Knucklecracker

Mono recording of cracking ice. The hydrophone was placed in an ice hole, just below the underside of the ice surface. The ice was covered with a layer of snow.

Date: 2021/03/08 10:05:24
Location: Switzerland, Engadin, Lake Sils, 9.7333320°E 46.4167213°N 
Recording: Sound Devices Mix-Pre6II, Aquarian Audio Hydrophone H2a XLR
Postprocessing: gentle lowcut at 80 hz, normalized to -35 db LUFS

Crackling Ice I, ice hole of Lake Sils, Engadin, CH, H2a, 2021/03/08 10:05:24

Mono recording of cracking ice. The hydrophone was placed deep in an ice hole. The ice was covered with a layer of snow.

Date: 2021/03/08 10:34:40
Location: Switzerland, Engadin, Lake Sils, 9.7333320°E 46.4167213°N 
Recording: Sound Devices Mix-Pre6II, Aquarian Audio Hydrophone H2a XLR
Postprocessing: gentle lowcut at 80 hz, normalized to -35 db LUFS

Crackling Ice II, deep in an ice hole of Lake Sils, Engadin, CH, H2a, 2021/03/08 10:34:40

Mono recording of cracking ice. The hydrophone was placed in a crevasse and used as a contact microphone. The ice was covered with a layer of snow.

Date: 2021/03/09 11:36:08
Location: Switzerland, Engadin, Lake Silvaplana, 9.7921880°E 46.4455323°N 
Recording: Sound Devices Mix-Pre6II, Aquarian Audio Hydrophone H2a XLR
Postprocessing: C4 dynamic EQ, lowcut at 160 hz, normalized to -35 db LUFS

Cracking Ice, hydrophone contact, Lake Silvaplana, Engadin, CH, H2a, 2021/03/09 11:36:08

Mono recording of cracking ice, recorded in an ice hole in Lake Hukejaure in Swedish Lapland. The ice was covered with a thick layer of snow.

Date: 2025/03/09 06:32:12
Location: Sweden, Lapland, Lake Hukejaure, 17.9709374°E 67.9366734°N 
Recording: Zoom F3, Aquarian Audio Hydrophone H2a XLR
Postprocessing: normalized to -35 db LUFS

Cracking Ice, hydrophone in ice hole, Lake Hukejaure, Lapland, SE, H2a, 2025/03/09 06:32:12

Recording of the cracking and whistling of the ice cover on Lake Stora Trehörningen in Tiveden National Park in Sweden. 
Overnight, a new, very thin layer of ice had formed on the lake, and early in the morning, the sound of the ice cracking could be heard, spreading across the lake like a whistle and echoing back from the other shore. 

Date: 2023/04/02 05:14:10
Location: Sweden, Tiveden National Park, Lake Stora Trehörningen, Käringaudden, 14.5603618°E 58.7262492°N
Recording: Zoom F3, two Sennheiser MKH 8040, Cinela Albert with windjammer, ORTF, tripod
Postprocessing: gentle RX noise reduction, normalized to -10 db peak

Whisteling Ice I, Lake Stora Trehörningen, SE, MKH 8040 ORTF, 2023/04/02 05:14:10

Recording of the cracking and whistling of the ice cover on Lake Stora Trehörningen in Tiveden National Park in Sweden. 
Overnight, a new, very thin layer of ice had formed on the lake, and early in the morning, the sound of the ice cracking could be heard, spreading across the lake like a whistle and echoing back from the other shore. 

Date: 2023/04/02 05:30:20
Location: Sweden, Tiveden National Park, Lake Stora Trehörningen, Käringaudden, 14.5603618°E 58.7262492°N
Recording: Zoom F3, two Lewitt LCT540s, two Cyclons medium with windjammer, ORTF, tripod
Postprocessing: gentle RX noise reduction, normalized to -10 db peak

Whisteling Ice II, Lake Stora Trehörningen, SE, LCT540s ORTF, 2023/04/02 05:30:20

Recording of the cracking and whistling of the ice cover on Lake Stora Trehörningen in Tiveden National Park in Sweden. 
Overnight, a new, very thin layer of ice had formed on the lake, and early in the morning, the sound of the ice cracking could be heard, spreading across the lake like a whistle and echoing back from the other shore. 

Date: 2023/04/02 05:40:21
Location: Sweden, Tiveden National Park, Lake Stora Trehörningen, Käringaudden, 14.5603618°E 58.7262492°N
Recording: Zoom F3, two Lewitt LCT540s, two Cyclons medium with windjammer, ORTF, tripod
Postprocessing: gentle RX noise reduction, normalized to -10 db peak

Whisteling Ice III, Lake Stora Trehörningen, SE, LCT540s ORTF, 2023/04/02 05:40:21

Recording of the cracking and whistling of the ice cover on Lake Stora Trehörningen in Tiveden National Park in Sweden. 
Overnight, a new, very thin layer of ice had formed on the lake, and early in the morning, the sound of the ice cracking could be heard, spreading across the lake like a whistle and echoing back from the other shore. 

Date: 2023/04/02 06:40:35
Location: Sweden, Tiveden National Park, Lake Stora Trehörningen, Käringaudden, 14.5603618°E 58.7262492°N
Recording: Zoom F3, two Sennheiser MKH 8040, Cinela Albert with windjammer, ORTF, tripod
Postprocessing: gentle RX noise reduction, normalized to -10 db peak

Whisteling Ice IV, Lake Stora Trehörningen, SE, MKH 8040 ORTF, 2023/04/02 06:40:35

Recording of the cracking and whistling of the ice cover on Lake Stora Trehörningen in Tiveden National Park in Sweden. 
Overnight, a new, very thin layer of ice had formed on the lake, and early in the morning, the sound of the ice cracking could be heard, spreading across the lake like a whistle and echoing back from the other shore. 

Date: 2023/04/02 07:01:35
Location: Sweden, Tiveden National Park, Lake Stora Trehörningen, Käringaudden, 14.5603618°E 58.7262492°N
Recording: Zoom F3, two Lewitt LCT540s, two Cyclons medium with windjammer, ORTF, tripod
Postprocessing: gentle RX noise reduction, normalized to -10 db peak

Whisteling Ice V, Lake Stora Trehörningen, SE, LCT540s ORTF, 2023/04/02 07:01:35

virtual wandering through soundscapes of the world

Boldly listening..

I experiment.

Dawdling through a little observation that I'm making in the time it takes to write this, an arrogant yet charmingly soothing voice begins to ask, "isn't the answer obvious?"
Hearing the almost rhetorical sounding sarcastic tone used, I realised it was my own voice. I hadn't really talked to myself in a while. We needed a break.
Don't feel bad for him, he's like one of those Christians that hates Christians because he thinks he's the only one that really knows Jesus.

With an almost off-putting but bewildering amount of condescending confidence he continued;
"Repetition in composition is inevitable with only finite waves to hear, the turn from chaotic into static and only so many years with your ears I fear my dear that the end may be slightly nearer than near in hearing musics mystical cheer. In hindsight despite and spite that we try as we might our bright light of mysterious musical delight may have faded into the night before our time in the light. Now might be time to try rise above and reflect. Think about the love that those timelessly nostalgic, mind-numbing beats left and those earth-shattering guitar leads that brought us to our knees as we wept, and what that brought into our lives instead. Or wait for our self driven demon technology to invent better ears."

With another short contemplation over a seemingly accurate observation, I have this to say... to myself.
Shut up, go back to whatever hole I hid you in and let me listen.

So in the meantime if by surprise my eyes de-synchronise and then begin to drop in an instinctual response to your door-slamming drops or finally I'm finding myself at ease in the feelings that play the keys in your melodic synth leads then expect a like and repost.

But if you've got that sound, a sound that surrounds and drowns the bounds of my existence with that tantalising tingle of cleverly disguised talent untouched by the wolves that hunt it so, that's when I really begin to listen because the reality of me has finally been evaded, my worries have evaporated, matter has disintegrated and all that matters within and all that remains are the soothing synths, the harmonising riffs and the samples I example my being's being on.
Then and only then, I begin believing I'm beaming my very being into seeing the present and beyond and before and any tribulational trial or existential denial dissipates destined to eradicate as your mind state contemplates a perspective of pure creation and joy.
From there the fair yet poignant point pointing right back at you is you.

Birth to Earth and back again, let's make our time worth living in.

If you brought me this sensation I will let you know in a comment.
So thank you for all you do my community of unity in intentional vibrational lesson expressionists.

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Captains Log 03/04/2018
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It's been a shitty few months, the potion to my illness is the emotional duress in the mess of our contradicting convincing conviction we sing called song.

Both my canine companion and beloved Pop passed away this year. This of course combining with all the other horrors of life, one of which also contains losing my job as a 3D/Motion Graphic Artist which was a dream come true unfortunately. But you know, time and all that jazz and I'll be rich and famous any day soon.
So on that note if you have any work I'm willing to do whatever nonsense you can't be bothered with.
I'm an all rounder creatively but primarily Motion Graphics, VFX and cool stuff like that. And I GUESS I can do some pamphlets and whatever. So drop us a line. In return I'll reward you with appreciation and a new pair of socks (presumably after losing yours when I blow them off with your new product).

E: jimpicard47@gmail.com

Artwork's by me obviously looking at the quality.

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