January jewels 2016

Jecklin Disk

Ambient journey.
Healing the gap between space and time.

Ambient soundscapes

Field Recording

MKH-8040

The MKH-8040ST perspective from rear of train.

In August 2013 I had the opportunity to record a rare diesel powered train from the 1950's. This was a long time in coming but it finally happened thanks to a few friends and the really cool guys who were tasked with making the machine operational. Here is the back story: In 2011 during the recording of North Country Trains sound effects library I stumbled upon the old locomotive parked along the switching tracks in Ponderay Idaho. It look as though it was being refurbished but I was not sure. A few days later I asked around town and a friend of mine actually knew about the train and who was working on it. HE told me he would look into it and a few weeks later he called and told me it was going to start up very soon and would I be available to record on short notice. Of course I said "Oh yeah, I can be ready at a moments notice!"

The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9yyq3HAUHc

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Train Engine MKH8040ST

The MKH8040 and MKH8050 perspective.

In August 2013 I had the opportunity to record a rare diesel powered train from the 1950's. This was a long time in coming but it finally happened thanks to a few friends and the really cool guys who were tasked with making the machine operational. Here is the back story: In 2011 during the recording of North Country Trains sound effects library I stumbled upon the old locomotive parked along the switching tracks in Ponderay Idaho. It look as though it was being refurbished but I was not sure. A few days later I asked around town and a friend of mine actually knew about the train and who was working on it. HE told me he would look into it and a few weeks later he called and told me it was going to start up very soon and would I be available to record on short notice. Of course I said "Oh yeah, I can be ready at a moments notice!"

The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9yyq3HAUHc

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Train Engine MKH8040 MKH8050

This is a “quiet recording” from nature reserve Flói in the southwest of Iceland.
This recording contains many local birds and migrants. Birds as Red- necked Phalarope, Arctic stern, Red throated diver, Black tailed Goldwit, Common Snipe, Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Eurasian Oystercatcher and many other birds are in this recording. Noisiest and probably "ugliest sound" in this recording is the Red throated diver´s territorial call, but they also express in the recording a beautiful calm conversation with their eyes.
Background noise is coming from the surf among the south cost.
The recording was made in 26th of June 2012 around 3 am and is just nine minutes of ten hours recording that day. The weather was calm, clear sky and temperature around 5°C.
This is a very quiet nature recording so you should not play it loud. If you stay there you can barely hear this birdsong or this bird activity with open ears. You should play it like you think you will hear it trough open window, as a background sound. Best way to listen to all the details and explore the bird species is using quality headphones. This recording contains also very loud session when all Red throated divers in the area “scream” their territorial call.

Recorder: Sound devises 744. (24bit/48Khz)
Microphones: Rode NT1a (NOS setup)
The picture was taken at 26th of June 2012 at the recording place almost at the same time.

Listen to more recordings from Flói. Southwest Iceland
http://fieldrecording.net/tag/fri%C3%B0land-i-floa/

See more pictures from this two days recording trip.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104187345157190691446/FriLandIFloa2012?noredirect=1

Location of the nature reserve Flói:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Selfoss,+South,+Iceland&hl=en&ll=63.901525,-21.192284&spn=0.038891,0.132093&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=69.814448,135.263672&oq=selfoss&t=h&hnear=Selfoss,+Iceland&z=14

Nature reserve in Flói 2012

U8 Touch Guitar new-baroque improvisation

Lamentation

Quartz crystal singing bowl sessions-frequencies for meditation and mindfulness 

meditation of no mind:::crystal singing bowls sessions

Very quiet morning, the back door of our garage is talking in the wind.

Tascam DR05X, 24bit, 48 kHz
230823_0294.wav
2 omnis and a Jecklin Disk
Uploaded as 16bit FLAC.

A Steel Door - 2023/08/23 - Talking in the Wind

free album downloads : https://hartmann1.bandcamp.com/album/the-c-o-l-l-a-b-o-r-a-t-i-o-n-s-in-progress

- In team -                           

we have a poem
what is to do
the flowers are mine
the seeds are from you
you gave me the power
i gave them to you
i am the gardener
the artist are you
i made the colors
the painter are you
tell the philosopher
i know it is true
i did not exist before seen by you.

words by :  MIRAELA
https://soundcloud.com/miraela

deus est

digital busking

" in team "     ( feat. : miraela  / collaboration)

[DELUXE033] Released August 3, 2015

MUTA / SCULPTURE
TONGUES
1. Muta - Tongues 2. Muta - Tongues (Sculpture Remix)
Artwork by Salvador Herrera http://www.salvadorherrera.mx/
Sculpture https://soundcloud.com/tapebox/
Muta http://kingdeluxe.ca/muta/ https://soundcloud.com/muta-music/

Muta - Tongues (Sculpture Remix)

Tour Dates: www.submotion.co.uk

'Colour Theory' Out Now:
http://found.ee/colourtheory
http://found.ee/colourtheory-it
http://found.ee/colourtheory-am
http://found.ee/colourtheory-bc

Fresh from an outstanding sold-out live show at the Barbican for EFG London Jazz Festival, British electronic collective Submotion Orchestra will release their fourth album Colour Theory on 19th February 2016 via Counter Records and will tour their stunning live show in March and April across the UK and Europe, including a landmark gig at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire (11/03).

Colour Theory is a new benchmark for Submo - an expansion of their cinematic, highly textured electronica to shape a record of immense poise and epic scope. Drawing on a stellar cast of collaborators including Andrew Ashong (Sound Signature / Which Way), Royce Wood Jr, Catching Flies and, of course, the amazing Ruby Wood, the album embodies a new confidence and dynamism exemplified by 'Kimono' (streaming now via CLASH) - a truly stirring, shimmering four-to-the-floor groove reminiscent of John Talabot.   

For Gig and Info please visit: www.submotion.co.uk

Colour Theory

Kimono

T'iwu - 'Cleanse' (2015)

1. 31/5/15
2. Only House On The Road
3. Realms

20 minutes.
Music composed, produced and performed by T'iwu.

tiwusand@gmail.com

http://nebularsilence.tumblr.com/tiwu
https://nebularsilence.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/nebularsilence

30th December, 2015.

Only House On The Road

Dark Whale 432 Hz

This is the sound of a Freight Train in a train yard preparing for its trip out of Richmond, CA.

Freight Train recorded with a Schoeps MK2(pair) and a Jecklin Disk

Pipestone Canyon

Pipestone Canyon preview

Wildlife Sound Recording Society (WSRS) 2018 Competition 
- Individual Reserved Winner

I'd headed into Senonches forest to record the dawn chorus. I found a nice spot that was fairly open so set my mics up, then ran some long cables off to the side so I could sit down. I'd been recording for around 20 minutes when a Roe Deer came walking by, probably on it's way to drink from the nearby pond. It was only about 15 metres from where I was sitting and when it saw me, it ran off, then started barking loudly. Roe Deer bark (often repeatedly) when alarmed, so I had clearly surprised it.

Recorded with a Sound Devices 722 and 2 x Sennheiser MKH8040s on 09.04.17
Photo courtesy of Paul Appleton - Creative Commons License

Roe Deer Barks - Foret de Senonches, Le Perche, France

I'd headed into Senonches forest with the hope of recording the local Black Woodpeckers. As the sun began to rise the dawn chorus evolved, and all the birds of the forest were in full song. It took some time before the woodpeckers started tapping into tree trunks, but eventually there were quite a few in different locations all hunting for food. The wood taps reverberated nicely throughout the forest. In the recording we also here a distant Cock Pheasant as well as an Osprey.

Recorded with a Sound Devices 722 and 2 x Sennheiser MKH8040s on 09.04.17
Photo courtesy of Jean-Jacques Boujot - Creative Commons License

Black Woodpeckers at Dawn - Foret de Senonches, Le Perche, France

Heavy Waves Against Rock - Close - MKH8040 30 MS Stereo

On a recent trip to Ireland spent some time in Wicklow and explored Glendalough, a well known natural area close by. Although there was virtually no wind, it was raining a lot making recording conditions challenging. I arrived just as dawn was breaking and soon came across a robin singing high up in a tree.

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + Telinga Parabolic Mic
Recorded 13.10.18

Photo by David Mackie (Creative Commons license)

Robin Singing In The Rain - Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland

Foxley Wood is Norfolk’s largest remaining ancient woodland. This recording of the dawn chorus was taken on a windy morning in May at around 5 am. The forest floor was covered in a magnificent carpet of bluebells and the birdsong was not overly busy, with plenty of separation between species. We hear a song thrush in the foreground, with a blackbird that occasionally pops in and out. Wrens, tits and other common woodland birds can be heard in the background, as well as the occasional call of a cock pheasant.

Recorded using a Sound Devices 722 and 2 x DPA 4060s in May 2014

Song Thrush At Dawn - Foxley Wood, Norfolk UK

“Senur” first chapter.

In 10th of February 2013 I recorded a concert with Amateur symphony orchestra. 
The program contained a wonderful melody “Senur” composed in four chapters by Sigurður Sævarsson. It was composed for string orchestra and obo. Both the orchestra and the soloist, Guðrún Másdóttir, played it flawless. 
I was pretty happy with the recording result, even though the concert hall (a church) sounded terrible for recording. It has a very harsh sound and difficult peaks in some resonance frequencies. 
Over the orchestra I used a Jecklin disk with a double pair of mics, parallel MKH8020 and MKH20 in 45°+45° (see following picture). 
Close to the soloist was a pair of MKH8040 and far behind in the hall was a pair of SE4400a with spaced Omni (70cm). 
 
Past months I have got a few emails where people ask me for a sound sample with my Jecklin disk. So this is it. Hereby is the first chapter of Senur. The only post work I do for this Soundcloud work out was turning off MKH8020 on the Jecklin disk and the SE4400a far behind in the hall. Then I increase the gain of MKH20 on the Jecklin disk about +8dB

Other mix of this recording and more information can be found here:
http://fieldrecording.net/2013/03/15/senur-first-chapter/

Information about the Jecklin disk:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104187345157190691446/DIYJecklinDisk?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Composer Sigurður Sævarsson:
http://sigurdursaevarsson.com/

Amateur symphony orchestra:
http://www.ahugasinfonia.is/

"Senur" chapter one, with MKH20 on Jecklin disk

FREE Crazy Sound of the Week for March 22, 2013. I've been doing quite a bit of ORTF recording lately and this week the weather was perfect for recording in the field. The weather changed on a dime this week, one minute it was sunny and the next hail and rain stormed through. I recorded this downpour on my deck during a hail storm which then gave way to some heavy rain. The sound is mostly the drips hitting the wood deck. I am just loving the stereo image of this setup. Recorded with a MKH8040ST set in ORTF inside a ORTF Rycote system. It's FREE at 24/48 Enjoy! --Frank

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Rain Drips Splatty MKH8040ST ORTF

The universe dropped a couple of horses next door to my ranch a while back. When the owners take one out and ride this one goes nuts. I call him the Crazy Horse. He was quiet for a while after I arrived to record him but then he ignored me and started to make lots of noise. He even kicked up once as he was running by me. Recorded at 24-Bit 192kHz with a Sennheiser MKH-8040 to a Sound Devices SD-702 recorder.

All images and sounds copyright 2013 Frank Bry - Creative Sound Design. All Rights Reserved.

Crazy Horse MKH8040 From The Recordist

Recorded at the approach end of the Reading Air Show with a Jecklin Disk using two Audio-Technica AT4022 microphones and a Sound Devices 702 recorder.  This is a rare opportunity to hear B-29 bomber performing a high speed low-altitude fly-over.  

This is very close to what it must have sounded like to the Allied prisoners of war who were starving at the Omori prison camp in Tokyo, when suddenly a B-29 flew low over the camp.  Many spirits were revived on that day for sure.

Recording levels were set with minimal gain in order to hopefully eliminate any clipping.  The sound is best heard with wide-range monitors turned up slightly.  If the lapels on your shirt flap during the fly-over you have the sound level set about right. 

Rare B-29 Superfortress bomber FiFi performs a high speed low altitude flyover, AT4022, Jecklin disk

Recorded at the approach end of the Reading Air Show, three B-25 mitchell bombers, (Briefing Time)(Yankee Warrior) and (Panchito), perform a low-altitude fly-over.  Recorded with a Jecklin Disk using two Audio-Technica AT4022 microphones and a Sound Devices 702 recorder.  The recording gain was turned down in an effort to avoid clipping.  When listening, you should increase the gain on your system.  Wide-range monitors, good speakers, or headphones are best to realize the feel of the sounds.