A composition of recordings from the BBC transmitting station of Orfordness, shortly before it stopped transmitting the World Service on March 27th 2011. Transmitters, cooling fans, monitors, and finally the seagulls over the abandoned Atomic Weapons Research Establishment nearby. 

http://lorenzoferrarini.com/last-day-bbc-world-service-transmissions-orford-ness/

Sony PCM-D50

BBC World Service Last Day

Recorded on 9 January 2012 with Rode NT55 to Sound Devices 744T.

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/the-music-of-karankasso-sambla/

Junkombwèn

Recorded on 8 January 2012 with Rode NT55 to Sound Devices 744T.

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/the-music-of-karankasso-sambla/

Fanka

Recorded on 11 January 2012 with Shure VP88 to Sound Devices 744T.

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/the-music-of-karankasso-sambla/

Millstone song

Recorded on 11 January 2012 with Rode NT55 to Sound Devices 744T.

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/the-music-of-karankasso-sambla/

Mangandon - Karankasso Mansaya

Recorded on 13 January 2012 with Shure VP88 to Sony PCM-D50.

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/the-music-of-karankasso-sambla/

Jamatigi

Recorded with two Rode NT55 to Sound Devices 744T. 

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/ntenen/

N'Tenen

Diakari Traoré, voice and donson'goni, Bakari Ouattara, voice and donson'goni, Mohamed Ouattara, voice and karinyan. 

Nyawali, Kenedougou, Burkina Faso, 17 July 2012

Recorded with Sonicstudios DSM 6S-H microphones in Sony PCM-D50 recorder

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/the-maana-of-adama-sogo-traore/

The Maana of Adama Sogo Traoré - Extract

Abattoir Frigorifique de Bobo Dioulasso, 27 June 2012

Recorded with Sony PCM-D50

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/sounds-of-the-slaughterhouse/

Sounds of the Slaughterhouse

Woron - Double Spurred Francolin (Pternistis bicalcaratus) - taking off

Karankasso Sambla, Burkina Faso, May 2012

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/portfolio/bush-soundscapes-burkina-faso/

Cows in the Bush

http://www.lorenzoferrarini.com/portfolio/bush-soundscapes-burkina-faso/

Steps in the Bush

Bush Soundscape 1

Bush Soundscape 2

I am an anthropologist based in Manchester UK, where I teach ethnographic documentary at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester. Before moving to Britain I studied anthropology and ethnomusicology in Milano, Italy, where I collaborated with the LEAV – Ethnomusicology and Visual Anthropology Lab at the University of Milan since its establishment in 2005. Here I developed my passion for photography and learned to shoot and edit video, in addition to various techniques of field sound recording. I can also serve as a graphic and web designer.

Lorenzo Ferrarini

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