Pointillism for sine wave No.10

Made by Erica Synths Pico System III and Sensorimotor Primitives Auditory Perception Software by Jetpack Cognition Lab.

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https://delphinedora.bandcamp.com/album/hymnes-apophatiques

hymnes apophatiques

ritournelle scolastique #1

Dobra voda is a small bay on the island of Silba. A remote beach is situated an hours walking distance from the only village on the island.

This mystical and completely secluded place was once a summer commune, gathering creative minds from Yugoslavia but also from all over Europe. A versatile art scene emerged, the one that preceded Ljubljana's alternative theatre scene, Rijeka's new wave and some of the most influential ex-Yu alternative bands; "[...] The music was coming from every single bush: violins, cellos, saxophones, trumpets, and, of course, mostly guitars [...]."

One of my dearest friends, Natasha Kadin, curator and cultural manager of SEA Silba Environment Art organised a wonderful exhibition in 2018 with found archive photos made by Marijan Blažina, one of the artists from the commune. Croatian multi-disciplinary artist and author Boris Greiner wrote more about this exhibition: www.silba-environment-art.hr/en/blog/boris-greiner-slikovne-poruke-s-dobre-vode/

I visited Dobre vode on a few occasions, but this particular time I wanted to record a sonic palimpsest, built from water memories and other environmental simulacra of this magical little bay. I recorded with hydrophones from various angles, listened to the interplay between water and salt and different geological formations. The movement of the pebbles from the sea bed, water sliding down the rocks and crevices, burying my "ears" under the sea bed but also inside the enormous piles of dry Posidonia oceanica, commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It forms large underwater meadows that are an important part of the ecosystem. The Posidonia has a very high carbon absorption capacity, being able to soak up 15 times more carbon dioxide every year than a similar-sized piece of the Amazon rainforest.

Dobra voda bay is positioned to accumulate dry Posidonia once it is washed ashore. It is absolutely impossible to be still in those clouds of dry seaweed and be completely silent. Even so, I tried.

The sound piece is a mix of 16 chosen recordings placed in a dronesque metaphor of passing time. 

released August 25, 2022

All sounds recorded, edited and composed by Manja Ristić
Recorded during SEA Silba Environment Art Residence 2021
www.silba-environment-art.hr
Hydrophone built by Jez riley French
jezrileyfrench.co.uk
Mastering La Plant Studio Belgrade
laplantstudio.com

Dobra voda

August 25th, 2022

Bandcamp

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

Transmissions

Mimo-Soto was recorded in London over two sessions in October and November, 2019

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Ken Ikeda / buchla music easel
Daniel Kordik / modular synthesiser and korg sequencer SG-10

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Mixed by Ken Ikeda and Daniel Kordik
Mastered by Daniel Kordik
Cover by Daniel Kordik

Earshots Recordings
Digital Editions
2020

Pointillism for sine wave No.10

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