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Transport, or UFO Landing #1

AL AIN -- I made this sound track for listening to when outside at nighttime, preferably while looking up at the night sky.

Original music made by Existential Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates, 2008 (using a home-made radio oscillator).

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Single track: 16'26"

Existential Soundtrack, #9

graphyAL AIN -- I intended this recording to be a travel companion for any kind of walking activity one might do in a city, town or country setting. Listen to this recording when you're walking down a busy street in Cairo, or when you're enjoying the humming silence of the Alps.

This psychogeographic recording captures the peaceful and harmonious sounds of grass hoppers in the early evening, while at the same time these natural sounds are coupled with constructed rhythmic oscillator frequency modulations to subtly enhance your sense of movement.

All the sounds in this recording are authentic and original, and were made in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (2008).

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Single track: 43 minutes, 21 seconds

OSM Sculpture 01

AL AIN -- Near the American School (see the building in the background. This photo is a view of the back of the school).

Art structure built (see foreground of photo), using materials found on site. We used old pieces of wood, bricks, and chunks of foundation concrete to make this On-the-Spot-Materials sculpture.

The OSM sculpture is made to be temporary. This one remained standing in its spot for three days, between September 6 2007 and September 9 2007, was photographed and viewed during that time, and then we disassembled it before the first day of school.

It was a dark and rainy night

AL AIN -- I made this recording (2007) using a simple Olympus micro digital recorder, wrapped in a zip-lock bag. The recording was done in the evening hours in Asharej district, near Twam hospital. There are six natural sounds, and one mechanical sound, that make up this "sound composition" recording. If you listen to the recording in it's entirety, 4 min. 19 sec., you'll hear the sound of rain, a human voice, a cat's meow, wind, thunder, a bird's chirp, and finally a (somewhat broken) music-box mechanism that I found in the wet sand. Enjoy.

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