This week's project was an easy one for me. I love taking some time in the morning to walk a bit in nature when I can, so today I just brought my recorder with me. This was my favorite recording from the session; a stiff autumn breeze kicked up the water just enough to generate interest, but not so much that it overwhelmed the H5's (somewhat finicky) stock mics.

Water Recording (disquiet0516)

Disquiet Junto Project 0516: Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3)
The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature.

More on this 516th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature) — at: https://disquiet.com/0516/

This is the first of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18, part two will begin on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0516-outside-in-co-exist-1-of-3/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Coast at Møns Klint (disquiet0516)

Field recording of the Steavenson River, Buxton, Australia.
The bird calls are typical in a dry schlerophyll forest biome - kookaburras, parrots, fantails, thornbills, rosellas and whistlers.

Steavensons [disquiet0516]

River stream ( disquiet0516 )

A minute of touch typing on a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches.

More on this 517th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Inside Out (Co/Exist 2 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of civilization) — at: https://disquiet.com/0517/

Clickety Clack

Clickety Clack - Disquiet0517

This is one minute of a recording captured on the evening of April 17, 2021 at Cargill's Soybean Processing facility at 410 C Ave NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

More on this 517th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Outside In (Co/Exist 2 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature) — at: https://disquiet.com/0517/

This is the second of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18 and ended on November 22, part two began on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Soy Protein Processing Plant (disquiet0517)

Recording of ambient sound in a building for disquiet0517

civilisation disquiet0517

Audio field recording captured by Leslie Rollins (337is).
 
Obscure & Relevant 2021, (CC BY-NC 3.0 US): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/

Living rurally has its perks except for when one is listening for sounds of civilization ... need something of the "natural world?" No problem! I'm swimming in it. Need some industrial sounds? A little more challenging ... especially when I travel to an even more remote destination in the hills of Pennsylvania to be with family. I wasn't sure what I was going to be able to capture for sounds of civilization as Amish buggies count as traffic noise, but they don't really have a predictable rush hour to make recording them easy. So I was surprised and delighted when I saw this family working their corn field on the side of the road just out of town. I stood less than 10 feet away from their machines as they drove by and looked at me like I was a bit of a fish out of water. I waved at them and they waved back. Mission accomplished!

More on this 517th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Inside Out (Co/Exist 2 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of civilization) — at: https://disquiet.com/0517/

This is the second of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18 and ended on November 22, part two began on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0517-inside-out-co-exist-2-of-3/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Case IH 9120 Axial - Flow Combine [disquiet0517]

Disquiet Junto Project 0517: Inside Out (Co/Exist 2 of 3)

The Assignment: Record a minute or two of civilization.

This is the second of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18 and ended on November 22, part two began on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan (@morgulbee) Bland and Mark (@mzero) Lentczner for having proposed the project.

There is one step for this project: Record a minute or two of civilization: automobile traffic, jack hammers, conversations among people, refrigerator hums, electric toothbrushes, however it is that you might define civilization.

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Track notes:

This is a short binaural recording I made this morning in Pityarilla, the traditional Kaurna name for a section of the parklands to the south of the Adelaide CBD. I'd originally intended to make a recording in the city centre as everyone scrambles to do their xmas shopping, but as I passed through the parklands, I thought an intersection of lots of different sounds (natural and anthropogenic) - with a fair bit of acoustic transparency - might be the way to go. I think it adequately documents a beautiful late-Spring Saturday morning in Adelaide. 

A bit about the location itself: A narrow creek runs through through the park and a few years ago the banks were widened, filled with large rocks and reeds, and also revegetated with native plants. It's a huge improvement on the sad little creek that once wound its way past trash, decaying willows and other unwelcome non-native vegetation. Since this Adelaide Spring has been one of the wettest in over a decade, the creek is still full of water in late November, just on the cusp of Summer heat. It's also got frogs now! Spotted Grass Frogs (Limnodynastes tasmaniensi) - with big thanks to Jeremy Hegge for correctly identifying the species here. You can hear them throughout this recording.

The recording was made from a circular footbridge with benches on either side. I positioned the Zoom VR-03 on the bench facing the creek in an easterly direction. The Marshmallow Playground is adjacent to the creek and along with the aforementioned frogs, you will hear a children's birthday party, whilst a bicycle and people pass over the bridge. Birds feature on the near-periphery, and the thrum of morning traffic can be heard further afield.

[disquiet0517] Pityarilla frogs (Spotted Grass Frogs) [feat. civilisation](binaural rendering)

A few minutes of civilisation - walking around town with a Tascam on 27 November.

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More on this 517th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Inside Out (Co/Exist 2 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of civilization) – at: https://disquiet.com/0517/

This is the second of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18 and ended on November 22, part two began on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 2: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0517-inside-out-co-exist-2-of-3/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

disquiet0517 - 'go barry'

I combined undermulden's Coast at Møns Klint (disquiet0516) and Krakenkraft's Outside In: A Washing Machine [disquiet0517].  Both feature water.

undermulden's track was left alone and mixed down a bit.  Krakenkraft's track was duplicated several times, rearranged for a more consistent rhythm, and made a bit louder.  The washing machine "arrangement" gets louder as the track progresses, particularly at the 27 second mark.

Wavs (disquiet0518)

Alien Brunch // eclectic electronic music and photo art

Clickety Clack - Disquiet0517

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