Sound is Art
Listen to field recordings, instruments, performances and organized noise Curated by Margaret Noble
Autumn Appreciation Society

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Peter Caeldries: “Jhirna Jali” (GrDl 107/12)
Field Recordings
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Review | By Idwal Fisher / IDWAL FISHER
Pietro Riparbelli | Three days of silence
Three Days of Silence is described by its composer as being ‘a phenomenological experience’. ‘Phenomenological’ meaning: ‘the detailed description of conscious experience, without recourse to explanation, metaphysical assumptions, and traditional philosophical questions’. Pietro Ripabelli recorded his phenomenological experiences at the Sanctuary of La Verna, a remote church in Tuscany built on the site where St Francis of Assisi was reputed to have received the stigmata. [...]

Review | By JULIAN (Lord Yatesbury) / Head Heritage
Pietro Riparbelli | Three days of silence
THREE DAYS OF SILENCE by Italy’s Piero Riparbelli is another highly successful Gnostic journey through real time interfaces with cranky technology. And am I talking cranky or what, brothers’n’sisters. However, like the late ‘50s Tokyo school of musique concrète, Riparbelli deploys his field recordings in such an exquisite manner that his new album makes for endless repeated listenings. [...]

Review | By Guillermo Escudero / Loop

Jez riley French | Estonian Strings
Jez riley French is an artist and composer who works with field recordings alongwith contact mics, hand madehydrophones, which has shown in his performances and sound installations. He has been in residence in Estonia, Belgium, France, Portugal, Latvia, Italy, Japan, Korea and Austria. ‘Estonian Strings’ is a composition that French created on his first trip to Estonia in April and May 2009, where he worked with unprocessed recordings of telephone wires, transmitter support cables, fence wires and different kinds of found strings. [...]

Interview by KLANGDIEB / André Klar

Eckhard Kuchenbecker

Review | By RaF / kulturterrorismus
Pietro Riparbelli | Three days of silence

[...] Aktuell gehört Pietro Riparbelli für mich zu bewegendsten Sounddesigener überhaupt, das einmal mehr “Three Days Of Silence” unterstreicht – ein weiteres Meisterwerk im Backkatalog des Italieners, der mit seiner phänomenalen Tonkunst zu berauschen wie überzeugen weiß – meine absolute Topempfehlung! PS: Es besteht Kaufpflicht und nicht nur für ausgewiesene Pietro Riparbelli Jünger, sondern auch für alle Freunde von anspruchsvollem Dark Ambient/ Ritual Industrial!

Review | By Guillermo Escudero / Loop
Pietro Riparbelli | Three days of silence
This edition is part of the Soundscape Series of the German label Gruenrekorder and in this ocassion presents Pietro Riparbelli’s work, who is a philosopher, composer and sound artist living in Livorno, Tuscany. Riparbelli has released in several European and U.S. labels where he has also done performances and installations. Riparbelli’s work focuses on the phenomenon of spatial perception and the contrast between the visible and the invisible that is linked to the concept of soundscape. [...]

Review | By Ian | Wonderful Wooden Reasons
Tom Lawrence | Water Beetles of Pollardstown Fen
Gruenrekorder continue their run of outstanding releases with this set of recordings made by Lawrence of the underwater denizens of Pollardstown Fen outside of Kildare in Ireland. The recordings are unadorned and, to a great extent, unprocessed with only sounds below the levels of human hearing brought up into our range. The array of sounds on display is simply astounding. At times it’s hard to credit that such a beautiful cacophony is natural. One forgets what is playing as dada-esque sound collages reminiscent of NWW or AMM tumble past. The complexity and the richness of the totality of the sounds lends it a compositional flavour that is then made all the stronger when one snaps back to reality and fully remembers what is playing. I’ve had this on repeat for the best part of two days now and am still finding depths and nuances I’d previously missed. Fantastic album on a fantastic label.

Review | By maeror3 / livejournal
Pietro Riparbelli | Three days of silence
В 1224 году на горе Ла Верна у Святого Франциска Ассизского проявились стигматы, сделав его еще ближе к переживанию всех страстей Христовых. В честь этого события на склоне горы (получившей название Гора Стигматов) была позднее организованна обитель, небольшой храм и монастырь, ставшие популярным местом паломничества у католиков всего мира. [...]