Binaural recordings of sheep from the Fagermyr ranch in Oppdal, Norway, summer 2011.Bææææææææ!!!  The sheep are of the ancient Norwegian variety, they kind of look like a cross between goats and sheep.  On these recordings you can hear sheep being fed, sheep being herded, sheep running, sheep just chillin out in the woods, and of course some birds, sounds from cabin people in the distance, machines passing by, and just a tiny bit of human voice from me and members of my family.The recordings are basically unprocessed.


Sheep Shots

Some binaural recordings from the time I went on holiday to Tokyo.  I stayed in Sangubashi from the 15th of December 2013 until the 14th of January 2014.   Recordings mostly done in and around Sangubashi, Yoyogi, Ueno, Meguro, and Shinjuki.  Recorded with DIY binaural mics and a Sony PCM-D50 sound recorder. 

Binaural Tokyo

Thump thump thump thump thump thump thump.

Swamps Up Nostrils - thomp son

The somewhat mediocre but locally infamous MC Siv "Morna-Jens" Jensen laid down some vokills for this track.  She is screaming something about rival MC Jens "The Artist Previously Known As Statsministern" Stoltenberg.  They have done many battles on NRK and Skeet TV and stuff, but none of them are especially interresting to listen to, or to watch, so maybe watch someone else instead, like Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawkins or something.

Careface

01-Outside sangubashi station

02-A walk in the Meiji Shrine park

03-More birds and stuff at Meji Shrine park

04-Birds and a guy talking on cellphone and stuff at Meji Shrine park

05-Some running water near Meji Shrine

08-Evening train to Sangubashi

10-More girls yelling at the mall

16-Meanwhile, in Meguro, some birds are spooked by a passing car

18-Last train from Shinjuku to Sangibashi

19-Waiting for the Airport Express

20-On the Airport Express

I made a magic device that makes it possible for us to listen in on what's going on in the occult electromagnetic domain.  By attatching the knackpoints (crockodile clamps), to various metal personalities, the resonance of the hidden world can now be heard by human ears.  

This track is the audio coming from the device when it was connected to either a metal barbeque shaped like a pyramid, or a metal ladder lying on the ground, I can not quite remember.  The first bleep appeared from the device simultaniously as a train passed while it blew it's horn, it sounded quite joyous.  Then it turned very quiet, almost whispering only to itself, so I had to turn up the volume on the recording to hear the subtle fluxuations in it's enterpretation of the aura of the electromagnetic environment.

Swamps Up Nostrils - VLF -  3 - Pyramid bbq or metal ladder - Svartlamon 5 Mai 2011

Binaural documentation from the installation "Der ingen skulle tru at nokon kunne boote..." by artists Audun Eriksen and Arnfinn Killingtveit, shown at Gråmølna kunstmuseum in Trondheim as part of the Meta.morf biennale for art and technologi during May 2014, arranged by Trondheim Elektroniske Kunstsenter - TEKS.  The project is a recycled art project utilizing around 60 old computers, previously running the obsolete windows XP OS, now installed with Linux.  The computers are each running a Pure Data patch that gives them a form of crude sonic behaviour.  By listening to the sounds in the room, the computers searches for sustained recognizable notes, and upon hearing them, replies with their own bootylicious sounds, based upon the tone and the time intervals of the percieved sounds.  The screens also light up to illustrate when a computer is singing.  The computers can thus be interacted with acoustically by the audience.  They also just start to sing with eachother from time to time if left alone.  Upon the completion of the project, computers will be donated  to the public.

The recording was done with in-ear DIY binaural microphones and a Sony PCM-D50 sound recorder.

Picture by Vidar Schiefloe.

Der Ingen Skulle Tru At Nokon Kunne Boote... Binaural Documentation

Field recordings from Hemnkjølen, near the Auset family cabin, in Hemne kommune, Norway.  Mostly just birds, with a few human elements appearing from time to time in the background.  Recordings done with some DIY binaural  microphones and a sony PCM-D50 portable sound recorder on the morning of the 7th of June in 2014.  

Chirping In The Morning

Binaural recordings of sheep from the Fagermyr ranch in Oppdal, Norway, summer 2011.    Bææææææææ!!!   On these recordings you can hear sheep being fed, sheep being herded, sheep running, sheep just chillin out in the woods, and of course some birds, sounds from cabin people in the distance, machines passing by, and just a tiny bit of human voice from me and members of my family.  The recordings are basically unprocessed.

Swamps Up Nostrils - Sheep Shots - 01 - Ursau fra Fagermyr liker mel

Swamps Up Nostrils - Sheep Shots - 02 - Sheep that pass in the day

Swamps Up Nostrils - Sheep Shots - 03 - Fagerhaug forest sheepbience

Swamps Up Nostrils - Sheep Shots - 04 - Føggelsauhøvv

Swamps Up Nostrils - Sheep Shots - 05 - Silence of the rams

Had a walk along Ladestien in Trondheim, 11. December 2011, around noonish.  Recorded some binaural shots by the shore.  Just some relaxing winter ambience featuring the type of sounds you migth encounter in this area, like waves, birds, boats, planes, puny human hikers, and such.  Recorded with some DIY binaural microphones I made myself hooked up to my portable recorder.

Swamps Up Nostrils - 02 - The Sea and some seagull and duck and other stuff

New album PRONOIA OUT NOW on Mahorka netlabel!

For download, go to:

http://mahorka.org/release/215

Space migrate allready

Pure data patch archive documentation session: filename: fapsap1.pd 30.03.17.

Swamps Up Nostrils - Boghlibog

VriesVeld and Swamps Up Nostrils decides to collaborate.  This is what happens.

Swamps Up Nostrils & VriesVeld - Gateway to the cochlea

Documentation from the concert Swamps Up Nostrils and Ada Mathea Hoel played at Klubb Kanin 17.02.17, at Trondheim Kunstforening in Trondheim.  The recording was made with my old Sony PCM-D50, using it´s native microphones.  Was ment to tap the mixer, but something happened, as usual, so we only got the room recording.  

More ADA here:  https://soundcloud.com/adahoel

S.U.N.&ADA - Live@KlubbKanin170217

An older unreleased track found on my hard drive that was probably ment for some release but I have no clue anymore so here it is.

Swamps Up Nostrils - Ultra Bonus

Brought my recorder and my "loose fit" set of DIY binaural mikes when I went out cross-country skiing in Trondheim this afternoon.  The sounds were recorded around the light slopes going to and from the parking lot at Bekken, Estendstadmarka.  On this first track of six one can hear the crackling drone from some electrical power that crossed the ski slope.  In the background there is a hum from some machines in the city.  Also, some skiers pass by.

Swamps Up Nostrils - 01 - Knitreluft ved strømmast

Some binaural field recordings from Phuket, Thailand,  recorded between the 11 and 17 of March in 2012 while staying in and around Kata Beach for the most part.  Use comfortable headphones for best effect.

Swamps Up Nostrils - 19 - Russian couple arguing over a bass drone

Swamps Up Nostrils and VriesVeld have been at it again, resulting in their third collaborative track.  Manipulated mega-gongs, abstract electronic textures, and binaural samples among other things make up this further exploration into whatever it is they are exploring.

Swamps Up Nostrils & VriesVeld - Further explorations

Metaverk was a collaborative sound installation created by Arnfinn Killingtveit and Øyvind Brandtsegg, as a special opening project for Trondheim Electronic Arts Center´s new gallery space at Nedre Bakklandet 20C in Trondheim, and part of the program of the art festival Trondheim Open 2018.  The project was curated by Espen Gangvik.  It was shown from 1. November to 11. November.  The work activated the room by utilizing several computers, microphones, speakers and transducers.  Some of the computers were independent sound entities listening to their environment and responding in their own way, either directly or through abstracted memories of events passed, others were directly connected to interactive stations in the room, like furniture and windows with contact microphones that the audience could interact with and thus in a direct fashion play the room like an instrument.  The roof and windows were also rigged with transducers, making these parts also function as speakers.  The resulting expression was on of an everchanging generative soundscape.  Anything happening, or not happening, in the space, affected how the composition developed.

Metaverk

One hour of my computer making generative minimalistic bleeps and blops and pling plong without any progression of any sort and not much else going on, recorded live from a Pure Data patch in progress.  Another exploration in artificial stupidity and meaningless sonic behaviour.  The generative score is created by the computer listening to it´s nearby sonic environment(whatever is picked up by the microphones).  The score is then interpreted and transmuted into sound with the help of some simple oscillators and filters.

Computermizik1

After about one and a half decade of pink silence, The Order comes togheter to make a song reflecting on where they are in life.

The Order Of Pink Goats - My Goat

This EP is made out of samples from a probabilistic drum and bass machine reworked togheter with drones, generative synths, custom samplers, all made in Pure Data, then assembled in a multi track software of choise.

Swamps Up Nostrils - 01 - Mandag

Swamps Up Nostrils - 02 - Tirsdag

Swamps Up Nostrils - 03 - Onsdag

Swamps Up Nostrils - 04 - Torsdag

This track is a reconstruction of some sounds sent to me by Steinar Stensen during the Corona pandemic.  In addition to using Steinar´s files, I got some local cranes to lay down some vocals for the track.  The cranes, Tranhild and Tranulf, were recorded in April 2020, at their easter hangout at Gaustadvatnet, a small lake in the village of Korsveien, Melhus, Norway.

Swamps Up Nostrils - Crane Operator (Steinar Stensen Remixed)

Binaural recording done between Dalen Hageby and Lilleby in Trondheim, at a quarter past one on January 14th 2010, when I was out testing my DIY binaural earplug microphones, made from a couple of old earplugs and a couple of very cheap electret microphone elements.  I am very impressed with the sound quality on these I must say. This clip features some heavy machinery, cars, birds, and walking on a snow covered road.  (watch out for the car at 2:55!!)    

The recording was made with the DIY binaural mikes hooked up to a Sony PCM-D50 recorder.

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