(sorry for cross-posting)
[KALERNE EDITIONS]
*** new CD publication ***
CHANTS OF FROZEN LAKES
by Marc Namblard
April 2008
more info and sound extracts : http://www.kalerne.net
Marc Namblard, sound artist and naturalist living in the northeast of
France, has spent several years listening to and recording an acoustic
phenomenon occuring in the winter time. The tiniest crackles inside the
ice of frozen lakes produce mechanical vibrations. Under specific
atmospheric conditions, these impulses propagate in the ice, whose
tension makes it similar to the skin of a drum. The acoustic result is
an unbelievable blend of drumming sounds and etheral resonances.
This CD retraces the whole phenomena : in 55 minutes, one can discover
the different steps of what happened at Lac de Pierre Perc=E9e (a lake
close to Marc's village) on the 16th of January 2006. It began with the
frost falling on the vegetation accompanied by birds in the distance.
The first brief percussive sounds announced the ice beginning its work
under the first sunrays. A little bit later, the ice started to crackle
: sounds became longer and more intense. At the end of the session, ice
was breaking everywhere, the lake was singing. The phenomenon vanished
with the appearance of a slight breeze.
This soundwork gathers some of the most beautiful moments of hours and
hours of Marc's recordings into a whole piece, but there was no
processing or overdub in the production of this publication : the aim is
to propose to the listener an experience of what he would expect in the
front of the lake (with the exception of the temperature). Marc's
recording technique is based on ORTF stereo configuration using
condenser microphones and high-end preamplifiers.
=93Chants Of Frozen Lakes=94 can easily be classified in the domains of
Naturalism, since it is based on straight observation of natural events,
and in the field of Sound Art as it proposes a very intense listening
experience. Therefore, this CD should delight listeners of nature sound
recording, experimental music as well as electronica.
Audio CD published by Kalerne.net and Atelier Hui-Kan.
Released in Taiwan, in April 2008.=09=09=09
www.kalerne.net
www.hui-kan.com
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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