Ocora

Ocora (Office de Coopération Radiophonique) is a French record label specializing in field recordings of world music. It was founded in 1957 by the composer, pianist and musicologist Charles Duvelle with the musician Pierre Schaeffer.[1] Ocora is part of Radio France.

Ocora also is a word from the language of the Timucuan people who once inhabited Florida USA, meaning "place of gathering."

Notes

  1. Jeune Afrique L'intelligent. Edited and published by Groupe Jeune Afrique, 2000, p. 106 (available in snippet view on Google Books
gollark: Fiiiine.
gollark: (I can't actually distinguish accents very reliably, which suggests I might not be very good at this stuff)
gollark: It might be possible to somewhat, with lots of practice, sure, but I can't just trivially alter it massive amounts for... social convenience?
gollark: You do realise that I can't just pick my accent, right?
gollark: Yeeeees, apparently.
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