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.
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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, [...]
Evening Soundscape of Batala…
Batala is situated in Punjab around an hour away from Amritsar by car. This recording was made in the grounds of Baring Union Christian College whilst taking an evening stroll. With the terrain being particularly flat in this area, the sounds of the many wedding halls travel great distances and in this case provide an [...]
Aarti in Amritsar…
I had the great privilege of recording many of these special and important rituals whilst filming The Lover and The Beloved: A Journey into Tantra, with Andy Lawrence and Rajive McMullen. Held throughout India, you can expect to hear the conch shell, bells, gongs, voice, wind instruments and percussion.
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