https://vaaticanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/laffect-est-fini

L'affect est fini

Xxx ❌ (feat. CLARA GAZUL)

The Mistral, is a strong wind that commonly occurs in southern France, blowing down from the north along the lower Rhône River valley toward the Mediterranean Sea. As the wind reaches the Rhône delta, gusts can often hit speeds of 130 km (about 80 miles) per hour.

This recording was taken from the bedroom window of an old "Mas" (farmhouse) just outside Barbentane (Bouches-du-Rhône) with the mics pointing directly at a Plane tree (platane)at least 250 years old.

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)
24.08.2021

Strong "Mistral" Wind - Barbentane, France

reviewed chaos

SourKraut - Consequences

commercialism in e

drecks

This is an edited excerpt from an overnight to morning recording made at the shore of the Coorong saltwater lagoon, for anyone who might be curious to dip in and get a taste of one way a Coorong dawn might sound, and how it did sound on this particular morning. The microphones were placed in amongst reeds near the tip of the point of land jutting out into the water, which can be seen in the track photo. This excerpt begins from around 06:25 (ACDT). Calm, cool weather conditions, with considerable condensation.

I've come to the conclusion that listening to recordings - and especially raw, unprocessed recordings - of the Coorong environment may be an acquired taste (although the taste may be acquired from a familiarity with other coastal environments and ecosystems with a similar kind of soundscape). The incessant 
 'Coorong roar' takes some getting used to, particularly when heard through headphones. It took me a long time to accept it and immerse myself in it; but eventually I found that other much quieter but higher-pitched natural details - like the calls of birds, and even the sounds of their interactions with the water of the lagoon and the air itself as they wing through it - can still be quite clearly discerned within the soundspace, without the aid of low frequency attenuation. The adjustment in my attention was more effective than an adjustment in EQ.* (A special thank you to Jan Eerala for helping to catalyse this intuition and shift in my perception (although it only works for natural sounds, of course).)

96/32 > 48/24. Edited excerpt, not processed.

Recorded on land of the Ngarrindjeri people that is now a national park.
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*Having said that, though, there are still situations in which I will use EQ for certain Coorong recordings: for example, when the subject is a specific detail, rather than the experience of the soundscape or soundfield as an integral whole.

2022.02.20 A Coorong Dawn. Waterline. Late Summer.

041822009 Norns MDLR

free improvisation/guitar/sine tones/glitches

Raw expériment on full analogue modular synth

Depuis La Science, Vers Le Rituel

DUNE • 2023 • for nine performers and live electronics 
Schallfeld Ensemble conducted by Leonhard Garms.

fl: Zinajda Kodrič
cl: Chiara Percivati
sax: Matej Bunderla

perc: Lorenzo Orsenigo 
pno: Patrick Skrillecz

vln: Lorenzo Derinni
 vla: Francesca Piccioni
 vc: Miriam Garcia Fidalgo
 cb: Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka

Sound direction and live electronics: Davide Gagliardi
Electronics reviewer: Mattia Parisse

Live recording and mix: ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk on 6 October 2023 at musikprotokoll at Helmut Liste Halle in Graz by ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk Master: Luca Guidarini

Dedicated to Schallfeld Ensemble

DUNE • Schallfeld Ensemble

Carlo Elia Praderio

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