Jeremy Hegge describes his recording for Very Quiet Records:
"While most people think of the rainforest as dense tropical forests, lush in vegetation with extremely high levels of biodiversity, these spindly temperate littoral rainforests are quite harsh environments to live in. Battered by the winds, high levels of sodium and having to grow on a steep slanting hill means only a comparatively small variety of plants and animals can live here permanently.
Thousands of tinkling insects sing throughout the night, as the wave’s crash against the cliffs. Occasionally small mammals wonder through the foliage, including a Mountain Brushtail Possum during mating season, who makes an odd chattering call.
Recorded along the south-eastern coast of the Royal National Park, starting just after 1am on the 2nd of April, 2014. This recording is unedited aside from fading in and out."
Jeremy Hegge (1992, Sydney, Australia) is a filmmaker, field recordist and musician from Sydney, Australia. He is interested in long duration recordings and meditative listening.
http://jeremyh.bandcamp.com/
Saturday, 7 June 2014
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Wings of Madrona by Banks Bailey
Published today on Very Quiet Records Static - Wings of Madrona by Banks Bailey:
The recording was made by a small pool near the top of a mountain. One of many mountains which comprise the Basin and Range Province of North America. Due to crustal extension, these mountain ranges form parallel to each other divided by the desert basins. Some species are endemic to a specific range due to geographical isolation . Recorded at dusk in late September 2013 when most of the bird life had gone elsewhere. The monsoon rains had passed several weeks ago and the nights were getting cooler rather quickly. It's a place I came upon many years ago where I instantly felt connected to it, almost like finding home again after traveling for so long. I hope you enjoy the recording as much as I liked being there.
Banks Bailey, Tucson, AZ
The recording was made by a small pool near the top of a mountain. One of many mountains which comprise the Basin and Range Province of North America. Due to crustal extension, these mountain ranges form parallel to each other divided by the desert basins. Some species are endemic to a specific range due to geographical isolation . Recorded at dusk in late September 2013 when most of the bird life had gone elsewhere. The monsoon rains had passed several weeks ago and the nights were getting cooler rather quickly. It's a place I came upon many years ago where I instantly felt connected to it, almost like finding home again after traveling for so long. I hope you enjoy the recording as much as I liked being there.
Banks Bailey, Tucson, AZ
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Two releases by Artificial Memory Trace
Very pleased to announce two releases by Artificial Memory Trace (Slavek Kwi) ...
Recorded with mono hydrophone at night 2.3.2011, Freycinet, Tasmania, Australia - constructed from multiple takes rec. on the same location.
Recorded direct to mic at night 29.12.2008, Xixuau Xiparina, Amazonas, Brazil - includes also sounds of sleeping guides.
Recorded with mono hydrophone at night 2.3.2011, Freycinet, Tasmania, Australia - constructed from multiple takes rec. on the same location.
Recorded direct to mic at night 29.12.2008, Xixuau Xiparina, Amazonas, Brazil - includes also sounds of sleeping guides.
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Frogs by Joe Stevens on VQR Static
Captured one lovely spring morning, with the sun shining. I settled down close to the water's edge and positioned the microphone just above the frogs mating in the water below. Every year seems to be different and the year of this recording there were many more frogs than previously. The pond seemed to be teaming with them.
This track is a very close recording of frogs spawning ? Recorded in a small town close to the sea in West Dorset, England. It utilises a Rode NT4, housed in a blimp, plugged into my Sony D50. This is a is a durational recording with no additional edits or filtering taking place in post-production.
This is a previously unreleased recording captured three years ago during my sounds of Dorset project; a series of field recordings from locations near to my home, released as monthly soundscapes that aimed to reflect on the changing landscape: 51degreesnorth.bandcamp.com
Joe Stevens is interested in the cross-fertilization of art with other disciplines and increasingly interested in performative, invitational, and collaborative models for producing. Using contemporary technology as a tool for working with other media in a way that echoes the ephemeral nature of oral cultures.
His practice over the last few years has increasingly seen him engage with archives. Leading him to investigate ways to identify holes in local archives and working to fill gaps in these collections. Currently he is leading an intergenerational oral history project investigating how our leisure time has changed since 1945.
www.51degreesnorth.net/joe
This track is a very close recording of frogs spawning ? Recorded in a small town close to the sea in West Dorset, England. It utilises a Rode NT4, housed in a blimp, plugged into my Sony D50. This is a is a durational recording with no additional edits or filtering taking place in post-production.
This is a previously unreleased recording captured three years ago during my sounds of Dorset project; a series of field recordings from locations near to my home, released as monthly soundscapes that aimed to reflect on the changing landscape: 51degreesnorth.bandcamp.com
Joe Stevens is interested in the cross-fertilization of art with other disciplines and increasingly interested in performative, invitational, and collaborative models for producing. Using contemporary technology as a tool for working with other media in a way that echoes the ephemeral nature of oral cultures.
His practice over the last few years has increasingly seen him engage with archives. Leading him to investigate ways to identify holes in local archives and working to fill gaps in these collections. Currently he is leading an intergenerational oral history project investigating how our leisure time has changed since 1945.
www.51degreesnorth.net/joe
Thursday, 3 April 2014
s-p by Darius Ciuta and Richard Caldicott
Published today. s-p is a collaboration between Darius Ciuta (Lithuania) and Richard Caldicott (London).
The work was produced as follows:
Darius Ciuta recorded snowflakes falling on paper (Kaunas) and sent to Richard Caldicott (London)
Richard used this paper to produce a graphic and sent back to Darius.
Darius used Richard's graphic as the graphic notation to compose “s-p” from a recording of snowflakes falling.
More details of this process can be found in the pdf booklet that accompanies the download.
With s-p, you can listen to both tracks (I) and (II) at same time ( two stereo speakers, or headphones and stereo speaker.)
The work was produced as follows:
Darius Ciuta recorded snowflakes falling on paper (Kaunas) and sent to Richard Caldicott (London)
Richard used this paper to produce a graphic and sent back to Darius.
Darius used Richard's graphic as the graphic notation to compose “s-p” from a recording of snowflakes falling.
More details of this process can be found in the pdf booklet that accompanies the download.
With s-p, you can listen to both tracks (I) and (II) at same time ( two stereo speakers, or headphones and stereo speaker.)
Friday, 21 February 2014
Formigas by Luís Antero and Tony Whitehead
Published today, Formingas is a collaboration between Luís Antero and Tony Whitehead that collects the sounds of ants in two different locations in Portugal and the UK. Listen to the album here ...
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Sound Atmospheres of the Ancestral Territory of the Cofanes by Jose Ricardo Delgado Franco
Sound Atmospheres of the Ancestral Territory of the Cofanes by Jose Ricardo Delgado Franco is published today. Jose describes the album ...
Las atmósferas sonoras fueron grabadas durante 13 días en el Resguardo Indígena De Santa Rosa De Sucumbíos, territorio ancestral Cofan en el piedemonte Andino Amazónico, frontera entre Colombia y Ecuador. Durante los múltiples ciclos sonoros entre el día y la noche en el bosque húmedo tropical. Esta comunidad indígena es conocida por sus profundos conocimientos botánicos de la selva y por su medicina tradicional basada en prácticas chamánicas con Yagé (un alucinógeno curativo) y otras plantas.
Durante el viaje camine y camine por la selva, me perdí y me volví a orientar para después volverme a perder; me bañe en quebradas y contemple el paso del tiempo en la selva. Compartí la cotidianidad con la comunidad. Tomé varias noches yagé en ceremonia con el Abuelo Guillermo Lucitante: Medico Tradicional y sabio de la selva de 97 años y sus hijos.
Estas experiencias tuvieron una influencia en el proceso de escucha, percepción corporal e interrelación con el bosque húmedo tropical. Lo cual en conjunto nutrió de manera orgánica el proceso de grabación, escucha, y selección del material.
Los invito a cerrar los ojos y dejarse llevar por este universo sonoro.
Las atmósferas sonoras fueron grabadas durante 13 días en el Resguardo Indígena De Santa Rosa De Sucumbíos, territorio ancestral Cofan en el piedemonte Andino Amazónico, frontera entre Colombia y Ecuador. Durante los múltiples ciclos sonoros entre el día y la noche en el bosque húmedo tropical. Esta comunidad indígena es conocida por sus profundos conocimientos botánicos de la selva y por su medicina tradicional basada en prácticas chamánicas con Yagé (un alucinógeno curativo) y otras plantas.
Durante el viaje camine y camine por la selva, me perdí y me volví a orientar para después volverme a perder; me bañe en quebradas y contemple el paso del tiempo en la selva. Compartí la cotidianidad con la comunidad. Tomé varias noches yagé en ceremonia con el Abuelo Guillermo Lucitante: Medico Tradicional y sabio de la selva de 97 años y sus hijos.
Estas experiencias tuvieron una influencia en el proceso de escucha, percepción corporal e interrelación con el bosque húmedo tropical. Lo cual en conjunto nutrió de manera orgánica el proceso de grabación, escucha, y selección del material.
Los invito a cerrar los ojos y dejarse llevar por este universo sonoro.
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