memu field studio - oikamanaito
place: oikamanaito, taiki, jp
date: March 27th, 2021
performance: Emiko Miura
field recording: James Greer

oikamanaito emiko miura  march 2021

research retreat - Tomoko Hojo
place: around memu, taiki, jp
date: July 5th – July 26th, 2021
sound: Tomoko Hojo

tomoko hojo audio 1 bird song

Ambient environmental sound of Koishikawa Botanical Garden of the University of Tokyo, September 8th, 2023.
Field Recording and Edit by Nick Luscombe

koishikawa sound mix

Nobuhiko Chiba (aka Hawhawke) plays tonkori in the forest of Fuji Iyashi no Mori Woodland Center of the University of Tokyo.

Are Henri

nobuhiko chiba fuji iyashi no mori 20210517 - Are Henri

words : 佐藤奈々子　music : 上野耕路

The Apple Tree Tale

Views From Standing

words : 谷嶋ちから　music : 上野耕路

Can You Hear The Flowers Grow

words : 上野耕路 music : 上野耕路

Working Apples

words : Isaac Newton music : 上野耕路

Universal Gravitation

Ambisonic Machine (Location Recording by James Greer)

Archeology Of Being Var1

Gravity Suite (Location Recording By Nick Luscombe)

Melodia Memoriae

Far and Near (Location Recording Mix)

Melodia Memoriae 1/3 (Location Recording Mix)

Biratori Ainu Culture Succession and Practice Group shares their sound of today at the Japan House London exhibit, Ainu Stories: Contemporary Lives by the Saru River, from 16 November 2023 – to 21 April 2024. Performed by Biratori Ainu Culture Succession and Practice Group on September 6th, 2023, Nick Luscombe of MSCTY made recordings, coordinated and directed by Nobuhiko Chiba (hawhawke), and produced by Yu Morishita of memu earth lab. This album follows the last release from the group by their elders 23 years ago from JVC World Sounds, Ainu no Uta (Song of the Ainu).

Hama huci’s  yaysama ‘haow horeei’ and Satsuko huci’s yaysama

cakpiyak - bird dance

mukkuri - bamboo mouth harp

anna hore

emus rimse - sword dance

hararki - cranes playing in the wetland

ku rimse - bow dance

upopo - six sitting song medley

Obihiro Kamuy To Upopo Preservation Group (kamuy-god, to-swamp/lake, upopo-song) shares their sound of today in this Album. Performed by the members of Obihiro Kamuy To Upopo Preservation Group on Septemeber 28th, 2023, Nick Luscombe of MSCTY made recordings, coordinated and directed by Nobuhiko Chiba (hawhawke), and produced by Yu Morishita of memu earth lab.

utari opunpare wa - let's all stand up and dance

Binaural
48kHz
24bit

Mic
RODE NT-SF1
Recorder
ZOOM F8

Location
Horizon House, Memu Open Research Campus

Recording period: 2024/10/21 17:20 - 20:43 
Research Retreat 2024 by memu earth lab

20241021_鹿遠吠え 1 (Binaural)

Stereo
48kHz
24bit

Mic
RODE NT-SF1
Recorder
ZOOM F8

Location
Horizon House, Memu Open Research Campus

Recording period: 2024/10/21 17:20 - 20:43 
Research Retreat 2024 by memu earth lab

20241021_鹿遠吠え 1 (Stereo)

20241021_鹿遠吠え 2 (Binaural)

20241021_鹿遠吠え 2 (Stereo)

A group of Whooper Swans in Tokachi, during winter 2019, feeding in a field.

Whooper Swans in Tokachi, early March 2019

Memu Earth Lab
Grounding Research
date: March 5th, 2019
location: 42.454920, 143.354562
location: nakajima, taiki, jp
recording: James Greer

memu earth lab

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