Posts tagged Field Recordings
JAMES McDOUGALL . Mountain upon a phosphorescent sky
Feb 7th
“For every 100 meters of ascension there is a gain of one less degree in temperature. But it is still hot here and this is typically where the storms break before heading east over that heat sink of a city. There is a state of palpable imminence: ineffectual ceiling fans churn against the stifling heat, a built up charge runs from the western coal fire plants, coursing through the mammoth power lines that cut right through the mountain; ear piercing cicadas phase in chorus, the approaching, increasing portend ,…” -James McDougall-
Specs: Stereo mic, contact and hydro pezo mics; all recordings sourced from key locations across The D’Aguilar Mountain Range, north west of Brisbane, Australia.
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Rinus Van Alebeek . nine variations
Feb 3rd
Rinus Van Alebeek is a writer, sound artist and performer born in The Netherlands in 1956. He has published two books in his native country under the pseudonym of Philip Markus, the first of which, published in 1991, was awarded best first novel.
His approach to musical improvisation is seen as radical, based on sounds captured on his travels in and outside Europe. Rinus Van Alebeek records, composes and performs with analogue equipment. During his concerts he mixes tapes thus creating powerful lo-fi sound collages between noise and pure poetry.
The artistic biography of Rinus Van Alebeek is divided in two periods: prehistoric and historic. The prehistoric period stretches from the birth of the universe to the year 1989 a.C. The historic period starts in 1989 and is divided in three categories: literature, visual arts and sound art.
Text to ‘Nine Variations’ ( in German and English )
One evening as the rain pattered against the window and I, from the darkness of my room, was staring at the dance of the raindrops in the light of a street lantern, a deep desire came over me: I wantedNastassja Kinski.
Once every year this happened, then I thought that only in a relation with her my life would make sense, a lighthearted shining sense that would bring tears of joy as you could only see on the movie screen.
O man!
How I longed for it to sit on a terrace with her in Duesseldorf and pick a piece of Currywurst with sauce out of her hair.
Later in the afternoon we would walk hand in hand along the Rhine.
One very long moment I kept on staring out of the window not knowing what to do. The heartache grew out of my body.
I’d better get rid of the idea to marry the most beautiful woman in the world.
I simply had to forget about it and content myself with the fact to grow old with her living in the same universe.
….
Eines Abends, als der Regen gegen das Fenster prasselte und ich aus der Finsternis meines Zimmers den Tanz der Tropfen im gelben Strassenlaternenlicht bewunderte, ueberfiel mich eine unheimliche Sehnsucht: Ich hatte Lust auf Nastassja Kinski.
Einmal im Jahr geschah das, dann dachte ich, dass ein Verhaeltnis mit ihr dem Leben erst Sinn geben wuerde, so einen leichtsinnigen strahlenden zu Glueckstraenen fuehrenden Sinn, wie es den nur auf der Leinwand gab.
Mann! Wie sehr verlangte es mich danach, ihr, auf einer Duesseldorfer Terrasse sitzend, mit meinen Fingern ein Stueckchen Currywurst samt Sosse aus dem Haar zu pfluecken. Spaeter am Nachmittag liefen wir dann Hand in Hand unter einem groĂźen Regenschirm das Rheinufer entlang.
Einen langen Moment blieb ich unentschlossen und starrte aus dem Fenster. Der Herzschmerz wuchs aus meinem Leib hinaus.
Ich musste mir die Heirat mit der schoensten Frau der Welt einfach aus dem Kopf schlagen. Ich sollte sie sowieso vergessen – , mich damit zufrieden geben, zusammen mit ihr, im selben Weltall, alt zu werden.
Recorded with an iPhone.
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Jan Kees Helms . H2OCO2
Feb 2nd
“H2OCO2″ is the next Jan Kees Helms’ experiment with field recordings, a new chapter in his sound research of world elemental essences. With abstract approach he’s trying to discover mysteries of ordinary but very important things. And field recordings are the tools which help him to extract and to process “voices” of that essences.
This album is dedicated to studies of water and carbon dioxide sounds. Two unique microspaces created by Jan Kees Helms are different but look like very familiar thanks for author’s laborious task which helps to unmistakably recognize these essences by its “voices”.
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KGB . Noise Forest
Jan 27th
Noise Forest is the latest performance project by the KGB trio, following 2008`s release Smoke on Devil`s Mountain; a recording comprised of performances and field recordings made at an abandoned NSA station in Berlin.
The Noise Forest environment was created in Berlin during the weeks before the two day long performance. Involving found objects, metal constructions, machines, contact microphones and various traditional instruments. The Audience was invited to enter the environment from above through a ladder leading from Chef Manuel Czech`s kitchen.
Recorded Live at Die Remise, Berlin – Nov 22/23 2008
Founded in 2004, KGB makes music using digital, electrical and acoustic instruments, creating music incorporating field recordings and processing, and performs as a trio and with an orchestra of improvising musicians. The Swiss Pharmaceuticals CD was released in 2005 on Utech records. Henneböhl and Dougherty have been working together in various Berlin experimental/noise outfits (Idiot Switch, Oktoschloks, Control, “Wendel Collective”), and perform with Cascone as KGB whenever Kim comes to Europe. The group has played venues across Europe including Instants Chavirez (Paris), FIM (Basel), Ausland (Berlin) and SKOP (Frankfurt). Kim Cascone studied electronic music at the Berklee College of Music and the New School in Manhattan. He founded Silent Records in 1985 and has released more than 30 albums of electronic music on Silent, Sub Rosa, Mille Plateaux and Raster-Noton. Cascone has performed with Merzbow, Keith Rowe, Scanner, John Tilbury, Tony Conrad, Pauline Oliveros and worked on two David Lynch films as Assistant Music Editor. Cascone founded the microsound list in 1999 and has written articles on post-digital aesthetics for Computer Music Journal and Contemporary Music Review. Guido Henneböhl builds and performs on his own analogue and electronic instruments. He has performed across Europe with artists such as Travis Just, Alwynne Pritchard and works in the groups Idiot Switch and the Oktoschlocks. Brendan Dougherty was born in Philadelphia and has been located in Berlin since 2002. He works as a composer and performer in the areas of improvised music, jazz, and collaborates often with Dance and Theater Productions. He has worked with the likes of Jeremy Wade, Billy Bang, Aleks Kolkowski, Jon Rose
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Murmurists . Joseph Boi
Jan 18th
“Murmurists (Anthony Donovan) runs bicycles as water well.
when I tried I fell, when I enjoyed I dwell as son’s of goddess gestures”
-André Pissoir
“’Jospeh Boi’ a decision was made with spirit!
none addicted to manipulate,
it’s the mood as fact
which appears in this work of genius!
He’s the neXt ONE!
viva Murmurists!”
-Lester BĂ©ton
“hearts would be passed on like trust beyond matter of relatives, he’s one of those we do”
-undRess BĂ©ton
handle the short as wired,
threshold your companion through glasses…
welCOME
one of the VERY important son of doings:
Murmurists (Anthony Donovan)
and his unrecorded trust of art ‘Joseph Boi’
Ground Bursting Circuits Merry The Mass Survival- bless thy family
the kitchen avant may never meet their circumstances as it was truly off your health!
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Mark Peter Wright . Mal de Mer
Jan 18th
Mal de mer is a soundscape composition that consists of field recordings from the North East coast of England; Staithes, Sandsend, Robin Hoods Bay and Burniston.
Although specific in location and recording provenance, Mal de mer alludes to sound, and more specifically, an individual’s ability to listen beyond contextual site specifics. Here the listener is not necessarily searching for markers of a given environment, but opening the ear to an immersive and engaging experience. The intention is not to replicate place, but encourage a deep shift in perception and listening.
Mal de mer was first exhibited at the Manchester Victorian Baths during the FutureSonic07 Festival. All recordings made on location during 2006. With warm thanks to Patrick and Sarah.
*Headphones recommended.
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Scott Sherk . 23 Fountains of Beverly Hills
Jan 17th
Think about Beverly Hills and you probably think of wealth, privilege, the entertainment industry, or even shallowness; but sculptor and field recordist Scott Sherk has found depth in the neighborhood’s many private water fountains. Untreated and presented as a single track with abrupt splices rather than smooth crossfades, the recordings take on a sonic sculptural structure that leads the listener through three and four dimensional spaces, ultimately presenting (as Sherk states in his liner notes) “the sound of money”.
Note: An audio installation of 23 Fountains of Beverly Hills is on display at Audio Visual Arts, New York, 15 Jan. – 5 Feb. 2010.
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terje paulsen . a posteriori
Jan 15th
I collect a lot of stuff. some seems to be rather useless. Like the old three-stringed guitar, cracked cymbals, my first recordplayer that don’t work like it should (but still give me some good memories from my childhood), the little transistor that hardly take in norwegian channels, or the cones I pick outside and let dry in my room.
When touching and pick at them i find interesting sounds. some i slightly manipulate in the editor, others are their real sounds.
with this ep i want to share some of my experiences with the sounds from a few of my collected objects.
big thanks to m.a. tolosa
[ Terje Paulsen ]
track 2. a posteriori.
soundsources: a broken record player from the 1960’s.
a handpicked cone.
both objects recorded into a zoom handy h4 recorder and edited in audacity.
terje paulsen mainly use found objects and cheap / simple instruments & recycling the sounds from everyday life for his compositions [soundpictures].
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Juan Antonio Nieto . Indoor
Jan 4th
Indoor originates from recordings done by the artist in his own house in Madrid where he performed percussive exercises with objects such as glasses, wood, paper, lamps, furniture and pretty much whatever he got his hands on; those objects were hit, rubbed, blowed, teared, scratched, stretched and through all kind of percussive processes. Those exercises are clearly influenced by Juan Antonio’s background as a drummer/percussionist.
Juan Antonio recorded a total of five sessions and selected two and overlap them in layers giving them a brand new emotional sense. Finally he created a background based on field recordings of pouring rain over glass that he later manipulated creating an inmutable wall of sound.
We feel quite enthusiast and privileged to publish this release in a point where Juan Antonio’s career is taking such an interesting turn.
Cover art by David VĂ©lez
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Luis Antero : Water Recordings II
Dec 19th
Choose to be an invisible man : Luis Antero places his recording body between passings, waitings, silences, life rhythms…
Field Recording by Luis Antero.
LuĂs Antero is a Portuguese field recordist, responsible for the netlabel Green Field Recordings and student of Artistic Studies. His aim, in the field of phonological recordings, is to preserve the endangered heritage and legacy of the agricultural region where he lives.
Cover art by Luis Antero
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