In ‘The Birds In The Backyard Tell Me When The Sun Rises’ five field recordings, made during van der Putten's daily vocal training at sunrise, are superimposed. This creates a (dis)harmonic sound field. 

The premiere was at Handmade Homegrown 8, on 18 April 2013, in a concert serie curated by Kate Moore in Theater Dakota, The Hague (NL). 

It was also presented in installation 'All Begins With A: inspired by the SUNRISE' in June 2013 during the Master Artistic Research graduation exhibition 'Map Play Narrate' at the Royal Gallery of the Royal Art Academy in The Hague.

The Birds In The Backyard Tell Me When The Sun Rises, 2013

A composition that creates time and space for contemplation and which is inspired by time spend on the little beach of Het Stenen Hoofd, a wasteland located at the Westerdoksdijk in Amsterdam (NL). Field recordings made on the site are mimicked, filtering the sonic landscape through the voice. It becomes a theatre, as much as this specific place which only looks like a wasteland. This project was part of 'Recreation Ground', presented on 5 September 2013 in W139 in Amsterdam and made possible by the Wasteland Twinning Network and ECF. On 7 September the piece could be heard on headphones at the site itself, which gave an interplay of live and recorded sounds.

Imaginary Landscape No. 1, 2013

This track is a fragment of the composition 'becoming-storm' (12" LP, label Aloardi). It is part of research project 'Invisible Architecture' wherein Janneke van der Putten & Christian Galarreta share their interest in the physical sound properties that could emerge in a space. In this first work, the acoustic reflections in a light tower are explored through its surrounding sounds and subtle acoustic phenomena, and with the human voice. Resonant frequencies and reverberations are emphasized and prolonged with voice-echo interactions and unconventional microphone techniques. In the compositions, as well as during the live performance, van der Putten & Galarreta aim at making the acoustic reflections audible, more than the direct source that generates them. The tone modulations, the breathing voice rhythm, and the position and type of microphones used, are a response to the qualities of the chosen site. This makes hidden acoustics appear.   

Christian Galarreta (composition, mixing, microphone techniques)
 Janneke van der Putten (voice)

  Recorded in the tower of Île de Vassivière, France, during van der Putten’s residency at the Castle, Centre international d’art et du paysage, Île de Vassivière, 2013. Composed by Galarreta between November 2013 and January 2014 in Île de Vassivière and The Hague, The Netherlands. Supported by the Mondriaan Fund.


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'Becoming-Storm' (fragment) composed by Chrs Galarreta, 2014

Composition 'Becoming-Siren' is released on LP by label Aloardi (PE). It is part of research project 'Invisible Architecture' wherein Christian Galarreta & Janneke van der Putten share their interest in the physical sound properties that could emerge in a space. In this first work, the acoustic reflections in a light tower are explored through its surrounding sounds and subtle acoustic phenomena, and with the human voice. Resonant frequencies and reverberations are emphasized and prolonged with voice-echo interactions and unconventional microphone techniques. In the compositions, as well as during the live performance, Galarreta & van der Putten aim at making the acoustic reflections audible, more than the direct source that generates them. The tone modulations, the breathing voice rhythm, and the position and type of microphones used, are a response to the qualities of the chosen site. This makes hidden acoustics appear.

Christian Galarreta (composition, mixing, microphone techniques) 
 Janneke van der Putten (voice)

Recorded in the tower of Île de Vassivière, France, during van der Putten’s residency at the Castle, Centre international d’art et du paysage, Île de Vassivière, 2013. Composed by Galarreta between November 2013 and January 2014 in Île de Vassivière and The Hague, The Netherlands. Supported by the Mondriaan Fund. Soon to be published by Aloardi (www.aloardi.org).

About us:   Parallel to her artistic practice, van der Putten has been focusing on a vocal training dealing with singing prolonged tones, dealing listening, breathing, small tone fluctuations and body posture.  www.jannekevanderputten.nl 

In some of his sonic compositions and live performances, Galarreta researched the filtering of sound through the physical structure of some spaces (concept that he develops in his "HiperOido" project). He investigated a way of how the listener - composer - performer can be composed (instead of composing) by the harmonic frequencies, tones and effects that emerge during a prolonged exposure to reflected sounds.  sajjra.net/chrs/?page_id=668  sajjra.net/chrs/?page_id=287

Invisible Architecture

Invisible Architecture: 'Becoming-Siren' composed by Chrs Galarreta, 2014

'My Voice Got Up At'

A growing sound piece temporarily fixed in the exhibition consisting of a sound track played back in a loop, of a series of field recordings made between November 2012 and January 2015. Here the artist says the clock time, being in the early morning and the first moment that the voice sounds on that day. 

This way of documenting one moment is incorporated in the dynamics of daily life, with its fluctuating rhythms and irregularities. ‘My Voice Got Up At’ does not mirror a chronological account of registered moments, but is imbedded in a vertical concept of time. All the recorded fragments relate to the same situation: the moment just before the artist starts her singing training.

This sound piece is part of long-term project ‘All Begins With A: inspired by the SUNRISE’, which engages in different notions of time experience, such as clock time, cyclic time of the earth and sun, body time and experiential time. Through documenting the artist studio practice and vocal training, the project encompasses different works and perspectives on the theme, from which ‘My Voice Got Up At’ is one of them. 

Janneke van der Putten

My Voice Got Up At (as part of All Begins With A: inspired by the SUNRISE), 2015

'Wachstumspulse' (transl: 'Growth Pulses') is a music performance by Wolfram Oettl, Janneke van der Putten, and Richard Spaeth. This video is a fragment of a rehearsal recorded in Die Datscha, Germany, August 2025.

'Wachstumspulse' ('Growth Pulses') – for keyboard, bowed Lute, voice, and space, is a contemporary music project inspired by minimal and ambient music. With their improvisational approach, the three musicians develop a soundscape that grows and dissolves in a slow, constant, and unpredictable transformation. Janneke van der Putten sets accents in a relaxed, timeless atmosphere with various facets of her voice and performative movements in the space. The sound layers of Richard Spaeth's string lute, and the changing rhythms and harmonies of keyboardist Wolfram Oettl create bright, shimmering and darkened moods, both familiar and unheard, in a rich sonic unfolding.

Booking: wolfram@arspoeticaweb.de

Trailer: https://youtube.com/shorts/hOtHa1IeeZI?feature=share

Wachstumspulse (excerpt)

'Aurora Jacaranda' 
2016

music: Janneke van der Putten
text: Christian Galarreta

Aurora Jacaranda (song project with voice and keyboard), 2016

'Acoustic reflections of one voice in a church (live recording) - Invisible Architecture' is part of a site-specific research in the Sankt Gertrud church, Cologne, during a residency at Raumklänge – Ortsbezogene Musik in July 2015, by Christian Galarreta (composer) and Janneke van der Putten (vocalist). No additional digital effects have been added to this recording.

Acoustic Reflections Of One Voice In A Church (live) - composed by Chrs Galarreta, 2015

'Garganta Profunda’ by Christian Galarreta and Janneke van der Putten. Live process (Galarreta) of live voice (van der Putten). Recorded live in September 2016, Rotterdam.

As part of release ‘Tarinakuy / Electrónica simultánea – compilado peruano’ by various artists, curated by Rolando Apolo with the support of Bifronte Records. Tarinakuy is a Quechua expression that means “to meet among those who are looking for each other”. This compilation brings together a series of advanced sound creations in Peruvian electronics. The plurality and quality of the themes reflect the trajectory of an experienced and consolidated scene, brimming with brilliant works that reveal the musical exploration of various projects conceived throughout these last 2 decades.

Tarinakuy / Electrónica simultánea - compilado peruano

‘Tarinakuy / Electrónica simultánea – compilado peruano’

Garganta Profunda I - by Chrs Galarreta & Janneke van der Putten, 2016

Performance by Janneke van der Putten in Galerie 21, Hamburg, on 9 October 2018.

Photo by Jonas Gruska, LOM, Bratislava, 2018.

Solo Acoustic Voice Performance at LOM, Bratislava, 2018

Performance at the Musée D'Art Moderne Et Contemporain Strasbourg on the 28th of March 2018 by Janneke van der Putten. Performed by participants from the workshop 'Voice and Space', students from the Haute école des beaux-arts du Rhin: Agathe Siffert, Alix Lebaudy, Albane Durand, Anne de le Rue, Anton Grancoin, Aquila Lescene, Charlotte Roos, Elena Lebrun, Ellia Kevorkian, Fanny Ansel, Fanny Patarin, Gaetan Harnisch, Garance Oliveras, Jacques Caudrelier, Louise Leygues, Marine Zagari, Lee Nahrae, Monique Seasons and Thibaud Desmergers. As part of the conference ‘PHYSIQUE(S) DU SON’ at the Haute école des arts du Rhin, Strasbourg, France. Audio recordings were made from different positions by Matthieu Fuentes, Joachim Montessuis and Janneke van der Putten.

Workshop Voice And Space (fragment) Musée D'Art Moderne Et Contemporain Strasbourg, 2018

Solo Acoustic Voice Performance (fragment), Spektrum, Berlin, 2018

Performance as part of the workshop 'Voix et Textile Dans Le Paysage' by Janneke van der Putten. Presented at La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France, on the 4th of April 2019. Made with workshop participants and students from the Haute école des beaux-arts du Rhin: Noémie Vidonne, Louise Leygues, Clément Desforges, Solène Moulin-Charnet, Charles Hertz, Mélanie Battocchi, Linda Caracciolo Borra and Alix Lebaudy.

Workshop Voix et Textile Dans Le Paysage - Métamorphoses (fragment), La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, 2019

Janneke van der Putten's artistic practice involves experiences of listening, performances, sound and video, documentations in image/text/textile, workshops, music projects, and creating platforms for mutual cultural exchange. Her voice is her main tool, guiding her through physical and sonic explorations in different landscapes. Engaging with specific sites and local contexts, and through her personal experiences, she investigates (human) responses to her surroundings, and their relation to natural phenomena and transitions, such as the sunrise. For contact and bookings email to info@jannekevanderputten.nl.

Janneke van der Putten

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