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Antarctica: Musical Images from the Frozen Continent. CRAIG VEAR (Gruenrekorder 2012) Antarctica: Musical Images from the Frozen Continent is a fine thing to have in your possession. This dvd/book/cd release by Craig Vear is jam-packed with goodies, from field recordings…
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Alku. DAVID VÉLEZ (Taâlem 2012) Alone, but not isolated Sound creation in its initial form is destined to a short-lived exposure. Artist David Velez chose to rework this material and crystallise it as a 3‘’CD release on Taâlem records, a…
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The Birth of Wildlife Sound Recording research by Cheryl Tipp PART IV Vocabulary and the meaning of sounds In 1934 Ludwig Koch and Lutz Heck (Director of the Berlin Zoological Gardens) worked together on the first commercial publication to focus on…
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O Rio / The River. LUIS ANTERO (Impulsive Habitat 2012) O Rio is the first instalment of a much larger sound work currently occupying the ears of Portuguese field recordist Luís Antero. His plan is to document the sounds of…
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The Birth of Wildlife Sound Recording research by Cheryl Tipp PART III Mimicry The focus of the first wildlife publications was, unsurprisingly, birdsong. Each disc would normally contain one uninterrupted recording of a singing bird (or one on each side for…
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The Birth of Wildlife Sound Recording research by Cheryl Tipp PART II Recording in the Wild Cherry Kearton was responsible for the first recordings of wild birds when he captured the song of a Nightingale and a few phrases from a…