by Udo Noll

by Udo Noll by Udo Noll
by Udo Noll










29 August 2021
u
19:22
unosonic
dears, it was a quick decision this afternoon, I've put a microphone at a patch of wild nature enclosed by railway tracks, in Berlin Lichterfelde. At about 8:30pm CEST /Berlin time I'll switch it live on radio.aporee.org. Hope you'll find thetime to join the rainy session. No idea what else to hear, havn't been here before.
u
20:33
unosonic
on air now, https://radio.aporee.org
TP
20:40
Tomasz Pizio
just joined in. sounds like the rain we had this afternoon moved west
u
20:42
unosonic
steady and light, nice. It was way stronger this afternoon, got wet... ;)
20:45
it's an interesting place...
20:46
surrounded and enclosed by infrastructure
TP
20:49
Tomasz Pizio
to me it looks kinda scary and depressing with how it is surrounded by roads, tracks and buildings. but that's just from the impression I get from the map
u
20:55
unosonic
no, that somehow fits this place.
20:56
approaching it felt weird. the only entrance I know of is in the yard of a gasoline station, at a busy road.
TP
20:58
Tomasz Pizio
kind of a no man's land.
u
20:59
unosonic
yes, but different when you're there
20:59
(not my image...)
21:01
21:01
This afternoon
21:05
the shunting which can be heard sometimes is probably from a DHL base station nearby.
21:17
at the end of the weekend cargo train traffic increases. Guess around 10pm, but not sure though
TP
21:18
Tomasz Pizio
that sounds very nice. they are pretty slow at this point and it fits the rain well
u
21:19
unosonic
from end of 2020 very loud trains are only allowed when they drive slow, so that they don't exceed the noise level of modern quieter ones ...
TP
21:20
Tomasz Pizio
nice!
u
22:03
unosonic
the sound of rain reminds me on the SciFi short story "The Long Rain" by Ray Bradbury. But on Venus it rains since Millions of years. Colors are washed out of everything, and ground is instable. Highly recommended, as the whole book "The Illustrated Man".
TP
22:04
Tomasz Pizio
oh! thanks, I was thinking of going back to fahrenheit 451 but I guess another book by him might be a better idea.
u
22:13
unosonic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man
You will love "The Veldt" and many others
22:14
back to location: not more trains, but more rain...
22:22
nice percussion right now
22:32
in a few minutes I'll stop the stream for about 15min in order to make a "HD" maps recording. afterwards it will be back on air for another hour on radio.aporee.org (and on https://radio.aporee.org:8443/mobilemic8 as long as the battery lasts...)
KP
23:13
Kirsten Pauschardt
Very nice! Trains and rain. Thanks
PC
23:35
Peter Cusack
Just got home from a concert. Very nice rain and some ducks?
u
23:37
unosonic
shunting / passing-by trains also
23:38
rain intensity changed several times during the last hours, and so the tiny streams of water,
23:40
Peter, this is now my "Nasses Dreieck" ;)
PC
23:44
Peter Cusack
Yes, my thought too. We should set up similtaneously.
u
23:57
unosonic
wonder how long the mics survive the rain...
30 August 2021
PC
00:02
Peter Cusack
Mine have survived without problem so far, but often they are hidden in bush so well protected by leaves.
u
00:07
unosonic
I've tried a bit with bark... there's an engine ideling nearby?
u
00:44
unosonic
🌙 good night
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12:08
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I love that short story. There's also a film.
u
20:57
unosonic
sry for cross-posting: we're still on air at https://radio.aporee.org:8443/mobilemic8 in case you want to share some thoughts
MH
21:40
Michiel Huijsman
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Reminds me of Westkreuz…
u
21:54
unosonic
except the water...
KP
22:26
Kirsten Pauschardt
So many trains now.
22:26
Somehow quite melancholic
u
22:34
unosonic
yes. I've heard a frog for a second.
u
23:45
unosonic
it sounds like a refuge, a patch with a few surviving species, surrounded by some moloch, a destroyed biome (like almost any city is).
KP
23:57
Kirsten Pauschardt
Yes - but the trains, their passing by, comforting and scary, They are going somewhere, where?… I can really listen to this detached from what I know about where the place is…
31 August 2021
u
00:19
unosonic
different for me, since know the place (not well, first time there yesterday, in a hurry). like a place from Stalker...
KP
00:25
Kirsten Pauschardt
Yeah, but stalker fits - good night and thanks
u
00:40
unosonic
good night
MH
08:09
Michiel Huijsman
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That’s true, although there are some pools, with amphibians.
u
09:11
unosonic
as I wrote, have been there the first time and very briefly, just to drop the box. Now I realize that my topographic knowledge and imagination is way more informed by hours of listening to this strange spot, than by visual fragments of the site: very dense vegetation, infrastructures, a small lake with corners, a man and a kid fishing, somehow startled about my appearance. Interesting experience, and curious about the next visit...
09:14
a pity that I didn't go there in spring. Can imagine that there's a lot of wildlife to see and hear. It looks isolated on the map, but the railway tracks are generally good paths of migration...
09:15
btw, we're still on air at https://radio.aporee.org:8443/mobilemic8
CC
09:56
Caroline Claus
Yes, railway tracks and areas can be very interesting to explore // Do you know the work of Ernesto Schick? On Flora - inspiration for my work on railway spaces.
u
10:18
unosonic
no, looks interesting!
10:23
the italian tree cricket migrated north along railway tracks
https://aporee.org/maps/?loc=29383&snd=37998
10:27
mobilemic #8 has stopped working...
CC
12:41
Caroline Claus
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Yes, I recommend, nice pub with his drawings, txt, reviewed.
12:41
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12:41
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Yes, I recommend. Nice publication with txt and drawings, reviewed etc.
u
13:31
unosonic
so nice! ... want...
PC
15:34
Peter Cusack
amazon has one at the bargain price of €380.
CC
18:35
Caroline Claus
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The book? Prob the 1st edition. I have a more recent one.