It is not every day when I am free from traffic noise. But when it happens it is possible to notice other small sounds in the surroundings.
That happened in beginning of June 2012 when I was at Krossholt at Barðastönd, in the northwest of Iceland.
One night someone was playing loud music in the neighborhood. The rumbling bass beat was noticeable all night along. During the night the wind started to blow from east with strong gusts. Suddenly nearby power line started to give a strange sound and the niggling beat from the neighborhood started to be interesting. In combination with the wind, power line, birdsong from the field and nearby cliff it started to be like a music from other planet. In fact it was a really interesting composition. Better than many modern human made compositions today. The intro is more than two minutes long, so just lay back in your chair, relax and listen.
High quality headphones are recommended.
Tónverk fyrir háspennustrengi, bassa, vind og fugla.
Það er ekki á hverjum degi sem maður fær frið frá þrúgandi véladrunum höfuðborgarinnar. En þegar það gerist þá opnast heimur ýmissa annarra hljóða sem venja er að framhjá manni fari. Það gerðist einmitt við Krossholt á Barðaströnd í byrjun júní 2012.
Nótt eina var einhver í nágrenninu að spila tónlist með þungum bassa alla nóttina. Rétt fyrir miðnætti tók vindinn upp og áttin breyttist. Þá gerðist það undraverða. Háspennulína í nágrenninu fór að klappa saman strengjum og gefa frá sér són. Skyndilega breyttust pirrandi taktföstu bassadrunurnar í skemmtilegan og framandi undirleik með strengjaleik háspennulínunnar. Söngur mó- og bjargfugla bættist svo við í bakgrunni eins og til að fullkomna tónverkið. Í fúlustu alvöru, þetta tónverk slær flestu því sem ég hef heyrt í langan tíma. Tónleikarnir stóðu frá kvöldi og langt fram undir morgun með ýmsum blæbrigðum með fjölbreyttu lagavali. Því miður tók ég aðeins upp tvö og hálft tónverk. Er fyrra heila tónverkið að finna hér.
Mælt er með að á þetta sé hlustað með góðum heyrnartólum.
Download mp3 file (192kbps / 34,7Mb)
Recorder: Sound Devices 744 (24bit/48Khz)
Mics: Rode NT1a. NOS setup.
Pix: Canon 30D
Interesting link: Wired Lab
sammála – einn af bestu tón/hljóðverkum sem ég hef heyrt! Kemst í algörri íslandsfíling! Takk fyrir 🙂
Takk Oliver.
Lovely stereo field! I am trying to place the metallic, rhythmic sound – is that from the power cables?
Yes, this sound is from the power lines. From the pole as seen on the picture, to another pole 200 meters far away. Probably because two parallel wires lie together. When the wind waves are in some specific wavelength they start to swing and smash together and make sound.
The strange thing is I could not see if this was two wires or not. I even can not see it on pictures I take of this power line.
This sound is therefor a bit suspicious.
Fantastic recording. You were lucky to be at the right place at the right time! There is a group of sound artists in Australia who record similar sounds from old telephone/power lines and fences. You might be interested in them, called The Wired Lab.
Thanks Jay Dea. Yes I was lucky this time. But I forgot to put contact mic on the pole. That could have been as interesting sound art as well. I will do it next time. 🙂
Thanks for The Wired Lab.
Magnus
Quite an amazing recording.
amazing indeed!
Thanks to you both 🙂
One of the best field recordings I’ve heard in some time. Thanks for sharing that. At points it sounds almost composed.
Thanks Michael.
I was lucky this time. On right time and place and nothing has been composed. Nature just make it by its own as usual in my recordings 🙂
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Great sound! I’m trapped by this the last few days. Nice website!!
Thanks 🙂
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