Artist: Khem1
Title: Hills & Valleys
Sound Drag performed: Monday September 2 2013

EQUIPMENT
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Microphone: Custom built hydrophone 
Recorder: Olympus LS-10
Cable: bedea #1089 RG 174
Shoes: Nike AGC
Length of drag: 1000 feet

GPS
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Latitude: 37,37.41N
Longitude: 122,29.69W

"Hills & Valleys" -- Khem One

Artist: Christian C. Roberts
Title: Let These Be - Be Not
Microphone: ONN Stereo Headset with Microphone
Model #: ONA13WI510
Recording
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Hardware: Droid RAZR M
Recording
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Software: Hi-Q MP3 Rec (Free)
Accessories: Dockers Men's Shelter Plain Toe Oxford, 2 Psychic Mediums from Indianapolis, 2 Vacationing Motorcyclists
Coordinates: 34°13′55″N 82°53′40″W﻿ / ﻿34.231984°N 82.894506°W
Length: 1 min 24 sec

"Let These Be - Be Not" -- Christian C. Roberts

Artist: IA
Title: Grass And Gravel
Sound Drag Performance: Thursday September 5th 2013 20:00

EQUIPMENT
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Microphone: 2x Williams dynamic microphone W-102(H-535) 600 Ohms

Recorder: Sony D50 / Line input / limiter enabled

Cable: Custom 2 x XLR to 3.5mm TRS

Shoes: Comfortable Slippers

GPS: Near 60.603,24.826

Length of drag: 320 Meters

"Grass and Gravel" -- IA

Sound artist:Errol McClusky-Hall
Title: Green Gravel Civic
Length: 8:53

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microphone/transducer: Sennheiser MD22, omnipolar pattern, output impedance 250 Ohm and MuRata, Piezoelectric Diaphragm 7BB-35-3C with integrated oscillator purchased from Elfa Distrelec, Solna.

recorder used: Zoom Handy Recorder H4, system version 2.40

brand of cables: Proel "Die Hard Series", 3 meter

ALDO Krahn boat shoes, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1/documentation by Android 4.1.2, Jelly Bean, transportation by Fiat Dublo Combi 1.6L

GPS: +63∞ 8' 54.20", +17∞ 19' 13.15" (63.148390, 17.320320)

Length: 230 meters

"Green Gravel Civic" -- Errol McClusky-Hall

HØnktw33t						Sound Drag
Title 							oscuros.máximos 
Artist							Cømrade Squelch	
        							with Ty†0
Drag Coordinates 				40º38´00”N 73º57´44”W
Drag Length						+/- 0.1 mile
Drag Time						10:00
Drag Date						September 25, 2013
Drag Weather					clear
Drag Area						perimeter of house/yard		
w3w Locator						victim.hops.drive
Drag Direction					anticlockwise
Drag Surface					stone, wood, concrete, cement, 
							        wire, leaves, dirt, tree bark, 
							        iron, rubber, asphalt, vinyl 
							        lawn furniture
Microphone 						Audio Technica ATR1100 
        						        cardioid unidirectional 
							        with built-in cable
Mic Source						made in China
							        bought on Amazon @$9.95
Digital Recorder					Nagra LINO
Format							PCM WAV @24bits
Sample Rate 				        48kHz
Matrix							monaural (both channels)
Mono Bit Rate 					1152kbps
Shoes 							New Balance ML574CGR Camo Pack
Shoe Source						made in Vietnam 
							        bought on Flatbush Ave. 
							        Brooklyn NY USA

"oscuros.máximos" -- Cømrade Squelch  w/ Ty†0

Martin Wood: STE-002
track info 

- the type of microphone/transducer used in the recording: homemade contact microphone, purchased from TJ Borden of Buffalo NY (https://soundcloud.com/t-j-borden) in Portland OR, July 23, 2012, for $15.
- model and brand of recorder used: Zoom H4
- type/brand of cables used: ProLink Monster Standard 100
- make and model of any accessories (car, bike, shoes worn etc): n/a
- GPS coordinates of the drag: N45 31.95684 W122 39.20646 (Lloyd Center Mall, Portland OR)
- length of drag (approx length of physical drag for the audio recording submitted): 200 yds


"STE-002" -- Martin Wood

Type of Mic:  old beat up Audio Technica Pro 5 with loose wiring
xlr: terrible Neutrin 5 ft xld
Radio Authority for 10 years
Type of Recorder: Zoom H4
Cable: no name 10+ old xlr from a dusty drawer at the Portland Radio Authority
Drove to the site in a 2010 Nissan Leaf
GPS coordinates: 45°30’58.27”N 122°40’23.67”W
Length of drag: 0.47miles
ID Tads of mp3: MugundeMarketDrag.mp3

"Market Drag" -- Mugunde

The term Phonography has been in vogue and used by many field recordists in the past few years. 

Phonography brings to mind the physical aspects of phonographs, i.e.: vinyl, stylus/needle, grooves that represent the waves encoded in a physical substrate of vinyl.

Another popular activity amoung field recordists is the 'sound walk', where armed with a microphone and recorder a recordist documents the acoustic signature of a location.

But there is something missing whilst capturing only the acoustic vibrations of a location. 

The ground surface also contains much information embedded in it via decisions made by construction, community needs, urban planners, landscapers, etc. 

So this project combines the aspects of a sound walk with the materialism of the phonograph.

The contributing sound artists all used microphones as a phonograph stylus by dragging them on a surface whilst recording the miniature imperfections in a surface thereby capturing hidden aspects of a location.

h0nktw33t is proud to bring you the newest & latest trend in experimental fnord recording:

The Sound Drag!

danke!
H.A.

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