Window Recording was composed in social isolation during the ongoing pandemic crises 
recording sounds from my apartment window. Most of its sounds were treated and 
transformed in Csound environment and mixed in Reaper. It deals with the paradox situation 
of been inside my apartment and trying to reach the streets, other people and social life. It’s a
self imprisonment trying to be safe and at the same living imaginable social activities such as 
standing in front of a square, a museum, a bar, a forest, a port. The title is a reference to field 
recording art and a mutation of its ideas, practices, and goals. Listen with headphones.

window recording.wav

Track recorded in Xavier de Brito square, Rio de Janeiro, Tijuca, in a Sunday morning. This space is known as little horses square, due to the rental horses and ponies available for the children. The square was full of people, a lot of parents with their children, street vendors, garbage trucks, and so on. I used an H5 Zoom recorder attached to my belt with its proper case and a pair of cheap Behringer C3 microphones.

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Praça Xavier De Brito 22 Ag 2021 10h29

Primeiros 20 minutos de gravação realizada da janela do meu apartamento começando às 5h45 da manhã. 
First 20 minutes of recording from my apartment window begining at 5:45 in the morning. 

CIGARRAS 10 SET 2021_first_20min.flac

This recording was made using hydrophones borrowed to me by Paulo Dantas. Fairies Lake (Lago das Fadas) is located at Tijuca Forest (Floresta da Tijuca), Rio de Janeiro city. Tascam DR100 MKIII.

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Fairies Lake Tijuca Forest Feb 27 2023 1020 Hydrophones

Studying how to capture beach scenarios in Rio de Janeiro. This is Praia Vermelha (Red Beach) in Urca, close to the Sugar Loaf. It was a very hot, 33 Celsius (aprox. 91 Fahrenheit) with termal sensation of 37 Celsius (98 Fahrenheit). The beach was crowded: families, children, young people. Lots of voices, sea waves in the background. I was from a distance. Rode NT4, Tascam DR100 MKIII. This track was normalized, fade in/fade out applied, eq to get some low end off and increase a bit some high end. 48kHz, 24Bits

PRAIA_VERMELHA_08_01_24_FADE_NORM_EQ_24Bits

Second take from Praia Vermelha (Red Beach) at Urca, Rio de Janeiro. Now I am on the sand, close to the sea, close to the people. Again, it was 33 Celsius (91  Fahrenheit), termal sensation of 37 Celsius (98  Fahrenheit). Rode NT4, Tascam DR100 MKIII, Guttmann wind protection. No EQ, just fade in/out and Normalized. 48kHz, 24Bits

PRAIA_VERMELHA2_08_01_24_FADE_NORM

Continuing studying how to record waves on the beach. This time, Praia do Leme (Leme Beach), Rio de Janeiro. Just EQ the low end (at about 120Hz) and made some editing to get some mic bumps and voices (including mine) out of the files. This track was recorded close to the sea, near some rocks and the sand. Tascam DR100 MKIII; Rode NT4.

AMBSea - WAVES Waves Leme Beach 01 MCDL WAVES 01182024

Another take from recording at Praia do Leme (Leme Beach), Rio de Janeiro. This time, up to the Caminho dos Pescadores (Fishers Path). 29 to 30 Celsius (84,2 / 86 Fahrenheit). The rocks from the hill behind me may have caused some comb filtering, not sure. Tascam DR100 MKIII, Rode NT4.

AMBSea - WAVES Waves Leme Beach 06 MCDL WAVES 01182024

Recorded during Iemanja Day celebration at Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro, 02/02/2024. Tascam MKIII, Rode NT4

AMBRlgn - IEMANJA RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION Gamboa Iemanja Oi Io Io 01

Recorded again at Praia Vermelha (Red Beach). This time there were just a few people on the sand and it was possible to get close to the water without stumbling anyone. Also I used a different setup: Earsight Binaural (in stereo configuration attached to my knapsack) and a Sony PCM M10. 9h30 in the morning, 29 Celsius.

Mar Praia Vermelha Edit 1 07 02 2024

Recorded at Rural Federal University in Rio de Janeiro in 31st January 2024. The visit was authorized and scheduled by the pig creators administrator. It is a facility of Rural University dedicated to the study of animals for many of its courses. Pigs were separate by breeding places link the nursery where baby pigs are in touch with their mom. Recorded with Rode NT4 and Zoom F6.

Gravando_Porcos_2024

This is a montage (composition) mixing different times from an all night span recording at Teresópolis, a city in Rio de Janeiro State, closed to Rio de Janeiro city, but in the hills. The recorder and the microphone were left at the forest for the whole night, practicing the technique which George Vlad call a "drop rig". No eq or other mixing techniques besides balancing the volume.

Mato Fino Montagem Overlapping Time V2

Rachel Koblyakov - Violin and Sampo (electronic device by Alexander Mihalic) 
Concert at Bourges, 2016

Alguns trabalhos dos últimos anos. Foto de Guilherme Carneiro de Lima.
Aloysio Neves Electric Guitar
Léo Neiva Electric Bass

Espelho D'água

Compositor brasileiro, pesquisador, professor. Menção honrosa no Prix CIME 2021, 2⁰ prêmio no concurso de Bourges, 2015, 1⁰ prêmio no concurso Villa-Lobos, 2008... Músicas tocadas no Brasil, Cuba, Suécia, Chile, México, Alemanha, Coreia do Sul, Irlanda, Lituânia, dentre outros. Professor de composição do Instituto Villa-Lobos, UNIRIO. Trabalha com Jocy de Oliveira desde 2010. Artigos e capítulos de livro publicados no Brasil, Inglaterra, Mexico, Argentina. Co-editou o livro Perspectivas actuales en la creación y el análisis de la música electroacústica pela Editora da Universidade de Quilmes, Argentina, junto com Daniel Quaranta.

Composer, researcher, professor. Honorable mention at Prix COME 2021, 2nd prize in Bourges Competition 2015, 1st prize in Instituto Villa-Lobos contest 2008... Music played in Brasil, Cuba, Sweden, Chile, México, Germany, South Korea, Ireland, Lituany, and other countries. Professor of composition at Instituto Villa-Lobos, UNIRIO, since 2010. Works with composer Jocy de Oliveira since 2010. Articles and book chapters published in Brazil, England, Mexico and Argentina. Recently published the book Perspectivas actuales en la creación y el análisis de la música electroacústica at Quilmes University Publishers, Argentina, with Daniel Quaranta. 

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