sound works by Patrick Franke
September 2019 Normally I do not deploy autonomous recording units, except for scientific monitoring. Why? For me, the best part of sound recording is listening during the recording process (actually, of course, a recording would not have to be done at all to do so). I was in a marsh area in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to do …
July 2017 A thunderstorm recorded in my backyard in Leipzig’s city centre. PFR13191, thunder, rain, police car, traffic, Leipzig-South Sennheiser MKH30/8020
February 2017 End of December 2016 I went to the baltic isle Greifswalder Oie for the 5th time. My intention was to collect more sound recordings for two upcoming releases with unprocessed sound recordings from the baltic region. The winter was far too mild for that time of the year and wouldn’t force too many …
October 2016 Short excerpt of a long duration recording. PFR10637, 1-10, 161020, hallway, windforce 7, MS Hydrograf offshore, Germany, Sennheiser MKH8020/30, MS-Stereo
August 2015 One of the sound recordings I made recently in my flat during a heavy storm. PFR11089, 1-10, 150725, draught, clattering-doors, ORTF Sennheiser KM184, Leipzig, Germany
August 2015 On my way back from Iceland I came across Denmark. In 2009 I visited the Tipperne peninsula for the first time and was absolutely impressed by the lush birdlife I found there. This year my visit was quite late in the breeding season and the weather was rather uncomfortable with a stiff breeze …
September 2013 The area around Leipzig is well know for it’s large former brown coal opencast mines. Most of them are recultivated, filled-up with water, planted or being used for freetime activities which getting out of hand now. In the north there is the so called Seelhausener See adjacent to the famous lake Goitzsche. There …