Geophones, hydrophones, contact mic and 6 omnidirectional microphones

Notes
As the light diminished, the volcanic palette undergoes a kaleidoscopic transformation, revealing an iridescence a spectral shimmering.

The sands embody the ethereal interplay of otherworldly pigments that defy earthly conventions.
Listening with multispecies ecologies: volcanic rock pools teeming with life , hermit crabs, Black Sea urchin, Goby and Shrimp, with tides crashing nearby. Human perception and language too limited to describe these multiplicitous worlds.

Using  geophones to  convert ground movement (velocity) into voltage, in attempt to pick up subterranean vibrations. The deviation of this measured voltage from the base line is called the seismic response and is analysed for structure of the earth.
In this majestic Canary Islands. We discovered alien, enigmatic volcanic landscapes, lava fields and magical caves and art by Cesar Manrique. An island carved and shaped with creativity and art.

Speculative Field Trip: Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote

The Marais Du Verdier is a rich marshland made up of four former fishponds totalling 120 hectares, with a variety of habitats (reedbeds, bulrushes, salt meadows, ponds, tamarisk groves). This recording captures the intense amphibian chorus after dusk, with many Stripeless Tree Frogs (hyla meridionalis) vocalising. 

Recorded 10.05.2024
Zoom F3 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)

Amphibian Chorus - Les Marais Du Verdier, Camargue, France

VLF receiver, Shortwave Radios, Field Recordings, up-pitched Schumann Resonance calibrated locally on June 4, 2024

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Fire Sky June 4 Pt 6 Higher Ghost Deeper

Song for Zofia

This may be the final or phoenix edition of the Rifles & Garbage Podcast as I seek social medial detox and the travelling cures for the next 2 months. "On Fire" includes poems by Charles Whittaker, Tony Brewer, George Christian, Palestinian poet Hiba Abunnada and a special forest fire narration & field recordings by Phil Mill. Poems and various vocal assertions about language and life forms on the brink of extinction by myself as well as the weaving field recordings and sonic textures by yours truly. And special thanks to Tony Brewer for the extended field recording of the cicada double brood from Belle, MIssouri (USA) which allowed me to breath more deeply and orchestrate this virtual commingly of spaces, places and voices. Have a great summer. Be great, everybody, one and all. Because you were meant to be so. 
Selected Bibliography. On the Hawaiin land reclaimation movement
MĀLAMA MĀKUA   https://www.malamamakua.org/
On the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza
https://thebaffler.com/latest/running-amok-turfah
Further field recordings by Phil Mill
https://soundcloud.com/phil-mill1
Find Tony Brewer and Charles Whittaker on Facebook.
George Christian's music: https://soundcloud.com/georgechristian

Rifles & Garbage Podcast "On Fire" #6

According to the sound approach brilliant online reference about Tawny Owls; some of the calls in this Tawny Owl, on a late summer evening is 'pulsed hooting'. Mixed in with the usual hooting we come to expect from them. For sure I will be returning to this spot as summer turns to autumn and the owls start to become more active.
Note: Also distant fox calling in background

Tawny Owl: Pulsed Hooting

This time accompaniment with prepared zither (paper clips, gliss rods, chopsticks, a Hans Reichel style self-made whammy slide, ebow)  "Sortie" in French: output, exit, outlet, release, outflow, outing. "Sept" because it's September and the Latin root word for seven because there will be seven pieces upon completion of the cycle. I wanted, still want to, maybe call it "Sept Saties", owing to the fact I was thinking whimsically of the composer, Erik Satie, these first days of Autumn, with the chestnuts and leaves beginning to detach. All these pieces will use the same sound stem composed of field recordings made over the Summer (including hydrophones and VLF) from Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. Number 5.

Sept(ember) Sorties #5

A herd of red cows approaching us from front and passing by on a warm September noon of 2019 at the hills of Southern Urals. Lots of energetic mooing, shepherd shouts and whistles, some birds chirping and moderate wind. I love this recording for its brutal and raw energy.
Recorded with Nevaton VR FOA mic into Zaxcom Fusion 12, decoded to binaural with Harpex-X plugin. Please listen on headphones for correct spatial reproduction.

Red Cows at Southern Urals_BINAURAL

Sounds recorded June 11, 2024 -- various microphones, hydrophones -- location: 48.887794, 16.727820 -- Czech Republic -- a pond & canal mostly covered in duckweed near a water processing/distribution facility, proved to be a very deep listener's oasis.

Stinkovka Composition 1

Parabolic Reflector, Stereo  - Jecklin Disk

Common Raven (Background:Black Woodpecker, Treecreeper)

My work with radio as a decided sound source goes back to 1991. Those who'd like to trace my backstory are kindly invited to visit my blog. transparent-abelard.blogspot.com/2023/01/…eff.html  Radio Art is still not very systematically assesed (thank the gods). Some think they are "radio art" because they work now or once worked at a radio station or program. Radio Art involves both all that and anything and all things alien and other which gets into the stream of what we are calling radiomagnetic spectrum waves. My practice in this field is both scientific and experimental in terms of the sound released. I use several radios and resampling devices out in the open field in the open air. I study atmospheric conditions and monitor space weather. I don't have many friends who can follow what I'm talking about and this fact often makes me gaslight my very own self at times. Be that as it once have maybe been, I feel, through, after, many years of meditatiion in this field that radiosferism is alterity orientation (relatedness to the other) and that it's non-dualist apperceptions concieve the ordinal within irregularities. Radio art in my practice has the task to create a consciousness manifold able to receive many messages simulataneously, akin to a mycelium. There is no soloist in the radio context. Even if I work most often alone.

Radio Noise Non Soloist

Nature Sound Recordings, Wildlife Sound, Field Recordings

Tawny Owl: Pulsed Hooting

Phil Mill - Wildlife and Nature Sounds

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