Biologist, naturalist and field recordist based in Estonia. 

"Sights and sounds of nature are fascinating, I try to capture them both on photos and sound recordings. Unfortunately the diversity of nature is fading away,  I hope that showing the beauty of nature will slow down the merciless destruction of nature by humankind."

Travel over 2,000 miles during spring bird migration 2019 with project lead Dr. Jacob Job and audio producer Jacqueline Van Meter to examine the mutual challenges that migratory birds and humans face due to human activity on the planet. 'Voices of a Flyway' stimulates active, mindful listening to nature, reintroduces us to the species and places of our past, deepens our connection to the natural world, and heals our collective mindset about our place within it. 

Project lead Dr. Job is a conservationist, science communicator, natural sounds recordist, National Geographic Explorer, and bird watcher. He travels the country and world, documenting the sounds of nature in our nation's most treasured lands, building connections between people and these places, and working to advocate for their protection.

As you can imagine we are under huge pressure at the moment and are working flat out to ensure Cafe OTO survives this. The impact of this situation is extremely acute for small venues like ours and we need all the support we can get to pull through. Please donate what you can, if you can. Thank you. 

Cafe OTO opened in April 2008 with the aim of providing a home for creative new music that exists outside of the mainstream. It comprises one large cafe/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music almost seven nights a week. 

OTOROKU is part of OTOProjects - a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that has been set up to manage the programme at Café Oto. Any profits from OTOROKU are put back into supporting what we do and will help us to continue programming the best musicians and performers from all over the world.

www.cafeoto.co.uk

Ploughing aural fields in remote North.

Field recordist, bird watcher and a digitized former darkroom rat living in little Makholma village on the West Coast of Finland by the Baltic Sea - 61N 21E

These recordings are done in AB stereo with omnidirectional microphones. With this technique everything in the field will be equally meaningful, even the silence behind the microphones. That's why you should use headphones!

My recordings are merely like a process than individual tracks, and should be considered in the context of my blog-alike site:  www.baltic.fi

For better quality, the tracks are downloadable as 24 bit flac. For commercial use, please take contact.

You will find my videowork here: https://vimeo.com/holotna/videos 

And pics from the places of recordings: https://holotna.pic.fi/kuvat/


Tekijä on Makholman kalarannan liepeillä majaansa pitävä digitalisoitunut pimiörotta. Intohimona linnut, meri ja vanhat puupurret.

Errant Bodies is an independent press publishing writings and works on sound culture, spatial arts, experimental performance and poetic and political thought since 1995. This includes an ongoing series of audio releases documenting diverse forms of audio experimentation and research. Originally launched as a literary arts journal in Los Angeles in 1992, Errant Bodies works at supporting diverse approaches and voices from a range of cultural fields and communities. This includes organizing events and research through its related studio in Berlin, as well as through collaborations with academic and non-academic institutions.

Small photo: Telinga Modular. Please see: 
www.telinga.com/products/pro-series/kits/telinga-modular/
Large photo: SCHOEPS parabolic dish set. Buy from: https://schoeps.de/en/products/special-microphones/parabolic-dish/parabolic-dish-set.html

sound | ecology | ornithology | herpetology 

here, you find a selection of recordings from my archive. if you want to use one of my recordings for your project, please get in touch.

thank you for listening!

RIVERSSSOUNDS is a platform for virtual sonic experiences and an online residency program.

RIVERSSSOUNDS invites you to navigate the rivers of Europe via the microphones of sound artists. By using digital tools and artistic imagination, RIVERSSSOUNDS is a virtual portal for connecting the physical realities of different cities through sound.

A river is a constant flow. It crosses borders yet remains a steady contour on a map, even as borders change. A river is a part of the fabric of cities, generating specific industries, recreational activities, and cultural identities. Nevertheless, a river itself is not belonging. Rather, it runs across the land, constantly reminding us of how much we share in spite of borders.

RIVERSSSOUNDS unites sound artists working with soundscapes and field recording. Each month the platform hosts up to three online residents from different European countries that are based in cities with a river. The residents collaborate to create sound works reflecting the identity of the river in their cities. In addition, each resident holds an artist talk, contributes to the sound library with field recordings of their river and a soundwalk. Final artworks are presented each month online.

For the first edition, the platform will host 16 monthly residencies from December 2020 until June 2021.

Сuratorial team: Zhan Pobe, Anna Khvyl, Anamaria Pravicencu
Contact: riversssounds@gmail.com

RIVERSSSOUNDS is iorganized by DZESTRA (Chernivtsi, UA) in partnership with SEMI SILENT / Asociaţia Jumătatea plină (Bucharest, RO) and supported by the European Union under the House of Europe programme.

www.riversssounds.org
www.fb.com/riversssounds
www.instagram.com/riversssounds

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