Saturday, January 31, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Rain in Al Ain Revisited
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
If You Were Awake...
...at 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning (January 14, 2009), you would have known first-hand...
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...that we had thunder, lightning, and rain in Al Ain.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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
Monday, April 7, 2008
It's Like You're Really There, Series, No.1
AL AIN -- This is a sound and picture project, "It's Like You're Really There", and it's best experienced when looking at the supplied picture (above) and listening to the accompanying sound file (click on the conch shell icon below). No.1 in the series is "Tire change in Sinaiyah industrial area, 2008".
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2'59"
Monday, March 10, 2008
Electroplexy
AL AIN -- We don't need air conditioners right now (it's been quite cool), and I've almost forgotten what they're like when they're on. This is a sound recording of an air conditioner with child's voice, a clock's pull-chain, and water faucet sound. I taped the recorder (not shown) onto the outside of the air conditioner in order to get an extreme close-up sound recording of the air conditioner (and the sounds inside the villa). A villa in Markhaniya district, with permission.
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5 minutes, 25 seconds
Thursday, February 28, 2008
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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