Posts Tagged: Gruenrekorder
ACL 2014: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
Field recordings and soundscapes do much more than reflect the sounds of nature. They also delve into local culture and artificial sound environments; they serve as travelogues, historical statements, and calls to political action. An environment once captured is never
ACL 2014: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
Field recordings and soundscapes do much more than reflect the sounds of nature. They also delve into local culture and artificial sound environments; they serve as travelogues, historical statements, and calls to political action. An environment once captured is never
Hein Schoer ~ The Sounding Museum: Box of Treasures
The Sounding Museum: Box of Treasures is perhaps Gruenrekorder’s most elaborate production to date: a CD, audio DVD, DVD-ROM and softbound 419-page book, all enclosed in a black cardboard sleeve. It takes an entire day to peruse, but one would not
Hein Schoer ~ The Sounding Museum: Box of Treasures
The Sounding Museum: Box of Treasures is perhaps Gruenrekorder’s most elaborate production to date: a CD, audio DVD, DVD-ROM and softbound 419-page book, all enclosed in a black cardboard sleeve. It takes an entire day to peruse, but one would not
Louis Sarno ~ Song from the Forest
Listening to Song from the Forest, many older readers will think of the famous French duo Deep Forest. The duo helped increase interest in world music in the early nineties, but they also did the genre a slight disservice, creating an unfair
Louis Sarno ~ Song from the Forest
Listening to Song from the Forest, many older readers will think of the famous French duo Deep Forest. The duo helped increase interest in world music in the early nineties, but they also did the genre a slight disservice, creating an unfair
David Vélez ~ The Wait
“The wait” refers to time spent waiting in the darkness of the Columbian forest, making field recordings and wondering if one is going to be eaten by a jaguar, bitten by a pit viper, squeezed by an anaconda, brushed by
David Vélez ~ The Wait
“The wait” refers to time spent waiting in the darkness of the Columbian forest, making field recordings and wondering if one is going to be eaten by a jaguar, bitten by a pit viper, squeezed by an anaconda, brushed by
Peter Kutin ~ Burmese Days
We’re always looking for good music at A Closer Listen, but once in a while we realize that something is not only good, but important. Peter Kutin’s Burmese Days is one of these releases. There’s a good reason we haven’t heard much from
Peter Kutin ~ Burmese Days
We’re always looking for good music at A Closer Listen, but once in a while we realize that something is not only good, but important. Peter Kutin’s Burmese Days is one of these releases. There’s a good reason we haven’t heard much from
Sebastiane Hegarty ~ Four walks around a year
How well do you know the soundscape of your own neighborhood? Are you in tune with the seasonal changes, the cries of different birds, the direction in which they migrate, the flow of local river banks and drainage systems? Do
Sebastiane Hegarty ~ Four walks around a year
How well do you know the soundscape of your own neighborhood? Are you in tune with the seasonal changes, the cries of different birds, the direction in which they migrate, the flow of local river banks and drainage systems? Do
Merzouga ~ 52°46’ North 13°29’ East – Music for Wax-Cylinders
Berlin’s Erich Moritz von Hornbostel was one lucky musicologist. Unable to travel, he was aided by a Prussian emperor’s edict that required all wax cylinder music passing through the country to be brought to him. During the early 20th century,
Merzouga ~ 52°46’ North 13°29’ East – Music for Wax-Cylinders
Berlin’s Erich Moritz von Hornbostel was one lucky musicologist. Unable to travel, he was aided by a Prussian emperor’s edict that required all wax cylinder music passing through the country to be brought to him. During the early 20th century,
Christina Kubisch & Eckehard Güther ~ Mosaïque Mosaic
Eastern sounds are unfamiliar to most Western ears, and vice versa. What seems innocuous in one territory may be misinterpreted in another. Never is this more apparent than on the opening selection of Mosaïque Mosaic, as what seems at first to
Christina Kubisch & Eckehard Güther ~ Mosaïque Mosaic
Eastern sounds are unfamiliar to most Western ears, and vice versa. What seems innocuous in one territory may be misinterpreted in another. Never is this more apparent than on the opening selection of Mosaïque Mosaic, as what seems at first to
a closer listen 