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 …
Tag: man made sound
Mallorca of the north
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 …
They say no, we say yes
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 …
An icelandic landscape
August 2015 It could be so good… PFR11003, 150613, Jökulsárlón, Iceland, DPA 4060
Findings #03
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 …
Arctic Hunter
November 2014 I’m always curious to explore the sound of a new vessel. Here is a sound recording of my first trip on danish ship MS Arctic Hunter. PFR10323, 141112, wind, engine, North Sea, offshore, MS Arctic Hunter
Man machines
August 2014 At the age of seven I started to desire to become a racing cyclist – for the simple reason that there was a cycling club a few hundred meters away from my home and I felt very attracted to the boys and girls with their brightly polished bicycles. It was only allowed to …