Xi'an is the third city I have lived in and is my present home / I have met many interesting people and done some interesting works here / In 2016, because of my growing interest in field recording, I bought a Sony D100 recorder / While measuring each city I have visited with my own two legs, I can feel and record the sounds that will exist or exist in that scene at that moment and in that climate, constantly repeating or fleeting, random and inevitable / Now when I look back at the locations I have chosen this time, some of them no longer exist. One cannot step into the same river twice, and likewise one cannot hear the same sound twice. Recording is only a means, a freeze frame, a capture, an amplification, or distortion; But the timeline has only one direction and cannot be replayed //

About the artist/
Qin Ling / Former hardware test engineer / Uses synthesizers, tabletop guitar, and mixer feedback to create a variety of new sounds  and explores the unexpected possiblities of drone //

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60 Minute Cities- Xi'an

Facing the city wall / The recording of the past and present existing in both contrast and harmony //

顺城巷-面向城墙定点录音

Wangji Temple / The Taiping princess gave this royal monastary to pray for the good fortune of her mother, Wu Zetian / Through the Great Leap Forward, Destroy the four Olds, city expansion, and the renovation of the shanty town areas, the temple has been reduced to what you see today / Every year on the first day of the Chinese New Year, crowds of people will come to burn incense to pray for the next year to bring good fortune, good business, academic success, and a healthy newborn baby / I live near the back of this temple / Sometimes I will just come inside and see the good men and women, listen to the bible readings, or just stay a while, then continue on with my life //

罔极寺庆观音圣诞

East gate antique city/ The one thing that old down is not lacking are antique shops / From the small east gate to the east gate, there are many street stalls and stores / Fake things, real things, this place has everything you one could ask for / Even if you don't want to buy anything it is still really interesting to walk along the road and hear the people tell the story of each of their objects //

小东门古玩市场

My friend opened a coffee shop in the Zhuquemen's Shuncheng gang / After he opened it he moved to Canada and gave it to his partner to take care of /  I often come here alone or with some friends to hang out, read books, and chat for a whole afternoon / Youth is beautiful, there's no difference between passing time and wasting time / I recorded the sounds of the coffee making process / One day I was thinking about finding fun sounds that I don't usually hear and it suddenly occured to me / You probably have tasted all sorts of big brand, small brand, instant, fresh ground, Kopi Luwak, etc. of coffee / But you probably haven't noticed the interesting sound of how a cup of coffee is made //

咖啡店-烘豆

City Moat/ The City Moat is dead water/ After its renovation, the water became less cloudy and quite scenic / It is free for visitors to visit and wander / Many couples come here to take wedding photos, doing many cute poses, day after day //

Xi'an- City Moat- 南门护城河- Qin Ling

Ba Xian Palace- Law / I came here several times to record the Ba Xian Palace- Law sounds and every time I missed it because the time was not right / This time I asked a Daoist Monk when the correct time was / At 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. was the times that they did their homework / They will hold events during the birthday of Luzu and the 99th Royal festival in September /You can listen to the differences between the Daoist and Bhuddhist music (With Track #1) //

八仙宫-法事

Bivouac Recording is a sound label based in Hong Kong.
Bivouac Recording是一个录音品牌且提供录音服务的公司，致力于推进独立现场录音项目。

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