{"id":7284,"date":"2012-04-23T17:04:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T17:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=7284"},"modified":"2019-10-08T22:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T22:07:04","slug":"somewhere-on-the-edge-various-artists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=7284","title":{"rendered":"Somewhere on the edge | Various Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/strong>Somewhere on the edge <\/strong>|<\/strong> Various Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n

GrDl\u00a0100 | MP3\u00a0 (320 Kbps)\u00a0& FLAC<\/p>\n

Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n

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99% & me in NY<\/a> by Brandstifter<\/p>\n

311 silent Sendai<\/a> by jai<\/p>\n

After Club Cut<\/a> by Matze Schmidt<\/p>\n

Ahmedabad extasis<\/a> by Xabier Erkizia<\/p>\n

Anarchy in the UK<\/a> by Matthias Kispert<\/p>\n

An East Wind through Bomb Ballistics and Lab 2 – Orford Ness<\/a> by David Chapman<\/p>\n

A Line Made by Listening<\/a> by Mark Peter Wright<\/p>\n

a very fine needle<\/a> by Joe Stevens<\/p>\n

Bmusm<\/a> by Sean O’Neill<\/p>\n

Boucles & Coques<\/a> by Anton Mobin<\/p>\n

Brisbane floods<\/a> by Greg Hooper<\/p>\n

Canvey Island passing ships, leaking pipes<\/a> by Peter Cusack<\/p>\n

County Fair<\/a> by John Arndt<\/p>\n

craftsmen.backyard.anthem<\/a> by elffriede<\/p>\n

Creak<\/a> by Nigel Simpson<\/p>\n

Crickets<\/a> by Michael Peters<\/p>\n

domestic-duties (excerpt)<\/a> by Frank Rowenta<\/p>\n

Erntelied<\/a> by Grit Ruhland<\/p>\n

Eternally<\/a> by Lu\u00eds Antero<\/p>\n

folding a coastline into a shipwrecked space<\/a> by Sally Ann McIntyre<\/p>\n

fressspinne<\/a> by lupov cokoliv*<\/p>\n

From the Edge of Saturn<\/a> by Jay-Dea Lopez<\/p>\n

Ghosts along a border<\/a> by Pierce Warnecke<\/p>\n

H\u00f6fn<\/a> by Mark Lorenz Kysela<\/p>\n

Horta Harbour<\/a> by Gerald Fiebig<\/p>\n

In front of the Music University in Warszaw<\/a> by Merzouga<\/p>\n

Kr\u00e1sn\u00e1 L\u00edpa<\/a> by Roland Etzin<\/p>\n

L’impossibilit\u00e9 de la voile<\/a> by Enrico Coniglio<\/p>\n

Los Desarbustales<\/a> by Alan Courtis<\/p>\n

Maghrib prayer<\/a> by Pablo Sanz<\/p>\n

night drift 09-28<\/a> by Ben Owen<\/p>\n

No time above the walled city<\/a> by Gill Arno<\/p>\n

Outside the Gruen-Syndicate<\/a> by Tobias Schmitt<\/p>\n

Perturbation<\/a> by Robin Parmar<\/p>\n

POZNAN CREMATORY<\/a> by Hubert Wi\u0144czyk<\/p>\n

Seoul Milk (Excerpt)<\/a> by Alfred Harth<\/p>\n

shangani 17DEC06 15min<\/a> by Grant Smith<\/p>\n

spontaneous fermentation<\/a> by murmer<\/p>\n

The Hollow Pine<\/a> by SALA<\/p>\n

The Re(hear)sal<\/a> by Gilles Aubry<\/p>\n

TOTEM<\/a> by Rub\u00e9n Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n

Trasmoz<\/a> by Rodolphe ALEXIS<\/p>\n

Tree at Elbwiese<\/a> by Konrad Behr<\/p>\n

UNBEARABLE WISDOM<\/a> by Pietro Riparbelli<\/p>\n

untitled<\/a> by Chad Clark<\/p>\n

Void<\/a> by Bernhard G\u00e1l<\/p>\n

White Star Line<\/a> by Danny Mc Carthy<\/p>\n

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Free Download: Somewhere on the edge | Various Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n

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www.archive.org\/details\/SomewhereOnTheEdge<\/a><\/p>\n

Stream all tracks (M3U)<\/a><\/p>\n

All in one zip 1,3 GB FLAC Part 01<\/a>
\nAll in one zip 1,5 GB FLAC Part 02<\/a><\/p>\n

All in one zip 1,2 GB MP3 (320 Kbps)<\/a><\/p>\n

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47 Tracks (531\u203234\u2033)<\/p>\n

Soundscape Series by Gruenrekorder<\/p>\n

Gruenrekorder \/ Germany \/ 2012 \/\u00a0GrDl 100 \/ MP3 & FLAC \/ LC 09488<\/p>\n

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Richard Allen\u00a0| a closer listen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

47 tracks, 531 minutes and 34 seconds: nearly nine hours of field recordings and soundscapes fill every corner of Gruenrekorder\u2019s 100th release, a testament not only to the strength and diversity of the label, but to the number of friends it has made.\u00a0 Not only that \u2013 it\u2019s free.\u00a0 The level of excess displayed by such a project is so over-the-top, so ridiculous, that it induces a sense of awe.\u00a0 Where are the sponsors?\u00a0 Where\u2019s the profit?\u00a0 For once, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0 Somewhere on the edge is the telephone book of field recordings; few people will play it from cover to cover, but many will refer to it again and again.<\/p>\n

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No one expects a nine-hour release to work well as an album; this is a collection.\u00a0 This being said, one change would improve its flow.\u00a0 As currently presented, the tracks are in alphabetical order: egalitarian, but seldom smooth.\u00a0 By luck, similarly-themed pieces occasionally wind up next to each other \u2013 for example, Mark Lorenz Kyslea\u2019s \u201cH\u00f6fn\u201d and Gerald Fiebeg\u2019s \u201cHorta Harbour\u201d, recorded at harbors in Iceland and Portugal.\u00a0 But more often, similar tracks receive a curious separation.\u00a0 Jay-Dea Lopez\u2019 \u201cFrom the Edge of Saturn\u201d, which presents radio waves from Saturn\u2019s polar auroras, is 24 tracks removed from Bernhard G\u00e1l\u2019s \u201cVoid\u201d, in which a laptop is used to process electromagnetic waves from Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.\u00a0 If these were discs, they would be easy to sort by subject matter and recording mode: water recordings, land recordings, machinery, conversation, soundscape \u2013 and of course, a \u201cmiscellaneous\u201d disc to cover the unclassifiable.<\/p>\n

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A curious side effect of the track order is that three of the first five tracks are political.\u00a0 While field recordings in themselves are apolitical, their presentation can take the form of a political act.\u00a0 The choice of what to record reflects one\u2019s leanings, and the act of presentation can challenge the status quo.\u00a0 The opening track (Brandstifer\u2019s \u201c99% and me in NY\u201d) covers the Occupy Wall Street movement \u2013 the protests, the conversations, the bongos.\u00a0 jai\u2019s \u201c311 silent Sendai\u201d is a recording of a Japanese no-nukes demonstration, with handheld instruments and occasional trains.\u00a0 Pablo Sanz recorded \u201cMaghrib prayer\u201d in a disputed area of Old Jerusalem.\u00a0 Other selections address the London riots (Matthias Kispert\u2019s \u201cAnarchy in the U.K.\u201d), religion in the wake of the Chinese invasion (Pietro Riparbelli\u2019s \u201cUnbearable Wisdom\u201d) and an edict from leaders of the Polish Catholic Church that cremation, while not prohibited, is pronounced pagan (Hubert Winczyk\u2019s \u201cPoznan Crematory\u201d).<\/p>\n

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The more traditional political issue presented by field recordings is the intrusion of industry and the elimination of the natural soundscape.\u00a0 Rub\u00e9n Garc\u00eda records the sound of an electrical pole in the rain forest.\u00a0 Alan Courtis highlights the coexistence of natural and urban sounds in Argentina.\u00a0 Chad Clark takes a walk in Chicago and muses on the disconnection of the digital age.\u00a0 But the human element is not a problem for all.\u00a0 Gilles Aubrey captures the sound of uninterested tourists watching a solemn Red Square rehearsal.\u00a0 Frank Rowenta revels in the sound of conversation.\u00a0 Sean O\u2019Neill records people walking around the British Museum.\u00a0 Merzouga contrasts the noises outside a music university with the knowledge of what happens within.\u00a0 murmer introduces us to the bubblings of a natural brewery.\u00a0 Xabier Erkiza combines the sounds of birds, traffic, and calls to prayer.<\/p>\n

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Just as often, the artists choose to record in empty or deserted spaces.\u00a0 Peter Cusack finds beauty in the sound of containment ships.\u00a0 Matze Schmidt enjoys the sound of the club after the people have gone.\u00a0 One of the collection\u2019s finest pieces, Pierce Warnecke\u2019s \u201cGhosts along a border\u201d, is a sonic seance that captures a series of sounds that shouldn\u2019t be there.\u00a0 And of course, many concentrate on nature: wind and water, bees and bats, doors and dunes.\u00a0 Mark Peter Wright\u2019s \u201cA Line Made for Listening\u201d is particularly effective, as is the aforementioned \u201cH\u00f6fn.\u201d\u00a0 Roughly half of the collection is comprised of such sounds, which range from the barely audible to the fully realized.\u00a0 As patience is required for the overall listening experience, getting through the quieter parts of the longer tracks (some approaching or even exceeding 20 minutes) can be a chore, especially (and ironically) in the N-O section.\u00a0 This section does however include a forgivable indulgence: a field recording made just outside the Gruenrekorder offices.\u00a0 Like many of the tracks, it introduces us to the here and now.\u00a0 In the same way, the concluding track \u2013 a recording of the pier from which the Titanic passengers disembarked \u2013 becomes intensely topical in light of the anniversary remembrance.<\/p>\n

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Is Somewhere on the edge the best way to introduce the genre to newcomers?\u00a0 Decidedly not \u2013 it\u2019s just too sprawling and undefined.\u00a0 But it\u2019s a great resource for current followers, packed with sounds one might not otherwise have a chance to hear, from electrical activity within the human eye muscle (Joe Stevens) to rising floods in Brisbane (Greg Hooper) to \u201chandmade noise machines and a fortune cat\u201d (lupov cokoliv*) and the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft (Jay-Dea Lopez).\u00a0 There\u2019s something solid for everyone here: soothing sounds and grating noises, unique sources and unusual soundscapes.\u00a0 Each track is accompanied by a photo and a description, along with an occasional essay (Pierce Warnecke\u2019s \u201cborders\u201d piece again being one of the standouts).\u00a0 If you\u2019ve read this entire review, then you\u2019re the sort of person who possesses the patience to tackle this massive endeavor.<\/p>\n

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Hats off to Gruenrekorder for releasing such a bold effort.\u00a0 Over the course of nearly a decade, the label has helped to guide and shape the field recording industry and to bring it to its current level of popularity.\u00a0 We wish the label and its many artists every continued success.<\/p>\n

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