dears, pardon for cross-posting, we'll have a 1h listening session today at 18:30 Europe/Berlin time! Sam Auinger has brought a mobile live microphone to Siebentischwald near Augsburg.
Later this evening at 9:00pm CEST we'll move ears over to Suffolk Coastal area, UK, where Peter Cusack has choosen an interesting palce for his mobile microphone.
20/04/2021 6:30-7:30pm CEST - Augsburg, Siebentischwald, by Sam Auinger
20/04/2021 9:00-10:00pm CEST, Fen Covert, Suffolk Costal area, UK - woodland by Peter Cusack
20 April 2021
u
11:28
unosonic
SA
17:24
Sam Auinger
dears,..katrin and I we will start to walk to the forest and will be close to the position of the device...we will follow and participate on the chat..see you later...sam
SA
18:25
Sam Auinger
18:26
How it Looks Herr
18:28
Sorry for the Herr..it meant here!!!
u
18:32
unosonic
how far from the city is this plax
18:32
place
18:33
is this a natural stream?
18:34
forgot to post the direkt link: https://aporee.org:8443/samic
SA
18:36
Sam Auinger
No it’s one of the many channels being build already 200 years ago
18:37
some background to the area
18:39
we are maybe 45 minutes walking distance to the center of the city
KE
18:41
Katrin Emler
18:46
The weather conditions are perfect for a early evening walk
u
18:49
unosonic
relatively few birds it seems. We hear a Coal tit (Tannenmeise) and Robins (Rotkehlchen)
18:52
that was a bike, and a runner. That's also what is nature to many. A thing to use for self care, sports, and other "service functions".
SA
18:53
Sam Auinger
For these activities the Forest is used extensivly
PC
18:54
Peter Cusack
Hello. The birds seem to be increasing.
SA
18:56
Sam Auinger
Hi peter,.. yes it’s also getting warmer..wheater is changing again..and we have a nice evening sun
u
18:57
unosonic
Buchfink pretty close
PC
18:57
Peter Cusack
Sounds a nice place to be
SA
19:01
Sam Auinger
50m away from our mic Position a locked up area starts where all the drinking water for Augsburg comes from..
PC
19:02
Peter Cusack
the changing pitched drones of the bikes that pass by give an interesting musicality
SA
19:04
Sam Auinger
For me it’s a musical place ..some Sonic patterns and gestures in variation
PC
19:08
Peter Cusack
Am listening on headphones and the interplay between the coal tits is very rhythmic
19:13
Are the mics on the ground or placed higher in a bush?
u
19:14
unosonic
Little Sam created a mess, have to have a break... ;)
SA
19:16
Sam Auinger
They mics are very much on the ground, on a little slope towsrds the water
PC
19:19
Peter Cusack
A woodpecker
KE
19:21
Katrin Emler
The light is changing now
19:22
Sun is not touching the ground anymore
PC
19:22
Peter Cusack
there seem to be more people
KE
19:23
Katrin Emler
Not more but more talking
PC
19:24
Peter Cusack
Ahh. Sound tells many things but not all
SA
19:31
Sam Auinger
In a couple of minutes we will break down the Recording setup and Head back..Thank you for joining..sam+katrin
u
19:34
unosonic
thanks Katrin + Sam!
PC
19:34
Peter Cusack
Many thanks Sam/Katrin. some laughter as the finale.
PC
u
21:01
unosonic
also on air on radio aporee
PC
21:02
Peter Cusack
It is a wet woodland in East Suffolk, UK - a nature reserve called Fen Covert
21:02
21:02
21:02
u
21:05
unosonic
is it an wet area? I hear the Bittern again...
PC
21:07
Peter Cusack
The weather here for the last few days has been sunny but the air is still cold. But birds are very active. Those cries in the background are wild peacocks - an import from the British Empire. There is a large reed bed about 1km away where biterns and other marsh creatures live. The bittern 'boom' (it's call) carries a long distance.
21:09
The light has started to fall.
u
21:10
unosonic
someone walks by...
PC
21:12
Peter Cusack
There are close footsteps in the dead leaves - could be deer or a phesant, a fox or a person. But this is away from any human path.
Caroline Claus joined group by link from Group
u
21:14
unosonic
Caroline, do you see previous posts?
21:14
just curious
Samuel Kudjodzi joined group by link from Group
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21:16
unosonic
some birds are quite close. I love that fluttering sound of the wings
PC
21:16
Peter Cusack
hi Caroline, everyone
FG
21:16
Flavien Gillié
Hi Peter, nice ambience !
21:16
Are there frogs sometimes?
CC
21:17
Caroline Claus
Hi Peter, Flavien, Udo, I don't see previous posts
PC
21:17
Peter Cusack
I've not heard frogs.
u
21:17
unosonic
how far is the sea?
PC
21:17
Peter Cusack
Maybe 1.5km
21:19
These streams really show that most birds move around all the time they are singing.
CC
21:19
Caroline Claus
singing together > spatial
u
21:19
unosonic
I'm really fascinated by the Bittern calls, along with the Hering gulls it's a rather dark background soundscape.
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FS
21:21
Fritz Schlüter
This is great. Cheers!
PC
21:21
Peter Cusack
Yes, closeness of some bird and the distance of other plus the forest reverb is incredibly spatial. Birds would never come this close if you were there in person making recordings
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PC
21:22
Peter Cusack
There's owl in the distance.
u
21:24
unosonic
2 Bittern calling now, no?
JT
21:25
Julia Tieke
Really nice
PC
21:25
Peter Cusack
Yes, I think so. The local ornithologist do spectrograms to identify the indivduals and count how many are here.
JY
21:25
Joseph Young
The peacocks really are wild. What a sound
u
21:25
unosonic
Hi Fritz, welcome! Also Tomek and Samuel!
FS
21:26
Fritz Schlüter
Nice to know you all alive and well!
JY
21:26
Joseph Young
It’s a lovely collective experience
u
21:28
tawny owl comes closer
JY
21:29
Joseph Young
...knowing that others are listening with you
u
21:29
unosonic
reminds me on ... radio ;)
JT
21:29
Julia Tieke
🎉
JY
CC
21:32
Caroline Claus
Reminds me >> book by M Fisher (The Weird and the Eerie) + Audio Essay On Vanishing Land with J Barton : Suffolk
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JY
JT
21:33
Julia Tieke
What is this more technical sound far away? Sometimes there is this rhythmic very soft sound
SA
21:33
Sam Auinger
In reply to this message
Hi peter just joined and really like the spatiality of this setting at the place you found
u
21:33
unosonic
Julia, you mean "ouuup ouuup"? ;)
JT
21:34
Julia Tieke
Yees 🙂
u
21:34
unosonic
JY
JT
u
21:34
unosonic
Eurasian Bittern (Rohrdommel)
JT
21:34
Julia Tieke
Cool, very weird
u
21:36
unosonic
the lamenting cries in the background are Herring gulls (Silbermöwen)
PC
21:36
Peter Cusack
Those are the peacocks!
21:38
THis is definitely a place of ghosts and will-o-the-wisps, maids of the mist.
CC
21:38
Caroline Claus
In reply to this message
.. based on a walk in Suffolk, from coast Felixstowe inland to Woodbridge (xtra layer)
PC
21:39
Peter Cusack
Evil black dogs are part of folklore here. One has left scorch marks on a local church 400 years ago - still visible today.
JY
21:39
Joseph Young
Such a variety of calls
CC
21:40
Caroline Claus
In reply to this message
. . they changed the project: "the landscape demanded to be engaged with in its own terms."
PC
21:41
Peter Cusack
There's a woodcock flight call
21:42
Dark has fallen. No more light.
CC
21:42
Caroline Claus
Peter, what is the weather like?
PC
21:42
Peter Cusack
Beautiful but cold
JY
21:43
Joseph Young
The late great Mark Fisher
u
21:44
unosonic
have to warn you that sounds may stop in 15min... there's maintainance going on and the network could restart... we'll see
PC
21:44
Peter Cusack
The train line is more than 8km away
SK
21:46
Samuel Kudjodzi
This is golden:listening live.😊👍🏽
JY
SA
21:48
Sam Auinger
Thank you Peter for this very special liatening session I just had the pleasure for the last 20 minutes.
PC
21:50
Peter Cusack
Ducks flying past
u
21:52
unosonic
...many ears listen eagerly from unknown places for the passage of time and the presence of others...
PC
21:54
Peter Cusack
small strange noises i can't identify
u
21:56
unosonic
causes me pain to think what we have lost already at many places, what diversity and polyphony
22:01
in case of connection crash: thanks for beeing here! and thanks Peter for another interesting location. stay tuned for more, or find your own spot and let me know, I'll help you getting it on air ...
CC
JT
22:04
Julia Tieke
Thanx
CC
FG
22:05
Flavien Gillié
Thanks a lot, it was great to listen with you all.
PC
22:08
Peter Cusack
Connection gone. Udo - who is doing the maintainance?
u
22:09
unosonic
power switch in the DOM Datacenter in Düsseldorf, hopefully very short...
22:12
back again, but could repeat
PC
22:15
Have spent some hours online today. Must give myself a rest. Many thanks for listening. Really nice sharing thoughts and sounds.
u
22:18
unosonic
good night!
SA
22:20
Sam Auinger
thank you Peter and Udo..what a nice listening day!,