Death in Haiti

Fog Horns (LP Vinyl release on Discrepant)

Rain during the night in the Brazilian forest, in the small village of Serrinha do Alambari in the state of Rio de Janeiro.  Recorded from the balcony of the house, during the night (around midnight for this part of the recording)

GPS: -22.392420 -44.560264
ORTF Setup done of 2 Schoeps CCM4 on a Cinela Suspension + Windscreen, recorded on a Sound Devices Mixpre6 in Wave 96kHz 24bit
Sound Ref: BR-210831-02
Recorded during the night on 31st of August 2021
Same sound on Freesound here https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/585845/

Freesound

Light rain in the forest (Brazil)

Suspiros | Aquatic Sound Installation in the Lagoon of Zapotalito
done during a residency at Casa Wabi in March-April 2022
Community project in collaboration with the children of the school of Zapotalito.
http://felixblume.com/suspiros

Suspiros | Aquatic Sound Installation in the Lagoon of Zapotalito

On the mountain Chacaltaya, thunderstorm begin : lightning, thunderclap, snow and hail...

Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 with a Cinela Zephyx Rain Protection
Sound Devices 788T recorder with CL8
MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right
recorded in february 2014 in Chacaltaya Mountain, above La Paz, Bolivia.
Sound Reference: SAM140207016
Same sound on freesound http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/220186/

more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com/

Spotify

Thunderstorm on the top of the 'Chacaltaya Mountain'

Active volcano recorded from the top, at the edge of the crater, during the night. 

Recorded by a DoubleMS Setup by Schoeps, CCM41+CCM8+CCM4 (in a Cinela Windscreen),
an AB Setup by DPA Microphones, 2 x 4006,
and a Geofon by LOM Audio.
On a Sound Devices 833 recorder.
Original recording in 192kHz, 24bit.
This sound has been edited and mixes the different sources.

GPS: -19.530189, 169.445493
Recorded on 6th of November 2022, between 6:30pm and 8:30pm.

Tanna Island

Volcano Mount Yasur, Tanna Island

Active volcano recorded from the bottom, during the night.

Recorded by a DoubleMS Setup by Schoeps, CCM41+CCM8+CCM4 (in a Cinela Windscreen),
and a Geofon by LOM Audio.
On a Sound Devices MixPre6 recorder.
Original recording in 96kHz, 24bit.
This sound has been edited and mixes the different sources.

GPS: -19.523922 169.440028
Sound Ref: @VA-mixpre221103-009
Recorded on 3rd of November 2022, between 7pm and 8:30pm

Sound from the top of the volcano here on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/felixblume/volcano

Volcano Mount Yasur, Tanna Island, from the bottom

Thunder and rain in south of France during summer, recorded from the balcony of my house.
More sounds of thunder here
soundcloud.com/felixblume/sets/thunderstorm

Recorded by an AB Setup with two B&K 4006 Omni microphones.
On a 633 Sound Devices recorder.
Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit
Sound Ref: FR-180812-3

Thunder and rain in south of France during summer (1 hour)

New Year Eves 2023 in the countryside of Brazil (Minas Gerais)

Recorded by @sara_lana & Félix Blume
with an ORTF by 2 x CCM4
on a Sound Devices MixPre6 II recorder.
Original recording in 96kHz, 24bit.
GPS: -20.111322, -43.728883

Same sound on Freesound here 
https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/667639/

New Year Eves 2023 in the countryside of Brazil (Minas Gerais)

À l’aube,
Un petit duc sonne la cloche du village et réveille les rossignols,
Solo de mobylette qui dessine le paysage,
Un bourdon drague un saxophone,
L’eau capricieuse se fraie un chemin jusqu’au vignoble d’un mélomane, 
Le boulanger guette le vent…
Au commencement était le son.

Avec la participation de Vincent, Georges, Stéphane, Victor, Emma, Jacques, Marc et Myriam.

Création sonore collective réalisée par Ana Sany, Anaïs Binggeli, Celia Dessardo, Cicely Fell, Déborah Benarrosch, Irazema Vera, Jacob Redman, Léa Roger, Marie Casanova et Mathias Arrignon.
@kovisuel @cicelyfell @irazeman @lea_roger @user-653640218

Réalisée durant le stage de prise de son animé par Félix Blume à Azillanet (Avril 2023) dans les locaux du Couvent géré par le Foyer Rural d’Azillanet.

Remerciements à Nicolas Darzacq, Sara Lana, Martine Rousseaux, les membres du Foyer Rural et la Mairie d’Azillanet.

Le Chòt

Duo Chaudron Sonore
Maurice Langlois & Félix Blume
15 Mai 2023 

Enregistrement réalisé dans le cadre du projet "Le Chaudron Sonore"
https://felixblume.com/chaudronsonore

Duo Chaudron Sonore - Maurice Langlois & Félix Blume

9h34

Départ ou retard pour la transe. Mais être toujours en avance sans vraiment savoir pourquoi. Appuyer sur le REC et attendre. « Tu jettes pas ta canne quand le poisson passe ! ». 
Autre espace-temps, à Azillanet ça craquèle sous les rires. Certain.es se laissent surprendre par l’expérience, d’autres y plongent les yeux fermés. Se laisser traverser les oreilles ! 

Cueillette sonore et montage par : Chloé Kobuta, Jana Laux, Louise André, Martine Rousseaux, Raphaël Wild, Sébastien Comyn, Sonia Perego, Vania Jaikin Miyazaki sous les grands lobes du bélier sensible Bélix Flume. 
@cordessensibles


Avec la généreuse participation de : Florence, Eloïse, Stéphane, Nico, Martine, Georges, Anne, Suzanne et les habitant.es d’Azillanet.

9h34

Los Gritos de Mexico, soundscape of Mexico City is a 30min sound piece by Félix Blume. 
http://www.felixblume.com/losgritosdemexico
A shorter version is available on Arte Radio. 
https://soundcloud.com/arte-radio-1/los-gritos-de-mexico
Download in Wave 48kHz 24bit on Freesound 
https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/260680/

This piece receive a special mention during the "Bienal of Radio from Mexico" and has been broadcasted on more than 30 radio, web-radio and on the Radia Network.

RESUME:
Mexico City: more than 20 millions people gathered making noise!
A noisy city for most; I would like to transform it in a sonorous city.

The street sellers make the voices of the polyphonic choir, the small bell from the ice cream seller substitutes the triangle from the orchestra, and the hammering of the protesters on the metallic wall are the percussions.

In Mexico City, people shout to be heard, they shout their rage against the cops, they shout at the ‘lucha libre’ fights, they shout together ¡ Viva Mexico ! to feel united, and during a demonstration they also shout ¡Viva Mexico ! People shout in church, they pray together or alone, whispering in the silent night.

The thunder booms: nobody can shout at the storm, and the rain cleans the silent city.  A solo voice after the rain, and the choir resumes gradually. 

People sing to forget and the shouting starts again, louder, so that the others don´t forget.

The water flows under the city, the forgotten lake is mourning; it remembers when the city was an Island… On the top, it is too noisy, underneath, the water keeps in silence the secrets of the past.

INTENTION
Most of the people in the world live in cities. The daily soundscape is in most of the case a continuous sound of traffic, close or distant. Mexico City has a series of sounds added to the background which make the specificity of the city: the cries and sounds of the street sellers are in most part responsible.
In the past, most cities had their own cries (as some classical music can testify, like ‘Les cris de Paris’ from Janequin). In Mexico City, this tradition has persisted until today,  but the government and general opinion is not in favour of them: street sellers are each time further away from the touristic center, advertising campaigns are done to make them disappear from the subway, and police operations block their access to the streets.

I would like to pay tribute to these Criers through a soundscape of Mexico City, that will become a sonorous memory of a time that sooner than later will disappear.

Los gritos de Mexico

The original LP disc Death in Haiti: Funeral Brass Band & Sounds of Port-au-Prince (label Discrepant) presented a selection of 36 minutes from 15 hours of recordings of funerals, churches, wakes and Port au Prince ambiences. This new release 6 years later is a free addition to it, a new selection of recordings condensed into 43 minutes of brass bands, crying, masses, voices and field-recordings.

https://felixblume.bandcamp.com/album/death-in-haiti-bonus-disc

The release is offered for free, any possible earned money through BandCamp will get directly to the youngest musician of the bands, living in Port au Prince in difficult conditions.

Death in Haiti - Bonus Disc

Bonus Disc : Maestro Walter's Brass Band - SI JE PARLAIS

Bonus Disc : Maestro Walter's Brass Band - TRAVÈSE DEZÈ A

Ah ces poly-sons ! Ils sont complètement tirés par les plumes en saison sèche … car, quand l’appel du parapluie fait un sens averse, c'est une pluie d’oiseaux qui vient fredonner la polyphonie d’Azillanet.

"Goutte que Goutte" est une pièce sonore réalisée par la fusion de 4 gouttes de Belgique avec 5 gouttes de France. C'est une composition de sons glanés dans le village d'Azillanet et sa nature environnante, à différents moments d'une journée et d'une semaine, et aux hasards de rencontres avec les habitant.e.s, les oiseaux, les fluides, les végétaux et les lieux de vie. 
Elle témoigne autant de la diversité des sensibilités de ses créateurs et créatrices, que de la singularité de leur écoute poétique du monde. Ecouter le monde, c'est se relier à lui et en prendre soin, même en temps de pluies, alors coûte que coûte, les micros ont été sortis et les oreilles se sont ouvertes.

Les 4 gouttes de Belgique : Virgile Loiseau, Zoé Maus, Katherina Lindekens et Anne Versailles.
Les 5 gouttes de France : Marie Spiller, Nils Loret, Floriane Pochon, Anne Girard Esposito et Juliette Mariel.
L'espace temps de leur fusion : le merveilleux stage de field-recording organisé par Félix Blume, du 30 avril au 5 mai 2024. 
Merci à Georges, Nico, Stéphane, Anne, Mireille, Patrick, Ana, tous les habitant.e.s d'Azillanet, le rossignol, le Couvent, le Foyer Rural, la cloche, la mare aux crapauds, et bien sûr la pluie !

Goutte que Goutte

Sous Sussurrement is a collaborative sound piece that documents the experience of listening to and sounding with Azillanet, a small village in the south of France. Created by nine sound recordists, artists, engineers and dabblers from nine different countries during a workshop with Felix Blume, it attempts to unearth the village's hidden, subterranean and parallel sound worlds. Worlds carried on the back of whispers, murmurs, flutters, whisps, buzzes, footfalls and creaks.

A sound piece by Alyssa Moxley, Anne Marie Deacy, Heather Anderson, Jakov Munizaba, Jamie Reinert, Joschka Waibel, Marco Furlanetto, Nino Paton and Ruxandra Stoicescu.

Our thanks, always, to the people of Azillanet who welcomed us and our ears warmly. Special thanks to: Alain, Andres, François, Georges, Guiguitte, Héloïse, Laurence, Marie, Martine, Mathieu and his pupils, Maya, Nico, Pierre-Luc, Susanne and Youri.

Sous Sussurrement

France, Minervois - A summer thunderstorm, rain and thunder in the countryside 
(Minervois, south of France, my homeland)

Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps Microphone CCM41&CCM8;
Sound Devices 552 Mixer + Sound Devices 744T Recorder
MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right
recorded in 2011

The same sound on Freesound:
http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/133991/

more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com

Please comment the sound if you like it !

Thunderstorm, rain and thunder in France

A diesel goods train is passing by in the ghost town of Bagdad in the Mojave Desert. 
Close recording of the train (a couple of meters). Train horn is announcing he is coming.

Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps Microphone CCM41+CCM8
Sound Devices 552 mixer + Sound Devices 744T recorder
MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right
recorded in nov 2011 in California (USA)

The same sound on Freesound :
http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/136451/

The same sound slowed down
http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/189153

more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com

Train passing by in the desert, close to the "Bagdad" ghost town in California (USA)

Ritual Santo Daime & Umbanda (also called Umbandaime): Desenvolvimento Mediunico.
Recorded on 2nd of March 2017 at the Fraternidade Kayman in Belo Horizonte (Brazil, MG).
The ritual is lead by Paï Joao (spirit form a slave from Africa) in the body of Pai Pierry and the main singer is Pamela.
https://www.facebook.com/FraternidadeKayman/

Recorded by a MS Setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 in Cinela Zephyx Windscreen. Recorder Sound Devices 633.
Original file in Wave 96kHz 24bit (here available for download in mp3)

Other sounds from Brazil on http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/packs/21476/
More sounds on www.felixblume.com

Ritual Santo Daime & Umbanda at the Fraternidade Kayman (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

Wind is blowing and howling in the salt desert of Atacama (Chili)

Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps Microphone CCM41&CCM8;
Sound Devices 744T Recorder
MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right
recorded in 2012 during the shooting of "CAMANCHACA // Notes pour un Film à venir" directed by Clio Simon (http://www.wix.com/cliosimo8/cliosimon - cliosimon@gmail.com) 
Photography : Sergio Nahuel

The same sound on Freesound :
http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/142335/

more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com

Wind is blowing and howling in the salt desert of Atacama (Chile)

One Hour Thunder & rain during the night in the Amazonian Forest

Recorded by a setup AB with 2 B&K4006 omni mics
On a Sound Devices 633 recorder
Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit
GPS: 3º38'41''S 64º57'10''O
Sound Ref: AB BR-170909T06

More sounds from the Amazonian Rainforest on Freesound
http://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/packs/22765/

Thunderstorm

Thunder & rain during the night in the Amazonian Forest

Preview from Félix Blume's Death In Haiti LP. A portrait of funeral customs in Port au Prince, Haiti.

more info at www.discrepant.net

Funeral Brass Bands & Sounds from Port Au Prince

Félix Blume - Death In Haiti: Funeral Brass Bands in Port au Prince (LP preview)

Waves on the beach at Punta Raza (Nayarit, Mexico) recorded in the morning (8:30am) at the edge of the waves. Some pelicanos sometimes.
GPS Location: 21.006630,-105.318167  
Angle: 278º
Microphones Schoeps CCM4 in an ORTF Setup, with a CINELA suspension
Recorded on a Sound Devices 633T 
In Wave 96kHz 24bit

more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com/

Waves and beaches

1 Hour: Waves on the beach, Pacific coast (Nayarit, Mexico)

During the afternoon in a field close to the small village of Benesti, some toads are singing, accompanied by a light wind and some birds. 

Recording by an ORTF Setup Schoeps CCM4 microphones in a Cinela Suspension ORTF. Recorded on a Sound Devices 633.
Original recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit
Sound Reference: RO-180710T05
GPS: 44.662814, 23.917906
Sames sound on Freesound (in wave 96kHz) https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/434661/
Recorded during a residency by Semisilent http://semisilent.ro/

Benesti 

Toads singing during the afternoon, in a field in Romania

A donkey is braying in his enclosure, in south of France (Minvervois, my homeland).
Balthazar (my donkey) is braying when I'm arriving.

Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps Microphone CCM41&CCM8;
Sound Devices 744T
MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right
recorded in 2012
Sound Ref: @CAL120513T01

The same sound on Freesound:
http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/157763/

more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com

Donkey braying

Thunder and rain in south of France during summer, recorded from the balcony of my house.
Same sound longer (1 hour) here
https://soundcloud.com/felixblume/thunder-south-of-france

More sounds of thunder here 
https://soundcloud.com/felixblume/sets/thunderstorm 

Recorded by an AB Setup with two B&K 4006 Omni microphones.
On a 633 Sound Devices recorder.
Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit
Sound Ref: FR-180812-3

Thunder and rain in south of France during summer

On the top of the mountain, the wind is howling in the old installation of the ski station of Chacaltaya, Bolivia. The station was the highest in the world, and stops a few years ago, because of the smelting of the ice (du to global warming). 
The teleski cable and tube is still there and the wind sing in it! :-)

Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 with a Cinela Zephyx Windscreen
Sound Devices 788T recorder with CL8
MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right
recorded in february 2014 on the top of Chacaltaya Mountain, above La Paz, Bolivia.
Wave 96kHz 24bit
Sound Reference: @SAM140216

The video of the sound on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/89754394
Same sound on Freesound https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/447375/
Related sound on Bandcamp "Chaque Matin Du Monde" 
https://chaquematindumonde.bandcamp.com/track/tube-olien
Shorter sound from the same tube/place on SoundCloud here
https://soundcloud.com/felixblume/wind-singing

Wind singing in an old tube on the top of the mountain Chacaltaya

In the small village of Ban Na Tin (Krabi Province), thunder and rain at the end of the day.

Recorded by an ORTF Setup Schoeps CCM4x2 in a Cinela Windscreen
Recorder Sound Devices 633
Original Recording Wave 96kHz 24bit
GPS: 8.0651833, 98.8099667
Download in wave on Freesound https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/447510/

Thailand 2018

Rain and thunder in Thailand

During the night in the small village of Ban Na Tin (Krabi Province), after the rain, toads and frogs are happy and singing.

Recorded by an ORTF Setup Schoeps CCM4x2 in a Cinela Windscreen
Recorder Sound Devices 633
Original Recording Wave 96kHz 24bit
GPS: 8.0651833, 98.8099667
Download in Wave on Freesound https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/447540/

Toads and frogs during the night in Thailand

Excerpt from Félix Blume new LP, Fog Horns, an evocative field recording of boat horns in Piraeus, Athens, Greece.

More info go here: https://www.discrepant.net/product/felix-blume-fog-horns/

Fog Horns

Félix Blume - Horns in Fog pt1 (from Fog Horns LP)

During summer in Brazil, thunderclap, lightning and rain recorded from the window of the flat, close to Parque Aclimaçao.

Recorded by an ORTF Setup Schoeps CCM4 x 2
On a Sound Devices 633 in Wave 96kHz 24bit
From the window of the flat close to Parque Aclimaçao
Sound Ref: BR-180328T02
Recorded during summer, on March 28th of 2018 at the end of the afternoon

Sao Paulo 2018

Thunder and rain in Sao Paulo during summer

During a summer night in the countryside of Brazil, in the state of Minas Gerais... somme light rain and big thunders. 

Recorded by an ORTF setup Schoeps CCM4x2
On a Sound Devices 633
Original recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit
Recorded on 24th of December of 2018
Sound Ref: BR-181224T01

Brasil 2018 12

Rain and thunder during the night, in brazil

Excerpt from Félix Blume new LP, Fog Horns, An evocative field recording of boat horns in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. 

For more info go to: www.discrepant.net

Fog Horns LP

Félix Blume - Fog Horns LP  (Excerpt)

Recorded by an ORTF setup (Schoeps CCM4x2) on a Sound Devices Mixpre6
Original recording in Wave, 96k, 24bit
GPS: -22.392431,-44.553263
Sound Ref:  BR-190812-07
Recorded during the Interativos 2019 organized by Silo
Download on Freesound here https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/479286/

Toads during the night in a pound, in Serrinha do Alambri (Brazil)

Horns from various boats at the same time (probably for some event, an important boat leaving or arriving) recorded from Cerro Carcel (in front of the Ex Carcel) in Valparaiso, Chile. Sounds from the city in background.

Recorded in December 2018 by a Binaural Microphone Smart Ambeo Headset (Sennheiser) on an iPhone. Original recording in Wave, 48kHz 24bit.
Date: 181207 at 17h20
GPS: -33.045410 -71.627216
Same sound in wave on Freesound https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/482950/
Download for free 100 sounds from Valparaiso (Chile) here
http://felixblume.com/valparaiso

Ship horns in the harbor of Valparaiso

Monkey yelling in the forest close to Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico).

Recored by a Sound Devices 788T with a CL8, with a MS Setup CCM41+CCM8 (MS is encoded in stereo Left-Right).
Same sound on freesound
http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/172648/

More sounds on www.felixblume.com

Monkey yelling in the forest close to Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico)

Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)singing in a tree, in the middle of a banana field. Recorded close to the village of Paso de Telaya in the state of Veracruz. 

ORTF microphone setup, Schoeps CCM4 x 2 in a Cinela windscreen
Sound Devices MixPre
Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit
Sound Ref: MX-200402-03
GPS: 20.156221, -96.873653
Recorded during a residency at Casa Proal

Montezuma oropendola bird call

Mic Setup AB with 2 B&k 4006 Omni Microphones
Recorder Sound Devices 833
Original Recording 96kHz 24bit
Sound Ref: MX-200201T04
GPS: 20,162712 -96,860567
Recorded during a Residency at Casa Proal (Veracruz, México)

Light rain in a field of bananas trees

One Hour Thunder & rain during the night in the middle of the bananas trees, in Veracruz. 

Recorded by a setup ORTF with 2 Schoeps CCM4
On a Sound Devices Mixpre6 recorder
Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit
During a residency at Casa Proal (San Rafael, Veracruz)
Same sound on Freesound https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/536679/

1 hour : Thunder & Rain in Veracruz during the night

Sound recording of cicada singing during the summer in South of France (Minervois).

Recorded by a setup ORTF with 2 Schoeps CCM4
On a Sound Devices Mixpre 6 recorder
Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit

Same sound on Freesound
https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/536915/

Summer ambience in south of France with the cicadas singing

Félix Blume is a sound artist and sound engineer. 
His work is focused on listening, it invites us to live sonic experiences that enable a different perception of the surrounding. He uses sound as a basic material in sound pieces, videos, actions and installations. His process is often collaborative, working with communities, using public space as the context within which he explores and presents his works. He is interested in myths and their contemporary interpretation, in human dialogues both with inhabited natural and urban contexts, in what voices can tell beyond words.

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