Geofractions is a project that aims to give a unique sensory experience of the processes and infrastructure of oil shale extraction and energy use that is often shadowed from public view. While we have grown familiar with the visual language of mined landscapes, how often are we able to immerse ourselves into time and space dimension of extractive processes through the auditory? As a 'sonic journey' this project takes us from underground mining and transport, to the consumption and residual waste, that generates and sustains the energy infrastructure we depend on. All of this process transforms the whole of the landscape in which it takes place. The current outcome is part of a long term sonic and geographic survey of Ida-Virumaa that started in 2009.

Geofractions

Geofractions - excerpt

Young Miss Saeki (Unga fröken Saeki)is the second movement of four in From the Bottom of a Well (Från botten av en brunn) based on Haruki Murakami's novel Kafka on the Shore. The the sounds were designed from, and the music was written from a grounded theory analysis of the book. The piece was performed and recorded on the 16th of December 2021 by Robert Ek, clarinet; Kevin Kirs Verstege, cello; and Rikard Vilhelm Lindell, eurorack at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Photography by Hannes Häfele.

Robert Ek's portfolio: www.remusik.se/
Hannes Häfele's portfolio: luminea.eu/

Video recording from the concert is available here: https://vimeo.com/716682374

Unga fröken Saeki / Young Miss Saeki

Sarah Nemtsov
Sh’vira (2020)
for soprano saxophone, e guitar, keybaord and drum set

Nikel Ensemble (Yaron Deutsch, e guitar; Patrick Stadler, saxophone; Antoine Francoise, keyboard; Brian Archinal, drum set)

WP: 4.5.2022, Festival Les Amplitudes
Duration: ca. 10′
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live recording rts
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"Sh'vira" is part II of the tetralogy "TZIMTZUM" (2020-2022) for four soloists (Nikel ensemble) and orchestra
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photo: Pablo Fernandez

SH'VIRA (2020) - Nikel ensemble - Excerpt

Géranomachie Acoustique(2022)
for 15 musicians
Commissioned by the Lemanic Modern Ensemble
Conductor: Pierre Bleuse
Premiere on September 27 2022 at the  Franz Liszt concert hall, Geneva

Live recording: Jérôme Vavasseur

Géranomachie Acoustique(2022)

2023.05.19 Microbat Nocturne. Mallee Country. Late Autumn.

a reworked version now appears on:

https://howthenightcame.bandcamp.com/album/hostile-architects

[naviarhaiku509] //// disappearing ////

Sculpting a single, static drone via slider moves on a Buchla 295 Comb Filter.

Drone Sculpting

...we left the darkness and walked to what was once the finest club in the world, my safe place. In our absence, everything loathsome had soaked in through its walls and infected those within. Nowhere is safe, and nowhere will be safe without noble deeds.

Belief in the cave

Out of all digital recordings that I have made since 1991, this is the one I love the most. The bird is magic. 
Recorded with a Telinga stereo parabol and a Sony DAT TCD-D3 machine in June 1991. No filter.
You don´t need headphones for this track.

Whinchat

Dararat Chemnasiri  -  Alto Sax
King Imagine -  Electronics

King Imagine & Dararat Chemnasiri  -  Roadside Picnic

In the stillness of a Swedish forest, a solitary Mistle Thrush sings its melancholic tune. This recording captures the essence of the forest, a place where time seems to stand still and the beauty of nature can be fully appreciated.

Recorded 14.04.2023
Zoom F3 + Sennheiser MKH8020

Image courtesy of Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (Creative Commons)

Mistle Thrush - Öjesjöbrännan Ekopark, Västerfärnebo, Sweden

Researching, composing and performing with sound for over 20 years using methods of field recording, kinetic sculptures, electro-acoustic creation, filmmaking, improvisation, group workshops and exercises in listening. Based in Estonia and work as a program and technical coordinator for MoKS, a non-profit artist-run center. My compositions have been published on international labels such as: and/OAR, SIRR, Mystery Sea, Staalplaat, Semperflorens, Erewhon, Intransitive, Cut, Elevator Bath, CMR, Orogenetics, Pale Disc and others.

Geofractions - excerpt

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