like
this MP3, which I somehow found on SL*K, and don't know what record it came from.
Basically, I'm looking for stuff that will transport me to another place-- not necessarily through music, per se, but music can be involved in it, like it is in the example above. I've heard that some of the Sublime Frequencies records are good for this, but I haven't heard any of those in their entirety yet, and many of them seem to be focused on radio recordings, or field recordings of music performances. I'm more interested in stuff that takes me to the street level, where you can hear people yelling, wind blowing, cars and motorcycles driving by, dogs barking, rain falling, etc.
Anyone got any good leads?
― his face was burned off in a flaming crossbow accident (King Kobra), Thursday, 17 March 2005 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)
Oh good, these look interesting. Will check them out.
Anyone have any CD recommendations? Perhaps on the Sublime Frequencies label?
― his face was burned off in a flaming crossbow accident (King Kobra), Thursday, 17 March 2005 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)
I guess I understated the appeal of the music element in my original post. While these are interesting recordings, I think SOME musical component would make them more palatable. I like how the MP3 I posted above has the feeling of a street, but still has a subtle melody in the background that doesn't overwhelm the recording... I guess maybe I'm looking for stuff like that.
Incidentally, I went to the Tsukiji Fish Market not too long ago, and it was waaay louder than that! :) Oh, and why does the Beijing Night Market mp3 sound so strange? Sounds backwards and/or slowed down.
― his face was burned off in a flaming crossbow accident (King Kobra), Thursday, 17 March 2005 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)
Curated by Fällt designers Fehler, 'Invisible Cities' offers the opportunity to experience an intimate series of portraits of the world's cities painted with sound. you can download all 21 of the 5 minute tracks used in the installation. some of them are straight up field recordings. some are more processed. and the massimo track (catania) is just noise, of course.
i haven't listened to any of them in a while, but "recorded delivery" by janek schafer (under the "london" link) is a standout: 'Recorded Delivery' is a sound activated tape recording of a parcel travelling through the post office system from Exhibition Road, London to the room of the original installation in the Acorn Self Storage Centre, Wembley, London.
and i remember liking "moscow's heaven and underground vision" by sergey tishkov.
― Matt B. (Matt B.), Thursday, 17 March 2005 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)
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Saturday April 2nd
HEMLOCK TAVERN (1131 Polk Street/San Francisco)
10 PM $8 cover and they have a SMOKING ROOM!
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Master Musicians of Bukkake (from Seattle)
Sequel 4000 (Comedy Sketch group)
Pusser’s Phinn (Southeast Asian Molam and beyond)
A Film By Alvarius B. "Jazz Classics"(Javanese Puppets GO Avant Jazz!!!!) 30 minutes
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An Evening with Sublime Frequencies
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Niger: Magic and Ecstasy in the Sahel
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Sublime Frequencies Archives #3
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Tuareg Electric Guitar trance rock, Bori cult dance ceremonies, Fulani Folk and Roadhouse Gospel Rave-ups are some of the segments included in this celebration of life in the Sahel region of Africa, filmed by Hisham Mayet on location in Niger. Opening the program will be an exclusive glimpse into Southeast Asia captured in Cambodia, Burma, and Thailand by the Sublime Frequencies Collective: Explorers dedicated to acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers via film and video, field recordings, radio and short wave transmissions, international music, sound anomalies, and unique forms of human and natural expression. (90 min running time, plus talk).
― bashosings (basho), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)