Sounds for a Performance Lecture at the 8th International Degrowth Conference in The Hague, 27th August 2021. 

Mostly field recordings matching the lyrics of the lecture. 

Credits to: 
Joseph Beuys - Ja Ja Ja, Ne Ne Ne (Licensed under Creative Commons)
Kieran Mahon- English Lullaby (as part of Sounding Nature- reimagined sounds)

Beuys, Morris And the Artistic Turn In Degrowth Roots(Audio)

Listening as Doorways to Futures is a collaborative, counter-intellectual sound collage that resists recent cultural and sociological claims that humanity is experiencing the ‘End of Imagination’. 

What if other worlds are out there, but just not visible with the current method of exploration? What if the empirical, data-driven and rigid scientific approach simply does not allow for other systems to be perceived, just as the image-centred world ignores other forms of experiencing? This artistic project aims to counter the claim of a loss of imagination and will exercise sound as a portal to different worlds by conglomerating field recordings from ten participants across the globe who aim to answer one simple question: which sounds open up doorways to futures? 

The project took place in form of two workshops with artists Chloe Kelly and Julian Willming. 
Concept: Julian Willming
Artistic Direction: Julian Willming & Chloe Kelly
Mastering: Julian Willming

We are grateful for the financial and strategic support by the Center of Experimental Humanities at the Open Society University Network and Central European University.

Listening As Doorways To Futures

These are demos of songs that I wrote over the last years. 
Some are recorded with minimal instrumentation, some include more instruments.
If you like the songs and are seriously interested in producing them, or want to book a concert, please hit me up! (valentinblum@posteo.de)

On The Day I Die DEMO

This is a sound that was electronically placed onboard the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. 

Golden Record: Mud Pots

Golden Record: Tame Dog

IROH

This audio illustrates a seismic event detected by NASA's InSight spacecraft on April 6, 2019, the 128th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Three distinct kinds of sounds can be heard, all of them detected as ground vibrations by the spacecraft's seismometer, called the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS): There's noise from Martian wind; the seismic event itself; and the spacecraft's robotic arm as it moves to take pictures. News release: https://go.nasa.gov/2VmCkdS
 
This event is the first likely marsquake recorded by the InSight team. Several other seismic events have been recorded but are much more ambiguous than this signal.
 
The audio underscores just how seismically noisy the Martian surface can be and was produced from two sets of sensors included with SEIS. You can hear sounds from the Very Broad Band sensors from your left speakers and sounds from the Short Period sensors from your right speakers. Audio from both sets of sensors have been sped up by a factor of 60; the actual vibrations on Mars would not have been audible to the human ear. Playback on headphones or speaker system recommended for best experience.

First Likely Marsquake Heard by NASA's InSight

silver star *raw*

Original space audio recordings provided courtesy of NASA and The University of Iowa. https://space-audio.org/

Voyager 1: Plasma Waves of the Bow Shock of Jupiter

Credit: UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory

STEREO: Solar Winds Passing by NASA Satellites

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, M. Russo & A. Santaguida

Chandra X-ray Observatory: Galactic Sonification

Singer-Songwriter based in Berlin.
Love for lyrics and soothing melodies.
Sometimes it happens that I end up making ambient music. ;)
Hit me up for collaborations, commissions or concerts. 
valentinblum@posteo.de
Instagram @vaddibum

On The Day I Die DEMO

Valentin Blum

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