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a photo diary....
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
April 2011 - booking now:
Advanced Wildlife Sound Recording course
with Chris Watson & Jez riley French
This two-day course with Chris Watson & Jez riley French aims to explore aspects of field recording in more depth, plus a demonstration of techniques for editing audio files on a computer and mixing soundtracks. It is suitable for those who have already taken our Wildlife Sound Recording course, or those who already have good experience of sound recording in the field.
The bulk of the course will be taken up with recording in the field - experimenting with different techniques and microphones, including hydrophones and surround sound systems - and then analysing the results back at base.
The course is taught by Chris Watson, one of the world's top wildlife sound specialists who regularly works for the BBC, and assisted by audio specialist Jez riley French.
Day 1 : Aim to arrive by 6pm, directions will be sent when you have booked your place.
7pm - evening meal served (no problem if you arrive later)
8pm - introductory chat - who we are, who you are, and what we will be doing over the next two days.
Day 2:
Dawn - recording of dawn chorus in the grounds of Whitwell Hall.
8am - breakfast
9am - a discussion about the sound recording fieldcraft and techniques we will be practising. This will include the selection of appropriate microphones, microphone placement, rigging and cabling, mono, stereo and surround sound techniques and the use of hydrophones and contact mikes. This will be followed by practical work in the grounds of Whitwell Hall and analysis of the morning's dawn chorus recording.
1pm - lunch
2pm - a demonstration of how to edit, manipulate and improve sound recordings, and also how they can be effectively combined and mixed together to produce a soundtrack. This could be for a television or radio programme, for installations, or for your own enjoyment.
7pm - evening meal served, after which we will take a trip to Holt Country Park to attempt to record woodcock and other birds at dusk.
Day 3:
Dawn - recording of dawn chorus in Foxley Wood.
8am - breakfast
9am - further fieldwork including the use of hydrophones in ponds
1pm - lunch
2pm - critical analysis of recordings made over the weekend
4pm - course ends
Chris Watson - experienced sound recordist specialising in wildlife - Chris also runs courses in wildlife sound recording and post production at the BBC Natural History Unit, and lectures internationally on location sound and sound design. He has worked closely with two of the most high-profile natural history presenters in the business, David Attenborough and Bill Oddie. He is Oddie's favourite sound man and the TV veteran says of Watson: "I don't know anyone who is so intense yet so splendidly frivolous." Chris became a sound recordist in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television and is now widely regarded as one of the most creative sound artists in the business. His recent credits include the hugely popular Springwatch and Autumnwatch, and he received the Wildlife Film Asia Award for the BBC's Galapagos: Born of Fire. Watson also creates for the radio, with credits includingSoundscape: The Sea Swallow, Watersong and The Estuary all for BBC Radio 4. See www.chriswatson.net
Jez riley French is an audio specialist whose output involves elements of intuitive composition, field recording (using conventional & extended methods) photographic images (including their use in photographic scores) and improvisation. He has performed, exhibited and had his work published widely across Europe and also lectures in both field recording and intuitive composition as a guest lecturer. He is currently resident artist at Hull School of Art & Design.
Jez also makes & sells his own hydrophones and contact mics + runs the ‘in place’ project with a website exploring various aspects of field recording & related work. In recent years Jez has been working closely with specific architectural spaces, capturing a sense of place that is both highly personal and yet offers the audience a fascinating opportunity to look and listen anew to the environments in which we spend our time. http://jezrileyfrench.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
OUT NOW
egcd032
72 minute cdr on taiyo yuden disc / mounted on art card
limited edition of 100 copies
£8 UK / £10 rest of world
'earlier this year I visited prague again for a few days....the few days turned into a week due to volcanic ash closing the airspace over europe....I walked around prague sometimes recording, sometimes not....just walking & listening & looking - for my own pleasure....on the eventual long coach journey back to the UK I listened back to the recordings & found them to have captured 'something'....an evocative representation of the rich filigree of sounds that came & went on those walks....'
extracts from a review by Richard Pinnell ('the watchful ear' website):
...the CDr that I have settled upon is the sixth in the Instamatic series released on riley French’s Engraved Glass label, a recent release that blends together field recordings he made while visiting Prague last year. The Instamatic series is based around this kind of travel recording, little snapshots of a place and time, a bit like leafing through a few pages of someone’s photo album....There is something that I always enjoy about this kind of site-specific field recording...Once the nature of the album was clear to me then I slipped right into the music, trying to understand where every sound came from, trying to identify where the joins sat from one set of sounds to the next, spotting the sound of approaching cars way off in the distance, listening to passing footsteps for as long as I could before they became subsumed in the next set of sounds to come along...The recording quality of this music, as with all of riley French’s work is excellent, and the disc comes attached to another oversized glossy card sporting one of Jez’ excellent photos. The real joy here is in the sounds though...if you enjoy a well made set of field recordings simply for what they are- a moment in time captured for later perusal then this CD is a really nice listen. If you are bored wherever you are, or like me sat at home after a dull day, its nice to be able to shut your eyes and find yourself somewhere else.
Monday, January 25, 2010
exclusive tracks on new compilations
In september the framework radio programme aired its 250th edition!
to mark the occasion, a collection of artists who have been important to the program over the years agreed to donate new and exclusive tracks, which we have published on a pair of double-cdr compilations, in handmade silk-screened packaging.
these compilations are available only through framework, and you will receive one as a thank-you for your minimum donation of €25 (or any subscription that will result in the same amount). alternatively, for a minimum donation of €40 euros, we'll send you both!
The 2 double cd sets including new & exclusive tracks by:
jeph jerman / loren chasse / nuno moita & matteo uggeri / felicity ford / tarab / murmer / scott sherk / steve roden / peter cusack / keith berry / toshiya tsunoda / matsuwa / maria balabas / asmus tietchens / keith de mendonca / seth nehil / martin clarke / maksims šhenteļevs / hitoshi kojo / dallas simpson / eric cordier / jonathan coleclough & ben owen / toy.bizarre / mark schreiber / michael rüsenberg & steve welsh / jim haynes / thomas tilly/TÔ / john grzinich / jean-luc guionnet / emmanuel mieville / jez riley french / giancarlo toniutti / rie nakajima / chris watson / joel stern & lloyd barrett / richard garet / aaron ximm / michael northam / simon whetham / phill niblock
having just recieved my copies of this very special package let me tell you it is well worth getting hold of fast before they run out.
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Also just released is a double cd celebrating the Klingt artists network based in Vienna, Austria.
Disc 1:
01. Alexandr Vatagin coop
02. skylla pink dwarf
03. Christof Kurzmann 180 Seconds Over Latin America
04. Ernst Reitermaier rustenfeld
05. Boris Hauf Hanging out in between
06. Swedish Azz just azz
07. Kazuhisa Uchihashi / Burkhard Stangl good things come to those who wait
08. eRikm botelo de klein
09. Gerald Roßbacher err
10. Toshimaru Nakamura nimb#46
11. K&K assembling the forgotten gate to hell at ibiza beach (postmortem happy end remix)
12. Regolith Moon Bombing
13. Tonic Train Trinity8
14. ctrl als wir die karotten schaelten, vergaßen wir den haferbrei
15. Kazuhisa Uchihashi 531
16. schnee schneeflocke
17. Jan Machacek / Anat Stainberg / Billy Roisz no story song
18. Susanna Gartmayer / Thomas Brghammer sehr sehr
19. The Magic I.D. our favourite thing
20. Pendler Oh No
21. bulbul + Boris Hauf Guten Abend
22. Nitro Mahalia Loss Noch Less
23. Siewert / dieb13 watch your jellyfish
24. Jez Riley French bath oil salt glass
Disc 2:
01. David Schweighart i trash your fuck
02. Stefan Geissler sequenz 03
03. LSD orion
04. nifty’s hope bungalow
05. HOSE repentance
06. Klinger / Lewis / Nagl / Novotny kahüttenclipper
07. noid artina.hr_2008 july th_11:17pm to 11:22pm
08. Los Glissandinos pop
09. Matija Schellander dangerfield
10. noiset noiset no. 1
11. b:f:n tschifra
12. frufru aqualung
13. taus ping paung
14. cilantro haphazardous
15. Tronstoner The Sprawl Atavism
16. Clemens Hausch photobrom
17. Goh Lee Kwang (part 2, downsampled)
18. ennoson TIME COMPRESSION 2,58
19. Angélica Castelló San Antonio
20. dieb13 entirely unlike 2:20
20b. Duo Schamberg Enter Preis
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Michael Pisaro - 'Only' (harmony series # 17)
Throughout the month of August 2009, a selection of artists and musicians were invited to perform Michael Pisaro's Harmony Series, a project initiated by Jason Brogan, and produced by Compost and Height. The documentation of Only [Harmony Series #17] can now be viewed/downloaded from www.compostandheight.com
Only [Harmony Series #17] Artists: Adam Sonderberg / Barry Chabala / Ben Owen / Casey Anderson / James Saunders / Jason Brogan / Jason Kahn / Jez riley French / Joseph Clayton Mills / Julia Eckhardt / Julia Holter / Manfred Werder / Michael Pisaro / Patrick Farmer / Richard Kamerman / Rhodri Davies / Ryan Jewell / Sam Sfirri / Sarah Hughes / Steve Roden / Vanessa Rossetto
Only [Harmony Series #17] Artists: Adam Sonderberg / Barry Chabala / Ben Owen / Casey Anderson / James Saunders / Jason Brogan / Jason Kahn / Jez riley French / Joseph Clayton Mills / Julia Eckhardt / Julia Holter / Manfred Werder / Michael Pisaro / Patrick Farmer / Richard Kamerman / Rhodri Davies / Ryan Jewell / Sam Sfirri / Sarah Hughes / Steve Roden / Vanessa Rossetto
Sunday, August 30, 2009
JrF & Neil Davidson - photographic score realisation - free download
available now from the 'compost & height' online label:
click here to download or stream
'Sunday afternoon, 29th March, 2009 - Neil's flat in Glasgow, in the kitchen with the window open: here is a recording, very much a location recording, of myself & Neil Davidson playing one of my photographic scores. These pieces begin with a very wide field of interpretation available to the performers & in this case the informal & sociable nature of the session had a significant influence on the work (positive). Neil plays acoustic flat wound guitar with preparations & I play field recordings, zither & paper. Glasgow contributes wind rattling the window & other sounds coming in through it' - JrF
Saturday, August 1, 2009
ear room - re-sounding dialogues across the globe
a new online interview project curated by Mark Peter Wright has just launched - you can take a look by clicking here
there will be an interview every month & the first edition features....er....me !
there will be an interview every month & the first edition features....er....me !
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Austria residency / connected:09 / Pollau
whilst in Pollau I created a 20 minute piece & made a limited edition cd with various found paper items as the sleeve + photographic prints.
an mp3 version + pdf file of information & images is available for free download here:
