Counting the Breath meditation (15 mins) – Michelle Ryan

Fog Factory (excerpt)
10:19 Min.
Commissioned by  SEAMS (Society for Electroacoustic Music in Sweden) enabled with support from The Swedish Arts Council.
Premiéred in October 2020 at the ”Echoes Around Me Festival” in Vienna. Karl Sczuka Price 2021.

Special thanks to Elektronmusikstudion EMS, Stockholm, Almgrens sidenväveri, Textilmuseet Borås.

Fog Factory (excerpt)

We live in a world of constant change and this week, Aden Van Noppen invites us to find what roots us. Aden is the founder and executive director of Mobius, a collaboration between leading neuroscientists, meditation teachers, and technologists to work toward the creation of digital technology that enhances our individual and collective well-being. Aden is also one of the 10 powerful women of the mindfulness movement 2022, and here she guides a meditation on impermanence. Show Notes: Find more about Aden Van Noppen here:   Check out the August issue of Mindful Magazine here:&nbsp;  And more from Mindful here:   Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minute Meditation by leaving a review or by emailing .

12 Minute Meditation: Find Stability Amid Change with Aden Van Noppen

*Original tapes of the "meta maschine" project (1994) with audio recordings of Jean Tinguely‘s sound installation "Méta Harmonie II" (Kunstmuseum Basel, 1993)

Méta Machine, Part V / ulrich langenbach / marc schaffroth

for soprano, 4 amplified dictaphones, and mixed ensemble

Performed by Nina Guo and Ensemble Modern
text by Alexandra Kleeman
Conducted by Sara Caneva
Recorded by Felix Dreher, mixed by Katherine Balch

waste knot

These recordings were made with deep respect in the country of the Ngarrindjeri peoples.

With respect, with sadness, with hope. Everything here has changed; except for the sound of the ocean. Where the waters meet, is where the sounds merge. The sound of the ocean, permeating all, remains the same.

Unprocessed excerpts from original recordings. (Listening with good quality headphones - preferably open-backed - with a flat frequency response is recommended.)

An Afterword: I am deeply pleased and honoured that the original recordings from which this piece was composed have found a perfect home in Megan Spencer's important and heartfelt podcast, 'Bringing His Spirit Home: Private Arthur Thomas Walker, Ngarrindjeri ANZAC', as immersive field recordings made in, and expressing the natural spirit of, Arthur Thomas Walker's home country. This educational podcast is one of four produced by Megan, commissioned by the Virtual War Memorial Australia, and can be heard here: https://vwma.org.au/education/bringing-his-spirit-home-private-arthur-thomas-walker-ngarrindjeri-anzac.

Some of my earlier Kurangk/Coorong recordings have also been happily woven into Megan's related podcast, 'Walking in Two Worlds: The WW1 Story of Ngarrindjeri ANZACs Cryril & Rufus Rigney', which can be heard here: https://vwma.org.au/education/podcast--walking-in-two-worlds--the-ww1-story-of-ngarrindjeri-anzacs-cyril-rufus-rigney.

@Bandcamp

2022.10.09 From the Mouth of Murrundi to Goolwa Beach. Kumerangk, Kurangk. Night to Dawn. Spring.

On the shore of the Lac du Der at night, a talkative Red fox meets a pack of responsive Common cranes.

Recorded with Mélia Roger on November 5th 2022 around 9:30pm.

Lom Usi Pro AB in PCM M10
Drop rig excerpt.

Illustration : Grues trompettant, Robert Hainard

Cranes and Fox dialogue - Mélia Roger & Grégoire Chauvot

tracé /trait (2021/22)für Orchester

Premiere: 
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
Conductor: Tsunoda Kosuke
28.05.2023

tracé /trait (2021/22)für Orchester

Composed for Wave Field Synthesis at Game of Life, Den Haag, NL, primarily with non-standard synthesis processes.

Textonics

A Meditation to Gather Your Energy from Sharon Salzberg

Full Story + Photos: https://acousticnature.com/journal/field-recording-trip-vermont-ice-storm 

I recorded this soundscape at my friend's cabin in Vermont near the Green Mountain National Forest. The forest was covered in a thick layer of ice from a recent freezing rain storm. 

While I was chopping wood, I noticed the sound of ice crystals falling to the forest floor and shattering. The sound was constant and gusts of wind caused larger crystals to fall. 

As soon as I became aware of this subtle sound, I knew I had to record it. Because I didn't know how much battery life I would get in the frigid temps (15°F), I waited until 11pm to setup my recording gear. I did this to maximize my chance at a noise-pollution-free recording hoping that most people would be asleep.

To setup the recording I wanted to bungee cord my binaural microphone to a tree, but it was too difficult and too cold to have the patience necessary to get it right. Instead, I simply put the microphone on top of a snow bank facing the forest and the D100 in a dry bag next to it.

I was shocked to find the D100 still recording when I returned at 7:26am.

In total, I recorded for 8hr 22min and ended up with 23min of usable audio (≈4.6%). In post-production, I added a lo-cut filter at 180Hz, 12dB/octave to remove some low-frequency wind rumbling, and increased the loudness slightly to -30LKFS. 

Recorder: D100
Mics: DIY Binaural Housing
Sensitivity: 4
Lo-cut: OFF
Time: 11:04pm
Wind Protection: 2 Winter Hats

To learn more about me, my gear, or field recording in general, please visit my website at www.acousticnature.com

Thank you for reading and listening. ♫
-Jared

12 Minute Meditation: Find Stability Amid Change with Aden Van Noppen

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