August 2016 Excerpt of a long duration recording made at a field border next to a wind energy plant. PFR12042, 1-00, wind-energy-plant, Great Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima, advertising song Klein Leine, Germany, MS-stereo, MKH30 + MKH8020
July 2016 Midyear is usually the time for a short UK trip. The Wildlife Sound Recording Society holds it’s annual meeting and this is the best opportunity to meet some sound recordists, having chats about recent trips, new equipment or this year, the so called brexit. On my way to the Rutland Water Reserve I […]
January 2016 In June 2014 I went to the annual meeting of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society at Rutland Wetland Reserve. Chris Watson the new president of the society presented sound recordings made on filming trips for Sir David Attenborough’s series Frozen Planet– no need to mention how inspiring it was once again. Chris invited […]
January 2016 After one year of weekly racist marches in Leipzig, Leipzig’s antifascist youth decided to send a clear signal. In mid of December a demonstration against a planned Nazi march through Leipzig’s left-wing dominated borough Connewitz ended up with riots. As penalty for that the Leipzig Police imposed a ban on meetings for the […]
August 2015 It could be so good… PFR11003, 1-10, 150613, Jökulsárlón, Iceland, spaced DPA4060
Findings – Phonographie Diskurse Patrick Franke & Chris Weinheimer Ausgabe #03 – noise 13.07.2015, 20:00h Kapitaldruck Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 36 Leipzig-Süd Rauschen ist Bestandteil jeder technischen Aufnahme. Mit diesen Begriff wird in der Informationstheorie das nicht Verwertbare, nicht zur Information Gehörige bezeichnet. Aber lässt sich dieses allgegenwärtige „Geräusch“ so einfach in die Bedeutungslosigkeit hinein bezeichnen? Der Begriff […]
November 2014 I’m always curious to explore the sound of a new vessel. Here is a sound recording of my first trip on the danish ship MS Arctic Hunter. PFR10323, 2-10, 141112, wind, engine, North Sea, offshore, MS Arctic Hunter