Tag Archives: field recording

teufelsberg listening station

By jgrzinich | Published: February 10, 2010
It was a busy week in Berlin but one of the nice surprises was a visit to Teufelsberg, a former NSA ‘listening station’ that has been abandoned since the wall came down. This small complex of buildings sits on top of an artificial mountain of rubble left over from the second world war. A group [...]
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radio aporee sound/tracks workshop

By jgrzinich | Published: February 9, 2010
just a short report on the workshop at CTM which went very well considering the various weather conditions in Berlin this week. Udo Noll the creator and developer of Radio Aporee Maps has revived the possibility of integrating a GPS locating function that works with the main website. A small application loaded onto a GPS [...]
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sound workshop in Kiel

By jgrzinich | Published: February 9, 2010
From January 23rd to 29th I gave a workshop for Art Pedagogy students in Kiel. The theme was based around ’sound installation’ yet we went through many of the basics of the behavior and properties of sound as well as perception and social aspects of sound. I want to thank Pipe Lange for organizing this [...]
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formica aquilonia

By jgrzinich | Published: June 19, 2009
Formica aquilonia or Red Wood Ant is a species of ant commonly found in the area where I live. The ant colonies are easily recognizable by the large mounds that they build out of debris from the pine forests they inhabit. The mounds also tend to be clustered together. I’m not sure what is the [...]
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time’s arrow landing

By jgrzinich | Published: May 7, 2009
jgrzinich – time’s arrow landing maaheli editions 02, web release (1998/2009) Tracks: 1. ignition (10:42) 10:42, 21.1mb mp3 2. cooling the legions (17:00) 17:00, 32.8mb mp3 3. what is written in the clouds (12:35) 12:35, 24.6mb mp3 4. hollow drain (12:27)  12:27, 24.3mb mp3 Download the full album ( 100mb zip archive ) time’s arrow landing is something of a “lost” solo project [...]
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sound objects in the landscape

By jgrzinich | Published: March 17, 2009
During a recent revenant sound workshop in Tampere, Finland we took some time out to introduce a few basic recording techniques used in the field (it is good to remind ourselves that “field recording” is more a technique than a genre). This was to show what kind of things we do in practice to the [...]
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recorder test, part II

By jgrzinich | Published: March 4, 2009
For now I decided to focus on the Sony PCM-D50 and what kind of recorder you get “out of the box”. I don’t have a new Edirol HR-09 to test and I wouldn’t recommend getting the old model. The Sony unit feels sturdy and seems well made, even more so than my old Sony minidisc [...]
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what is field recording?

By jgrzinich | Published: September 22, 2008
This is a question I’ve been asking myself ever since I realized that “field recording” was something of a viable genre for many working with sound. Before hearing the term “field recording” (and I’ll throw in Phonography), I never thought much in making a distinction between working in or out in the field. I recorded [...]
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interview with Jez riley French

By jgrzinich | Published: July 17, 2008
After some email exchanges with Jez riley French we both felt there was plenty potential discussion surrounding our approaches to working with sound. Jez runs a great blog that reveals much about his artistic process, travels and interest in other artists whom he admires. After being asked to answer his 4 questions survey I thought [...]
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of coastal tanks and inland bunkers

By jgrzinich | Published: May 13, 2008
This past weekend I was in Riga to visit the Sound Forest festival. I could write about my impressions of the festival but I won’t. While there were a few good performances I enjoyed more the side activities that came with visiting friends in Riga. As is often the case we ended up exploring some [...]
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d-i-y hydrophones

By jgrzinich | Published: May 13, 2008
Here is a do-it-yourself Hydrophone we made during a workshop in Istanbul. All of the materials cost us about 3 Turkish lira for each Hydrophone (about €1.50 or $2) and the quality is good. Istanbul is great for materials especially in the Karaköy district near the Galata bridge. The material list is as follows: shielded stereo [...]
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nodar flowlines

By jgrzinich | Published: May 8, 2008
In April of 2008 I spent a month at the Binauralmedia residency in Nodar, Portugal. My interest was to carry out a sonic and visual survey of the landscape around the local village through a series of site-specific recording sessions. In particular I compared and contrasted the geographic lines caused by the natural water flows [...]
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