The work at hand, “Habitats”, deals with habitats, areas and living spaces. In this particular case, these spaces were created from a pool of acoustic field recordings I realised while in Finland in Spring of 2007. Over the course of the past year, I have, for various reasons, increasingly been absorbed by the sounds emited by nature. The piece researches the interplay between natural elements on the one hand and passages I arranged at a later stage on the other. It deals with directional hearing and of course with the vast array of bird voices – as well as the silence one can detect in between all of these different sound sources.

Listen to excerpt:
http://www.3leaves-label.com/files/habitats_excerpt.mp3

150 copies, CD-R, 3L002, 2010

Photos: Anne-Berit Riek
Identification (Birds): Patrick Franke
Translation: Tobias Fischer
Layout and Design: Àkos Garai
Recordings: Lasse-Marc Riek

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http://www.3leaves-label.com/index.html

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Lately I did a lot of testing to get better / more realistic sounding recording. At this moment, to my opinion, the Jecklin disc method gives me the most satisfying results. BUT the difference in stereo image (in comparrison to my mid/side set) is most noticeable when using headphones. So my question to you all is. What do you think your audience is using for listening to your material? Do you anticipate on this?
My idea would be that more and more people are most of the time using mp3-players to listen to music/sound. Does someone know if there has been done some research on this?

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“Growing Up With Shanghai” is a series of soundwalks with young Shanghainese who were born and raised during the rapid modernization of their city in the 1980s and 1990s. These recordings capture not only their most intimate memories of the locations where they grew up, but also the progress and growth Shanghai has undergone in the past 30 years. The current sounds of Shanghai can be heard behind the dialog and also serve as an audio document for future generations of Shanghainese. All dialogue is in Shanghainese or in their local dialect.

In 1978, China began its road to reform. Today we can see its tremendous result- and this is only the beginning. The ‘soundwalkers’ in this project were born between 1978 and 1985 in the Municipality of Shanghai. As Shanghai matured during these reforms, so did they in their own lives. ‘Hidden’ within their memories, they reveal small and indirect references to how these locations looked and felt. The city of Shanghai is alive and changes and grows just like any living thing- becoming stronger, more intelligent, and more beautiful.

Like sound itself, this project can be experienced and interpreted on many levels. On the surface it may just be a field recording of street sounds in another language, it could be everything I mention here, or something totally different. Whatever you get from these recordings, transcripts, and photos is exclusive only to you and your imagination. I hope that it makes Shanghai less intimidating and familiar to you and that if you do come, you try to experience a more intimate side of Shanghai by following one of these on your own.

A book of transcripts and photographs of each walk is available to further enhance your experience and to totally immerse you in each location. With this book, you are able to understand their stories as well as navigate through the routes that were taken on that day. The first edition will be a limited edition print of 200 books. The entire project was recorded, designed, printed, and hand-numbered and packaged in Shanghai, China and is truly a piece of Shanghai in your hands.

This project is not another tour guide. It shows the reality of Shanghai through sounds of the city and its people. Through the memories of its inhabitants and the imaginations of others, the city of Shanghai extends to beyond its boundaries to wherever you are.

I hope that you enjoy your experience of this project and that one day your imagination leads you here.

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The Listen to Africa expedition is a two year journey by bicycle to record some of the sounds of Africa – from oral histories and music to soundscapes and wildlife; recording and publishing sound seems an appropriate way to communicate from a continent that has so much to say and is so rarely heard outside of its own borders.

While we have no fixed ideas about the subject matter, the Listen to Africa website will inevitably reflect the interests of the team: human rights and humanitarian welfare, wildlife and environmental protection, music and citizen journalism. We are also keen to work with African people and groups along the way, especially in local and community radio, podcasting and blogging. If you work in these areas, and if you’re interested in working with us, we’d love to hear from you.

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Today I undertook my first attempt to do a real Fieldcore recording. For me the biggest difference with my ordinary working method is that I couldn’t use my diesel powered van.  So I took off on my bike. The first thing that became clear riding my bike is that this is a way more effective way to mentally prepare myself to do a recording. The smooth transition in audible landscape makes you way more aware of your surroundings. Normally I am in my car listening to the radio. I drive to a point I looked up on my computer. Most of the time these locations do not live up to my expectations from a audible point of view. Also to sudden transtion makes that my ears are not opened up the same way I noticed today during my ride on the bike.

I tought I checked my equipment enough before leaving home, but none the less one of my piezobuffers refused to work. Also one of my Schoeps mics started to generate some strange noise effect. Moist? Last few weeks I tried not to use the windjammer as often as I was used to. Maybe the humidity of this season plays a bigger role when I leave out the windjammer.

So after all not a very productive recording session but for sure a pleasant experience.

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