.
"Earthworks" is a song by Kerbdog and their first single released in 1993 on Vertigo Records. The title track was recorded by Simon Vinestock on 12 December 1992, while tracks 2 and 3 were recorded at Sound Studios in Dublin by Pat Dunne between 29 and 30 June 1992. All songs on the single were later re-recorded for Kerbdog's self titled debut album.
The single was released on CD and 7" vinyl. There was also a promo only 12" vinyl.
Bill Bruford's Earthworks were a British jazz band led by drummer Bill Bruford. The band recorded several albums for Editions EG, Discipline Global Mobile and Summerfold Records.
Earthworks went through several line-ups: in addition to the band's accomplishments as a unit, Earthworks was a training ground for Django Bates, Iain Ballamy, Patrick Clahar, Mark Hodgson, Steve Hamilton and Gwilym Simcock. The final band line-up featured previously established jazz musicians in the form of Chick Corea sideman Tim Garland and veteran bass player Laurence Cottle. In interviews during the band's earlier years, Bruford sometimes compared his responsibilities within it as being similar to those of Art Blakey with the Jazz Messengers, in that he was providing an environment for young British jazz players to gain attention and experience before going on to become well-known players and bandleaders in their own right.
The initial version of Earthworks strongly stressed an acoustic/electronic jazz fusion style, balancing Bruford's electronic Simmons drums (frequently used for melodic or chordal parts) and Bates' synthesizer work against the traditional acoustic elements of Ballamy's saxophones and Bates' tenor horn. Although the band's initial formation featured double bass, the band subsequently used electric bass guitar until 1993. From 1998 onwards, Earthworks was predominantly an acoustic band, with double bass and piano rather than electric instruments and with Bruford returning to an acoustic drumkit. The band was formally retired in January 2009 when Bruford himself retired from active music.
In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil. Earthworks are often known as barrows in England, and mounds in North America. Earthworks can themselves be archaeological features, or they can show features beneath the surface.
Earthworks is the first album by Bill Bruford's Earthworks, a jazz band led by the drummer Bill Bruford and featuring Django Bates, Iain Ballamy and Mick Hutton. It was released in 1987 on EG Records.
Usage examples of "earthworks".
When almost touching our earthworks they broke and ran, and our arrows cut them down as hail lays flat the corn.
We made life so miserable for the defenders by maintaining a steady drop of arrows, and by patrolling the river entrance to this path, that finally we were enabled to drive out those holding the gate, and seizing the earthworks we cut the city entirely off from its water supply.
Myrdhinn thoughtfully, staring out over our earthworks across the plain at the lights of Miapan and the stars above.
It reminded the Eubanks of a landing they had once made in Africa, when the lights had failed in the Earthworks colony on the coast.
When they were gone, they were gone for goodnot like the ruins in Europe, but more like the mud huts in Africa, which simply crumbled and became earthworks again, with trees growing out of them.
Theirs was Earthworks Lodge, at the edge of the sea and under the rattling coconut palms.
Willis wore an African mask he had bought at the shop in Earthworks Lodge.
His concession to Earthworks was his sarong, but he had a short-barreled rifle on his lap.
Hardy stayed away from Earthworks in his chartered rotor, looking for sites for a backup Asfalt project, in case Project O-Zone should fail.
Spinning above the tall palms and green grass of Earthworks they saw how small an area they were living in.
They flocked to Earthworks, staying near the coast, where food was still available.
He slapped at their muzzles, unafraid of their huge jaws, but he followed her, pausing halfway up to examine the slope of the rampart and exposed soil, and to study the layout of the hill and the span of earthworks that ringed it.
Towering behind sod-and-timber houses rose the huge tumulus with its freshly raised earthworks and the gaunt circle of giant stones at the flat summit.
Here, upstream from the village, the river cut so close below the earthworks that the ramparts rose right out of the water except for a thin strand of pebbly beach from which the men swam.
The twisting angle of the earthworks reminded him of the battle where he had fallen.