The Baffle
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A page charting occasional, irregular movements and actions.
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‘Re-patriation’
2012.01.26
After 16 wonderful months in Umeå, Sweden, it’s time to return to the UK and, it is hoped, bigger and yet better things.....
Recordings and outcomes will see the light of day during 2012. Much more to follow.
Acousticbaffle’s activities will resume after a very brief hiatus. This, after an intense period of filling, loading, unfilling and unloading boxes upon boxes upon boxes.......
Activities will re-commence in mid-February.
Tack så mycket, Umeå.
Adjö!
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‘Hört/Ohört - sonic tour guide published’
2011.12.09
I am very pleased to announce that the first print publication is available online as of today.
‘Hört/Ohört. Issue #1. Umeå. A sonic guide to audible curiosities in and around the City of Umeå.’
76 pages. Full colour. 8 sonic sites. Maps included.
Available in Hardback/softback/ebook. Preview and purchasing: here.
Issues #2, #3 and #4 already on the ‘operating table’........
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‘Still’
2011.11.16
A taster of some of the sunsets we’re currently enjoying up here in the North, before the snow hits us:
(Bettnesand, 903 26 Umeå)
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‘Tour Guide’
2011.11.08
The planning of the book layout has begun. Text is well on its way and the images are almost complete. Expecting first prints by early December. More news to follow.
Working title: ‘Umeå Hört/Ohört.’
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‘Bauhaus’
2011.11.07
Reading a Hildergard Westerkamp lecture transcript entitled ‘Bauhaus and Soundscape Studies - Exploring Connections and Differences’. Recommended reading regarding industrial design and acoustic soundscape studies.
Article can be found here.
‘The Art of Noise’
Another text which is always interesting to return to is Futurist manifesto writer Luigi Russolo’s letter to the composer, Balilla Pratella, entitled ‘The Art of Noises’. A text that rejoices in the sounds of industry and common sounds. He suggested that everyday sounds should be heard as a piece of music in itself. His thoughts hint at artistic forms yet to come in the compositional process eventually to become known as ‘music concrete’.
The transcription of this text can be found here.
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‘Spliced Ice’
2011.11.01
Currently testing the new hydrophone! Interesting sounds in the ice.
Here’s a taste:
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‘Oramics’
2011.10.29
A new listening to Daphne Oram ‘Oramics’. Well worth getting hold of . Link
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