A compilation of field recordings of India.

Una compilación de grabaciones de campo en India.

Field recording: India

Ganges River, Varanasi, India, 2012.

Little monks perform morning exercises along the Ganges River.

Pequeños monjes realizan ejercicios matutinos junto al río Ganges.

Monks sunrise exercise / Varanasi, India

Agra, India, 2013.

Taj Mahal interior.  The guard blows his whistle when people touch the walls. Some people throw coins to the grave seeking good luck.

Interior del Taj Mahal. El guardia suena su silbato cuando las personas tocan las paredes. Algunas personas avientan monedas a la tumba buscando la buena suerte. 


Taj Mahal / Agra, India

Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India. 2013.

During the Kumbh Mela festival not everything is spirituality. The fair offers endless of bizarre shows, but this one exceeded my expectations. The motorbikes turn around a giant barrel wall, people extends 10 rupee bills and drivers risk their lives (and others) to take them.

Durante el festival Kumbh Mela no todo es espiritualidad. La feria ofrece un sin fin de shows bizarros y de mala calidad, pero éste superó mis expectativas. Las motocicletas giran por las paredes del barril gigante, la gente extiende billetes de 10 rupias y los conductores  arriesgan su vida (y la de los demás) para tomarlos. 

Suicide Motorcycle Show Kumbh Mela / Allahabad, India

Varanasi, India, 2013.

12 women sing to the full moon while the city is in complete darkness due to a power outage.

12 mujeres cantan a la luna llena mientras la ciudad está en completa oscuridad debida a un apagón.

Women singing to full moon / Varanasi, India

Anoche _Microhm ft. Anafauna

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Festival Sur Aural 2023 - "Renacer - El loop eterno de la existencia"

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@sur.aural te invoca!  Este 21 de junio  a una transmisión especial, para conocer la programación oficial y Ixs seleccionados de la Invocatoria.

En esta 5ta edición, el Festival SurAural 2023 invoca a todas las fuerzas, energías y materias para hacerse tangibles en frecuencias sonoras, capaces de repercutir desde nuestros oídos a nuestra existencia.

Sur Aural es un colectivx sonoro expandido en el territorio boliviano y en el Sur Global que, entre otras actividades, organiza desde 2019 el Festival Sur Aural.

FSA 2023 - Renacer - "El loop eterno de la existencia"

Transmisión 00 - Programación oficial

FSA 2023 - Renacer - Transmisión 00 - Programación Oficial - 21/6/2023

@im-microhm - Desvanecer
Label: Infinite Machine
CAT#: IM108
Format: Digital
Release: January 26th, 2024

One day I dreamt that you were no longer here.

Desvanecer–the latest EP from Mexican artist Leslie García aka Microhm–takes a glimpse into a world of abandoned spaces, hollowed structures; absence. Within the span of seven tracks, the artist explores the limits and crossovers between noise and ambience, utilizing rhythms of the Latin diaspora to conjure an electroacoustic future.

Among these compositions, such as nine-minute long "Nostalgia," Microhm combines colorful airy patches with droning atmospheres, melding the elements through hypnotic percussive rhythms that slowly unfold and retract–sometimes disappearing completely. During the dreamlike sequence of "Nostalgia," movement is constant. Pleasant shimmers suddenly collapse into foreboding rumbles; night terrors. Ephemeral flutters of light tease the listener before becoming overpowered by deep incantations of harrowing emptiness. The fourth track, "Silencio Cómplice" seems to be cut from the same cloth, though perhaps leaning further into despondence. The arrangement begins with hard kicks pulsing in a minimal dancehall rhythm, while a heavy drone emerges steadily. Drums weave in and out, pushing back beneath the subdued dread that builds through the murky atmosphere. "El Despojo" is not far off, where snares march through fields of unsettling ambience and surges of noise.

Yet within this project, Microhm also demonstrates interest in a sound that is more soft-spoken, delicate. "Sueño Premonitorio" could more or less be grasped as a progression of five chords across the span of three and a half minutes. The track's minimal arrangement and organ-tones give way to the sensation of entering a sacred space, the confines of a holy building or enclave. While there is an undoubtable feeling of absence that is manifest within these five sequences–and present throughout the rest of the record–"Sueño" seems to humbly acknowledge and perhaps revel in this emptiness, inviting the listener to take part in the rite.

Through the course of Desvanecer's thirty-four minutes, García does not present us with one complete conclusion or vision, but rather trickles of insight into a preordained future, a world not far from our own. Each track is beautifully mesmerizing and uniquely introspective; a fearless gaze into a space where absence is not devoid of change. Desvanecer is perhaps a ritual bidding of farewell; but equally so, it is the welcoming of a time when there are none of us left.

Mastering by Imaabs
Artwork by Sofía Papadópulos & Leslie García

Desvanecer

Microhm - Nostalgia (IM108)

Pieza sonora colaborativa para las diseñadoras Julia & Renata

La primera lengua

Sacrum

Allahabad, India, 2013.

Crowds of people at Kumbh Mela religious festival.

Multitud de gente en el festival religioso Kumbh Mela.

Crowds at Kumbh Mela / Allahabad, India

¿hace ruido el árbol que cae cuando no hay nadie para escucharlo?
Exposición potencial debajo de un árbol caído en el Jardín Botánico.

Eva Coronado / Mirna Castro

Áskesis

El silencio es el sonido más oscuro.

Aves y arroyo en ojo de agua.

Tuxpan de Bolaños, Jalisco, México.
05Jul2018 – 08:33
+21.876999, -103.013857

Arroyo ojo de agua / Tuxpan de Bolaños

Festival Sur Aural 2020
// Transmisión 25 // REVUELTA SOCIAL //
Nuestra lucha no se olvida

Comprender no es igual a excusar.
Aclarar no es igual a justificar.
Cuarentena no es igual a descanso y olvido.
  
 Tracklist:
// No nos olvidamos - Erick Ruiz Arellano - (MEX) 
// BA-LI-BO - Elisabetta Senesi - (ITA)

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 ​www.suraural.org​/transmisiones

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25 - Nuestra Lucha No Se Olvida

Leh, Ladakh, India, 2003.

Monk plays drums and sings Tibetan mantras inside a monastery.

Monje toca tambor y entona mantras tibetanos en el interior de un monasterio.

Taj Mahal / Agra, India

erick ruiz arellano

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