sounds of my neighbourhood project presentation

On the fith of may we presented our project at the MusikTriennale Cologne.  We were supported by Pixelpark who borrowed us the surface table. The visitors could interact with a special program which was written for our presentation. The different soundfiles were shown on a world map. Later we visited the concert Hymnen by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

sounds of my neighbourhood project presentation

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spring walk in somerset

SPRING WALK

I live in a village in south west UK. From my back door I regularly take a circular walk of about 1.5km – lanes, fields, woods, a small river. ‘Spring Walk’ is a landscape collage of sounds recorded usually on the move. The walk takes 40 minutes or more, depending on diversions; I’ve distilled the sounds down to about 8 minutes.
Alexander Baker http://solublefisherman.wordpress.com; http://idlequietist.wordpress.com has had soundworks played/broadcast in Canada, USA, South America and Europe.

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the woods in “bergisches land” interspersed with “the world”

Burgholz I

Burgholz II

Burgholz III

Burgholz IV

Burgholz V

rinus van alebeek and barbara gessner contributed 5 soundfiles from a stroll in the burgholz-forest in the wuppertalian countryside of “bergisches land”.
but its not only the woods one hears: 2 walkmans and one dictaphone are spread out on the ground and play back recordings from the stroll itself and previous recordings from amsterdam, bilbao, louisville and somwhere from inside a car in indiana.
this forest installation was recorded on an iphone and one also hears the sound of rinus walking between the playback-devices and thus creating a kind of remix.
recorded april 29, 2010

http://rinusvanalebeek.wordpress.com/

and an aerial view of the scenery: right in that bifurcation, the recording took place

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2 soundscapes from prague

Peacock in Vojanovy sady

Sound of the peacock wings, scratching on the ground at upper terrace of Vojanovy sady. In the back of the garden there is a fountain, desolated stage and a few peacocks nesting in the vines.

Miloš Vojtěchovský
rec.date: 2010-04-01

Petřín funicular

I take a ride with the funicular to Petřín hill.The noise of the rope creaking is stronger then the loud talking of the passengers.

Tomáš Procházka
rec.date: 2010-02-20

sounds and images from favourite sounds of prague / http://panto-graph.net/favouritesounds

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Soundcollage + Video “Klang und Wirklichkeit”

Now on Youtube.com

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london sounding: hydepark and oxford circus

HydePark

OxfordCircus

from the project description (urban sound stories vol. 1):

8 locations in London, 4 urban spaces, 4 unspoilt nature…
unspoilt nature? A difficult task in a country’s capital city.

Nevertheless, on a journey on the Central Line of the London Underground, from West to East, we discovered two areas you would say are unspoilt – to the west, Ruislip Woods, to the East, Epping Forest and a lake called Connaught Water.

Two more areas within central London were identified. Hyde park is unspoilt in many ways, although being in the very heart of London, and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park has to be seen to be believed. An open grassland leads to a small wooded area, where gravestones line the paths, overseeing your visit.

In contrast, areas such as Notting Hill Gate and St. Pauls are filled with urban drone and the bustle of pedestrians, although quieter than you’d imagine. Oxford Circus and Liverpool Street station however are exactly what you would expect – busy, noisy, smelly, managing to be both colourful and grey simultaneously.

The photographic data for the project photography were collected by Bev Dale.

soundrecordings by simon whetham / www.simonwhetham.co.uk

the project was published by http://www.gruenrekorder.de

and broadcast in 2009 by http://www.kunstradio.at

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two from taiwan: sounds of veggie truck and post office

Sounds around the vegetable truck

In our comfortable modern life, we can still find some special kind of life ways derived from the old tradition. The Vegetable trucks survive in the huge network of supermarkets and help the people living in an isolated location. Here you can have talk with the tradesman ,  the neighbour get together for conversation, the housewife get the fresh vegetable and meat for the family….. The Veg-Truck becomes a meeting point of daily life for those people!

Vegetable Truck
place: University-Street, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
near from National Chiao Tung University
date: 28.04 2010
Pic: Dan-Ling Yu, Student of the Institute of Music, NCTU
Recording: Chao-Ming Tung / http://www.chaomingtung.info

post office

The Post Office, one of the oldest worldwide networks in the human history!
Does our post office sound different from yours?

Taiwanese Post Office
place: University-Street, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
near from National Chiao Tung University
date: 28.04 2010
Pic: Dan-Ling Yu , Student of the Institute of Music, NCTU
Recording: Chao-Ming Tung / http://www.chaomingtung.info

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sounds from the production of argan oil in morocco

Berber women association of Argan oil

This is a recording of a Berber association of argan oil,  12 women breaking the argan fruit between two rocks. The argan oil is a very important cultural product of Morocco. I think it is very interesting in regards of the spatialization and the rich sound.

I dont have a longer recording….. I could not do it because in the recording place did not allow mics :)

sound and image: daniel del rio / www.cimaural.net/danieldelrio

released as a track on the portugese netlabel green field recrdings

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Raleigh NC, midday 27 Apr 2010, sidewalk

raleigh

sound & image by steve burnett / http://www.subscapeannex.com

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sunporch in albany park, chicago

sunporch and rain

This is a recording of Albany Park in Chicago, about seven miles from downtown Chicago. I made it as part of a series of recordings that were meant to document my last few weeks in Chicago before moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan. I lived in Chicago for eight years. I often sat on this sunporch and listened to the amazing soundscape, which included a street level elevated train stop, an airport flight path, and endless street merchants peddling snacks in the summer.

sounds and images john kannenberg http://www.johnkannenberg.com/

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