All Other Things Being Equal…
I am currently working in Ecuador for a collaborative project with a photographer and graphic designer, set to be exhibited in February 2012 at The Manchester Museum, UK. For more information and to follow our progress, visit the AOTBE blog.
So having spent ten days in a research station, several in the village of San Jose [...]
Aarti | Bell Tower remix…
Experimenting with combining sounds from different times and places, I dropped the bell tower in under the aarti to find an interesting play on rhythm and pitch.
No effects were used, just a little trimming.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Gazela New Year…
New Years Eve 2007/2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The space below and beside the Gazela bridge in Belgrade is occupied by approximately 1000 to 2000 people, depending on the time of year. It is the largest Roma settlement in the city.
In this recording children and their families can be heard celebrating the new year with firecrackers [...]
Fun with FiRe | Manchester to Oslo…
Before a recent trip to the Soundscape in the Arts Symposium at NOTAM in Oslo, I purchased the FiRe Field Recorder app for my iPhone. I don’t have a Blue Mikey yet as I’m waiting for the Mk11 so this is just some messing about in mono!
For more info on FiRe and other great apps, [...]
It’s coming, run!…
During my time working at The University of Manchester, I made many recordings of the construction work being carried out, in some cases whether I liked it or not. This particular piece of machinery intrigued me the most and although its use was to pump concrete up through a huge tube to work being conducted [...]
Bell Tower, Divcibare…
I spent a couple of days exploring this small mountain resort which is situated on Mount Maljen, 115km South West of Belgrade, Serbia. The slopes were empty as I was there out of season and whichever way I decided to wander alone, I always arrived back at the small Orthodox church in the centre. On [...]
Clunk, hiss, click, hiss…
Anyone who has spent time walking in the French countryside should be familiar with this. A short excerpt of an agricultural hose in a corn field around halfway between Bergerac and La Force, France.
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