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Terra Subf\u00f3nica\u00a0| Daniel Blinkhorn<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n As a composer and sound artist often working closely at the nexus of radiophonic art, environmental sound and electroacoustic music, one of my primary interests is in the exploration of relationships between people and the incredibly rich sonorous environments they populate. In particular, the sounds that exist all around us, however that are often out of earshot (or at least not listened to in any conscious manner), as with the sounds beneath us as we tend our daily lives.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n terra subf\u00f3nica is a radiophonic work reflecting aspects of sub sound through a series of dramaturgical, radiophonic miniatures. Sub sound in this instance is not a term indicating low frequency sound, as in bass material, but rather a radiophonic suite reflecting and meditating on aspects of that which is below us; ultimately mapping a sub sonic terrain lying just below, or on the periphery of our (typically) perceived threshold of hearing. The sounds and sonic fragments chosen to represent different aspects of sub sound have been used as a basis for generating the narrative\/ dramaturgical structure in each of the miniatures. Shards of familiar, strange, overlooked and unheard sounds coalesce, as metaphor and sound arcanum guide the listener throughout each of the works in the suite.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Importantly, the content and presentation of terra subf\u00f3nica gravitates around an eclectic array of soundart works exploring the medium of radio. In an attempt to explore my own perception of the medium of radio, I wanted to produce a diverse body of work, from field recordings and instrumental music to electronic music and beyond. This also meant creating 2 monophonic soundworks expressing my interest in sonic possibilities for monophonic sound diffusion environments, as well as employing various experimental sound reproduction techniques to compose, as well as preserve the actual spaces several of the works inhabit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although combining to create a suite of works with a common theme, each miniature functions as an abstracted narrative in shorter, self-contained parts, as with works in a suite. The works often include recordings of instrumental material, designed to assist the listener in mapping\/ navigating the constructed works, and occasional vocal sounds that are employed to articulate human presence rather than to impart any specific narrative.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Accompanying each miniature is a brief synopsis\/ program note articulating each of the works:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \/\/ All material created whilst \u2018Radio National Media Artist-in-Residence\u2019, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 2010. All material recorded, composed mixed and mastered by Daniel Blinkhorn, with additional engineering by Philip Ulman, ABC. <\/p>\n MP3<\/a><\/p>\n 01. seascape triptych \u2013 i 1:27<\/p>\n 02. subf\u00f3n – monochrome i 3:10<\/p>\n 03. sub chron i 2:36<\/p>\n 04. seascape triptych \u2013 ii hermetica 3:36<\/p>\n MP3<\/a><\/p>\n 05. corpus sanus \u2013 computare 2:00<\/p>\n 06. (sub)urban mantra 2:27<\/p>\n 07. corpus sanus \u2013 hominis 3:14<\/p>\n 08. geste sonore 2:00<\/p>\n MP3<\/a><\/p>\n 09. relatively loud tones 3:45<\/p>\n 10. tape junk 2:20<\/p>\n 11. seascape triptych \u2013 iii cnidaria 2:50<\/p>\n 12. sub chron ii 1:27<\/p>\n 13. voix sous 3:48<\/p>\n 14. norse hamn (norse harbor) 5:03<\/p>\n 15. toy bagatelle \u2013 i 3:44<\/p>\n 16. toy bagatelle \u2013 ii (glass ear) \u2013 monochrome 2:43<\/p>\n 17. toy bagatelle \u2013 section iii 2:41<\/p>\n 18. intersections 2:41<\/p>\n MP3<\/a><\/p>\n 19. place \/ space threnody 3:37<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 19 Tracks (55\u203200\u2033) <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n terra subf\u00f3nica \u2013 individual miniatures – program notes<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n seascape triptych – i: Duration – 1:27<\/p>\n Each of the sections in the triptych explores a specific aspect of a seascape.<\/p>\n The first section is based on a series of small, intimate natural sounds in a coastal inlet. The sounds of a gentle breeze, gurgling water, creaking branches <\/p>\n Subf\u00f3n – monochrome i: Duration – 3:10<\/p>\n The first of two monophonic works created for the project, this work essentially situates a variety of material from the other works in terra subf\u00f3nica together. In particular, the piece gravitates around a jazz guitar, an instrumental pathos synonymous with monophonic sound. The use of the guitar is employed to assist the listen in navigating the work, and symbolises a panoramic, yet monochromatic soundscape. *(All guitars by Jeremy Sawkins)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n sub chron i: Duration \u2013 2:36<\/p>\n The first of two works reflecting sonic timscapes:<\/p>\n Whilst wanting to create material that captured the sounds of time, I decided to approach both works (sub chron i and ii) from a metaphorical, rather than literal perspective. The most obvious sound source to use was that of clocks. Using a variety of recordings of clocks, the two sonic timescapes seek to typify aspects of time. From a composed perspective, this was achieved by observing relationships often associated with time such as pulse, measure, synchronicity, motion, accellerandi and ritarando (amongst others). The only additional material used is a field recording of a public space, reflecting people\u2019s contiguity to time in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n seascape triptych – ii: hermetica Duration \u2013 3:36<\/p>\n The second section in the seascape triptych attempts to capture the sonic vitality accompanying the life of a colony of hermit crabs. After encountering a surreptitious colony of hermit crabs on an island off the coast of Venezuela, I was astounded to discover the wonderful world of sound contained within. As I stood and looked at the colony, I wondered what the small crabs sounded like. I was barely 5 feet away, yet could hear nothing of the activity within the colony. Fascinated by the idea of the arcane and hermetic textures they might create as they jostled and wrestled over one another in a somewhat confined space, I lowered a microphone into the colony in an attempt to eavesdrop, hoping to capture some semblance of their activities.<\/p>\n Much to my surprise, the intensified mass of beautifully articulated sound I heard produced a distinct impression of motion and dexterity as the crabs <\/p>\n corpus sanus – comput\u0101re: Duration – 2:00<\/p>\n One of two miniatures centred on the theme ‚inside the machine – inside the body‘.<\/p>\n As we spend an increasing amount of time working alongside computers, the first of these two pieces was inspired by some of the fast paced sonic activities generated by a desktop computer, yet are sounds we often cannot hear. To create the work I simply opened the casing on my computer and, using a variety of microphones, recorded some of the sounds encountered within. The work was created entirely from those sounds, with extensive sound processing via numerous computer applications (perhaps in a sense the term processing can be substituted for cannibalising, as the machine feeds on itself!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (sub)urban mantra: Duration – 2:27<\/p>\n Cityscapes hum. All the sonic activity contained within a densely populated urban environment generates an often imperceptible, yet omnipresent hum We are perennially exposed to this low frequency activity, yet are largely unaware of it. Much of our lack of awareness can be attributed to the masking of the low frequency, amorphous hum by all the other, more clearly articulated sounds around us. I wanted to present a short work that situates a musician within the context of an urban environment, presenting the listener with two very distinct strands of material. The hum becomes an analogy for a very low frequency drone as a busker plays on a street corner.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n corpus sanus – hominis: Duration – 3:14<\/p>\n The second of two miniatures centred on the theme ‚inside the machine – inside the body‘.<\/p>\n This piece is a somewhat literal representation of the omnipresent sounds of our heart, blood and lungs. At first in isolation, and then as we walk into an urban environment, the work articulates how, to a large degree we have filtered out our body sounds, yet they are omnipresent and occupy every aspect of our lives. Recording of the material involved the use of a handmade \u2018stethoscopic\u2019 microphone, taped to the body whilst undertaking a soundwalk. Gestures are inextricably bound with all human physical activities. Every moment of our lives we generate (often barely perceptible) sound via gesture. I wanted to express this endless series of gestures in a metaphorical, rather than literal sense, and so chose to use the bass clarinet, an instrument inherently sensitive to long gestures of breath. However, in this work the gesture created is exaggerated, presented as a single, long movement suggesting the endless motion of gestures accompanying our lives. (*Clarinets by R\u00e9mi Delangle)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n relatively loud tones: Duration – 3:45<\/p>\n Beeps, chimes, electronic chirps\u2026 Auditory signifiers of relative shapes and lengths, designed to communicate a vast array of meanings. So vast an array of meanings in fact that these sounds seem to blend into the background, only occasionally reaching through to us.<\/p>\n This work attempts to bring to the foreground some of these auditory icons, from summons to prayer to evacuation alarms. In doing so it intimates a certain desensitisation to the meanings behind these otherwise relatively loud tones, as we fail to take heed of their message, almost as though the more we hear then, the more peripheral they become. Even if the icons sometimes signify danger.<\/p>\n The miniature was created using recordings on a soundwalk in a ship as it was forced to evacuate passengers and crew. Additional sounds were captured on a sea port soundwalk in Trinidad.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n tape junk: Duration \u2013 2:20<\/p>\n tape junk is a short sonic portrait created using out-takes of jazz guitar recordings within the studio environment. The miscellaneous sounds typically discarded within the studio\u2010based environment have been reclaimed and used as composed artefacts. In particular, the artefacts have been assembled to portray a broader aesthetic of peripheral activity, inherently bound to the overall process of recording and structuring, yet disposed of entirely when presenting the subject matter of the recording; the final, mastered composition.<\/p>\n I wanted to present a work that draws heavily on the minutia of sonic miscellany attached to the recording process, hoping to provide a broader analogy for discarded or peripheral sounds and the role they play in our everyday lives; often deemed undesirable and (physiologically) filtered\u2010out, yet intrinsic to the activities they accompany. *(All guitars by Jeremy Sawkins)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n seascape triptych – iii: cnidaria Duration \u2013 2:50<\/p>\n Looking across the water, sounds can seem to mimic the visual sense of panorama; wind and wave sounds, seaspray and splashing. Underneath the waves <\/p>\n sub chron ii: Duration \u2013 1:27<\/p>\n The second of two works reflecting sonic timscapes: (same program note as \u2018sub chron i\u2019)<\/p>\n Whilst wanting to create material that captured the sounds of time, I decided to approach both works (sub chron i and ii) from a metaphorical, rather than literal perspective. The most obvious sound source to use was that of clocks. Using a variety of recordings of clocks, the two sonic timescapes seek to typify aspects of time. From a composed perspective, this was achieved by observing relationships often associated with time such as pulse, measure, synchronicity, motion, accellerandi and ritarando (amongst others). The only additional material used is a field recording of a public-type space, reflecting people\u2019s contiguity to time in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n voix sous: Duration \u2013 3:48<\/p>\n voix sous is an abstracted soundscape created from a short series of fragmented whispers. Rather than focusing on the vocal content of a whisper, through an exploration of density, mass, continuity and magnitude the work celebrates the power of these all-to-peripheral, intentionally quiet utterances.<\/p>\n To me, the act of whispering is often intimate, and the sound comforting. Part of language, yet reserved for those particular times when talking is perhaps not enough to convey the emotional content behind the words themselves. Whispers are personal, often secretive and sensuous gestures, intended to draw another closer. <\/p>\n norse hamn (norse harbor): Duration \u2013 5:03<\/p>\n This work was recorded and created entirely on location at the Visby International Centre for Composers, Sweden. The centre is situated directly opposite a small harbour that has been in use for well over 1,000 years. The work shifts between the physical context of the port with its minutia of everyday sounds contained within, and various dramatized abstractions of the same port, seeking to elevate the sonic (and aquatic) activities generated by its many seagoing vessels .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n toy bagatelle \u2013i: Duration \u2013 3:44<\/p>\n The first in another radiophonic triptych comprising 3 sections, with the structure of stereophonic \u2013 monophonic \u2013 stereophonic for the presentation of sound portraits. Each section in the triptych gravitates around my 3 children, and the sound material was inspired by the bagatelle; both as a playful musical \u2018trifle\u2019 and a children\u2019s game originally from the 19th century involving a wooden board and a ball.<\/p>\n The sounds accompanying children playing are intimately bound to their imagination as they tumble, roll, giggle and rumble through a playscape. This first section captures some of the sonic activities of children playing, and draws extensively from the bagatelle in both its incarnations; firstly, to portray a light, playful musical piece, and secondly through the use of sounds recorded when my children were playing the game of bagatelle.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n toy bagatelle \u2013ii (glass ear) \u2013 monochrome : Duration \u2013 2:43<\/p>\n I wanted to present the listener with a \u2018through wall\u2019 perspective of children playing. We spend much of our lives with nothing but a wall between ourselves and the manifold sonic activities created by children. Inspired by the sounds I imagined my neighbours must hear, this section situates the listener as though holding a glass to a wall, placing your ear on the glass and listening. To create this section, I firstly composed a playscape drawing from recordings of my children playing with toys, games and other sounds around our house. Then, using a contact microphone attached to the inside of a glass, I recorded the sound of the composed playscape as it was played from speakers in a room next door in our home. The final composition that is presented quickly shifts the listeners perception between the recording captured through the glass and the original material.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n toy bagatelle – section iii: Duration \u2013 2:41<\/p>\n A single key struck on a toy piano provides the majority of material for this section, whilst also using some of the sounds from the game of bagatelle. This final section presents a resonant, abstracted sound world complete with sound from a child\u2019s music box. As mentioned however, the focus for this final section in the triptych is on a single time-stretched note from a toy piano which is used as a metaphor of the importance in which children stretch the imagination whilst at play.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n intersections: Duration \u2013 2:41<\/p>\n intersections intimates the highly apparent, yet intangible nexus of natural environment and human intervention. At what point does the sound of nature dissolve entirely, consumed by human activity. Is the transformation a stark, vertical column of human intervention forcibly subduing nature, or a more diffuse, gradual overwhelming of natural landscapes?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n place\/space threnody: Duration \u2013 3:37<\/p>\n The focus of this work is not on the sounds themselves, but the spaces they inhabit. More specifically, I wanted to convey a short piece that captures some of the sonic spaces that I grew-up listening to the radio within. To achieve this, I recorded a series of spaces ranging from large workshops and kitchen spaces to cars and livings spaces, and then used these recordings to create impulse responses. I then composed a series of simple gestures for string instruments, piano and a variety of sound objects (objects often found within the spaces themselves) and carefully set about situating the composed material within the captured spaces. The work reflects my interest in capturing the vitality and evocative possibilities associated with spaces themselves to use as expressive devices within composed works. (*all instruments within the work performed by daniel blinkhorn)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Artwork and photoediting by Ren\u00e9 Seifert \/ Flatlab<\/p>\n Soundscape Series by Gruenrekorder<\/p>\n Germany \/ 2013 \/\u00a0Gruen 117 \/ LC 09488 \/ EAN: 4050486090350<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Closer Listen\u2019s Best Field Recording & Soundscape Albums of the Decade<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n arsonal<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Se trata de una interesante creaci\u00f3n radiof\u00f3nica a prop\u00f3sito de aquellos sonidos que, a pesar de rodearnos a diario, o bien quedan fuera del alcance de nuestra percepci\u00f3n auditiva, o bien desatendemos sin m\u00e1s. Eventos sonoros esencialmente invisibles a los que el autor denomina con el t\u00e9rmino „sub sound“. Aspectos pues de la actividad subs\u00f3nica resultar\u00e1n reflejados a trav\u00e9s de las diecinueve secciones o miniaturas acusm\u00e1ticas que, sin sujeci\u00f3n a una narrativa espec\u00edfica, integran esta obra de una hora escasa de duraci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n En ella, Blinkhorn congrega numerosas grabaciones ambientales, sonidos electr\u00f3nicos y algunos fragmentos instrumentales (Jeremy Sawkins, guitarras; R\u00e9mi Delangle, clarinete; Olivier Zeller, DJing) para elaborarlos y componerlos en estampas diversas de entornos inauditos. Su dominio subf\u00f3nico abarca, entre otros elementos: distintas muestras de ambientes marinos y submarinos, representaciones ac\u00fasticas del paso del tiempo, sonidos internos del cuerpo humano y de m\u00e1quinas, otros producidos con ocasi\u00f3n de juegos infantiles, alarmas de evacuaci\u00f3n, susurros o el zumbar de las ciudades.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Todo el material contenido en „Terra Subf\u00f3nica“ fue grabado, compuesto, mezclado y masterizado por el propio autor, contando con la asistencia del ingeniero de sonido de la ABC Philip Ulman. En el libreto incluido en la edici\u00f3n del CD, Blinkhorn ofrece una descripci\u00f3n de todas y cada una de las diecinueve secciones comprendidas en la obra. <\/p>\n PROGRESS REPORT<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Holger Adam | testcard #24: Bug Report. Digital war besser<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Richard Allen | ACL 2013: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n An investigation of sound and sub-sound, Terra Subf\u00f3nica offers a vast array of timbres: heartbeats and clocks, coral creatures and children\u2019s toys.\u00a0 This rich, engaging, and fulfilling work is sequenced in such a way as to produce a feeling of ongoing surprise.\u00a0 Blinkhorn takes an obvious delight in his subjects, and his mood is contagious.<\/p>\n link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hannah Giles | The Sound Projector<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n The CD is divided into several series and triptychs covering such terrain as seascapes, tones and timescapes, machines and cityscapes. Other pieces focus on such abstract themes as sonic spaces and even children playing. Some of these tracks, including \u2018(sub)urban mantra\u2019, focus on the instrumental; others, such as the seascape triptych, highlight the sounds of nature; and some are just plain weird, like the robotic, machine-inspired, \u2018corpus sanus \u2013 computare\u2019. On other tracks, the sounds are brought together in a way that combines field recordings, electronic music and experimental sound techniques, manipulated into a radiophonic cacophony.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blinkhorn also wanted to explore the medium of radio; something that comes across quite clearly on several of the tracks, in particular, \u2018place\/space threnody\u2019. He\u2019s pushing the boundaries of sound on \u2018toy bagatelle i\u2019, which utilises a stereophonic\/monophonic\/stereophonic structure to accompany the sounds of children playing. The overall feel is certainly one of an artist and relishing the opportunity to experiment in order to present something totally unique.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The result of all this experimentation means that, at first listen, the recordings seem diverse and random, as the ear struggles to reconcile the instrumental work with fragments of the familiar and the alien sounds Blinkhorn has merged. On repeat listens, however, a pattern starts to emerge and the brain starts to get tuned in to these sub-sounds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It must be noted that while the end result of Terra Subf\u00f3nica is certainly interesting, it seems more a piece of work to be admired than one to be enjoyed repeatedly. More than mere background, the work demands attention but is quite a challenging listen; especially to those not familiar with this type of sound manipulation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Overall, Terra Subf\u00f3nica is an ambitious and highly original work of soundart that has the potential to open listeners\u2019 minds and ears to a whole new world going on beneath what they usually hear. <\/p>\n Hal Harmon | Musique Machine<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Through 19 tracks, Mr. Blinkhorn offers a panoply of radiophonic miniatures that may be short in stature, however sound much larger than life. I often roll my eyes when any piece of art is described as a \u201cfeast for the senses,\u201d but this time (and this time alone) I will make a rare exception. This disc truly is a feast for the senses. The sounds found on Terra Subf\u00f3nica run the gamut, including mixing and melding of: field recordings, crisp electronic pops and crackles, aquatic sounds, ticking clocks, jazz guitar, voices, and even some beats thrown in for good measure. Of course that really only begins to scratch the surface. Despite each track\u2019s short length, ranging from 1 \u00bd to 5 \u00bd minutes (though most tracks clock in well below 3 \u00bd minutes), there\u2019s a focus and unity to each piece with the larger sum. I think these tracks are just the perfect length, which play like briskly moving samplings of sounds. It\u2019d be hard to believe that a casual listener wouldn\u2019t find something intriguing or enjoyable on this album. There\u2019s a little something for everyone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My only qualm with Terra Subf\u00f3nica are the extensive notes on each piece contained within the insert. Truthfully, a lot of the commentary came off as a bit pretentious for my tastes and I ended up just skimming over them. While I tend to like a little commentary on the recording process, I felt a little too much was given away, especially with the tracks being so short. There\u2019s something to be said, for having some mystery surrounding your work. Of course, I was happy to shelve the booklet and just absorb the sounds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once again, along with Adrian Dziewanski\u2019s Island Terminus, another classy release from the fine folks at Gruenrekorder. <\/p>\n Neural<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n Italiano: <\/p>\n Richard Allen | a closer listen<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n Daniel Blinkhorn loves sound like other people love dessert.\u00a0 It\u2019s a healthy obsession. Blinkhorn\u2019s decision to concentrate on the frequencies we normally ignore opens windows into perception and the subconscious.\u00a0 We do hear these sounds; we just don\u2019t know that we hear them.\u00a0 But to keep the proceedings from growing esoteric, Blinkhorn adds familiar properties as signposts.\u00a0 Jeremy Sawkins\u2019 jazz guitar is a friendly presence in \u201cSubf\u00f3n \u2013 monochrome i: Duration\u201d, which acts as an overture for the set; later appearances by Sawkins serve to connect the dots.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While thematic sets form the core of the album, related pieces are often separated; for example, the \u201cseascape triptych\u201d is found in tracks 1, 4 and 11, while \u201csub chron i and ii\u201d occupies tracks 3 and 12.\u00a0 This separation lends the album an even greater variety, although it also inspires alternate track orders.\u00a0 As it stands, the album generally works its way from the thin to the thick, the field recording to the performance, in a non-linear fashion.\u00a0 If the mind wants to impose order, then order can be found, but if not, then it can be enjoyed with its mystery preserved.\u00a0 For example, the first seascape does sound like a seascape, with its obvious wave action; but the third (in the more computerized section of the album) might be mistaken for an electronic work.\u00a0 The ear is fooled by the context, as the pops and pings are those of coral creatures.\u00a0 Likewise, the clocks of \u201csub chron\u201d sound less like clocks at the deep end of the set, but the distinction is erased when the parts are played in sequence.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t sleight of hand, but decontextualization: the same effect that occurs when one finds a familiar face where it is \u201cnot supposed to be\u201d \u2013 a co-worker at a mall, a teacher at the beach \u2013 and can\u2019t recall the person\u2019s name.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the two parts of \u201ccorpus sanus\u201d, Blinkhorn contrasts the inner workings of the human body with those of a computer.\u00a0 There\u2019s a lot more going on than meets the ear.\u00a0 If a message is to be gleaned from this pairing, it may be that we are disconnected not only from ourselves, but from our tools: ungrounded, unaware.\u00a0 And as demonstrated on \u201crelatively loud tones\u201d, humans can even become acclimated to alarm tones and bells.\u00a0 The frequency of such sounds lowers the brain\u2019s sense of alert; over time, warning notes are reduced to an ambient backdrop.\u00a0 This is the modern version of \u201cThe Boy Who Cried Wolf\u201d ~ too many false warnings, followed by apathy and then the actual disaster.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The album\u2019s most endearing section arrives near the end, as the artist records the sound of his own children playing for the three-part \u201ctoy bagatelle\u201d.\u00a0 This triptych is enchanting and strange all at once, reflecting the inner world adults are no longer able to enter, save for hints of nostalgia and d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.\u00a0 A winding toy, a ping-pong ball, the extended note of a toy piano, and even a drumbeat figure strongly in the processed work, which seems more real because it is less real, a feat of counter-intuition.\u00a0 Will his children like it?\u00a0 Perhaps not until they are adults.\u00a0 Our attentions and appreciations change over time, and sound is never restricted to a single interpretation. <\/p>\n Jay-Dea Lopez | The Field Reporter<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n From domestic interiors to public exteriors to the body itself \u201cTerra Subfonica\u201d is comprised of 19 short tracks. Due to Blinkhorn\u2019s broad focus the subject material is diverse yet his compositional style creates a sense of unity between each work. With each short piece Blinkhorn shows sensitivity towards the original object, this is especially evident in the way he allows the field recordings to clearly identify the sounding object. Unlike many acousmatic works the compositions found on \u201cTerra Subfonica\u201d do not intend to shroud the original source material, instead we hear objects such as alarms, computers, children\u2019s toys and cityscapes in close proximity. Blinkhorn uses the microphone as his instrument. That which was at the periphery is now placed at the centre. Although this has become standard practise for many field recordists it is in Blinkhorn\u2019s compositional style that \u201cTerra Subfonica\u201d finds its unique and deeply human voice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSub Chron i\u201d is the first of Blinkhorn\u2019s compositions interpreting sounds from the domestic space. Here Blinkhorn records the sounds of inner clock mechanisms, chimes and pendulums, all of which serve to navigate our way through the periods of day and night. Through the use of layering and delays Blinkhorn creates a magical ambience. Listening to \u201cSub Chron i\u201d the progression of time is no longer associated with the drudgery of routines or ageing, instead it is something to treasure, an element that unifies us all. Similarly \u201cToy bagatelle iii\u201d explores the relationship between humans and sound. Here a single note from a toy piano is stretched and processed to reflect upon the connection between time and the imagination. And so it does \u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From the periphery of public space comes \u201cRelatively loud tones\u201d. Layers of field recordings of alarms, church bells and warning signals are subtly juxtaposed with human voices. Tones fade in and out unobtrusively, processed again with the airy delays that characterise much of the work on \u201cTerra Subfonica\u201d. It is an interesting paradox that \u201cRelatively loud tones\u201d is one of the gentler compositions on the release. Blinkhorn\u2019s intent is clearest here: even the loudest of signals can be marginalised by the human psycho-acoustic filter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally, \u201cTerra Subfonica\u201d turns its attention to the sounds of the human body in works such as \u201ccorpus sanus \u2013 hominis\u201d and \u201cvoix sous\u201d.\u00a0 In \u201ccorpus sanus \u2013 hominis\u201d recordings of the heart, blood, and lungs are made by taping a microphone to the body. External sounds from a street are layered alongside those of the body, providing an insight into the way in which the exterior affects the interior. Again Blinkhorn contextualises sound within the scope of the human condition. What could otherwise be a work of abstraction is instead characterised by a sense of humanity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blinkhorn recorded much of the work on \u201cTerra Subfonica\u201d whilst working as the artist-in-residence at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2010. From Blinkhorn\u2019s time as the ABC\u2019s resident artist he has created a work of subtlety and sensitivity. After listening to \u201cTerra Subfonica\u201d we approach the world with renewed curiosity, we search for the sonic terrain that exists in the margins. <\/p>\n Guillermo Escudero | Loop<\/a><\/strong> link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Idwal Fisher | IDWAL FISHER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n You\u2019ll find Daniel Blinkhorn in Gruenrekorder\u2019s \u2018Soundscape\u2019 department. On Terra Subf\u00f3nica he\u2019s created 19 short-ish compositions each one dealing with the way in which we, as creatures of hearing, go about our daily routines without taking in the really interesting sounds that are going on all around us. Take for instance the way in which you may be able to hear your neighbours children playing through your incredibly thin poorly built walls. Blinkhorn recreates the event by recording his children at play, playing the results back through some speakers and recording the whole thing from a different room through a drinking glass with a contact mic attached to its base. There are 19 such examples of what Blinkhorn calls \u2018sub sound\u2019 each one a startling revelation, each one carrying with it extensive explanations of its purpose and genesis within the accompanying booklet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There\u2019s a sea scape tryptich the second installment of which records the sounds of a colony of hermit crabs underwater, the insides of a desktop PC where Blinkhorn takes the casing off his computer and records whats going on in there with several [no doubt highly sensitive microphones], \u2018Tape Junk\u2019\u00a0 composed from the outtakes of jazz guitar recordings [big reveal – it sounds nothing like outtakes from jazz guitar recordings], \u2018Sub Chron II\u2019 a work made with clocks, \u2018Voix Sous\u2019 from whispers. And on it goes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The results are a stunning. An embarrassment of riches. Blinkhorn not only finds delight in \u2018sub sounds\u2019, he knows how to develop them into greater things, make them even more of a delight for the listener. Dip in anywhere on this release, turn up the volume and prepare to be entranced. You might be listening to crabs scramble over each other in their underwater habitat but what you\u2019re hearing is the gentle clack of exoskeleton, like gentle rain hitting a thin sheet of tin. The sounds culled from inside Blinkhorn\u2019s PC become digital micro chatter, overloaded information highways. In \u2018[Sub]Urban Mantra\u2019 we find the hum of the city playing host to a powerful throb, voices come and go, distant traffic can be heard and then birds. And on it goes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Terra Subf\u00f3nica is one of the most impressive environmental sound\/electroacousitc works yet to come this way. The last track is probably the best [I\u2019m saving the best for last] \u2018Place\/Space Threnody\u2019 finds Blinkhorn playing an array of instruments including the piano which are then processed, clipped edited, reworked, whatever it is he does with these sounds, until we arrive at something that sounds like a cross between Arvo P\u00e4rt, David Sylvian\u2019s more esoteric moments and Austrian laptop\/guitar dabbler Christian Fennesz. A sublime piece of work.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blinkhorn\u2019s CV runs to soundtrack work, installations, orchestral work, chamber orchestra, symphonies, radiophonic pieces, he\u2019s been lauded with international prizes and his works are performed worldwide. Its a pleasure to have been introduced to him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Helgoland comes in a printed cardboard fold out job, both releases contain excellent booklets. Quality abounds. <\/p>\n textura<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n Terra Subf\u00f3nica, a radiophonic work (available in 500 CD copies) by Daniel Blinkhorn, holds up well if experienced on purely sonic terms or as a recording whose aural content is amplified by the track-by-track detail the Sydney-based sound artist and field recordist generously provides. Presented in the form of nineteen miniatures, the recording documents one of his primary interests, specifically the relationships between people and the sonorous environments they inhabit, the latter often existing as subliminal parts of the larger, complex fabric. Blinkhorn’s preferred term for this is \u201csub sound\u201d as it refers to a terrain existing just below the threshold of awareness. A panorama of sounds originating from field recordings, instrumental music, and electronic music constitutes the raw materials out of which the miniatures were developed. The pieces are a diverse and eclectic lot that, despite being so multi-varied, share a common theme and consequently hold together as a cohesive statement. Vocal sounds, clarinets (by R\u00e9mi Delangle), guitars (by Jeremy Sawkins), and even, surprisingly enough, hip-hop beats (by Olivier Zeller) surface during the recording, adding to the rich landscape assembled by Blinkhorn.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We begin with nature sounds, specifically the quiet gurgle of a seascape (the first of three such vignettes) and its gentle breezes, before moving onto \u201cSubf\u00f3n \u2013 Monochrome I,\u201d a monophonic work (one of two on the recording) that uses jazz guitar as a constellating point for myriad sounds, natural and industrial, drawn from the other Terra Subf\u00f3nica pieces. The second seascape fixates on the robust sound activity associated with a colony of hermit crabs Blinkhorn encountered on an island off the coast of Venezuela, the sounds suggestive on their own of insectile activity rather than the up-close recording of creatures crawling overtop of one another in a confined space. The third seascape shifts the focus to sounds below the water’s surface, namely the burble, snaps, and clicks produced from a coral reef and the many marine creatures that live alongside it. Consistent with the nautical theme, water, ship, and harbour sounds captured on location in Sweden dominate \u201cNorse Hamn (Norse Harbor).\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As reflected in its title and incorporation of manipulated clock sounds (whirrs, ticking, chimes), time is the obvious theme of \u201cSub Chron I,\u201d which Blinkhorn amplifies further by including a field recording of a public space to emphasize how fundamentally our everyday lives are configured by clock time. Dominating \u201cCorpus Sanus \u2013 Computare\u201d are glitchy electronic sounds Blinkhorn captured by opening the casing on his computer and using microphones to record the inner sounds of the machine, which he then processed using\u2014what else?\u2014computer software. Glitchy and real-world sounds intertwine in \u201cRelatively Loud Tones\u201d when bleeps and electronic chirps rub shoulders with church bells, door slams, and people talking, the sum-total of which reminds the listener of the rich array of omnipresent sound he\/she is surrounded by and largely desensitized to.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCorpus Sanus \u2013 Hominis\u201d records the inner sounds of the human body, specifically the heart, blood, and lungs, something Blinkhorn effected by taping a handmade \u2018stethoscopic‘ microphone to his body during a soundwalk through the traffic-laden urban environment. By contrast, \u201c(Sub)Urban Mantra\u201d moves into the outer world to capture a teeming cityscape of people-related sounds, a busker’s guitar a kind of glue connecting the bits together. Fragmented whispers form the backbone of \u201cVoix Sous,\u201d an ethereal soundscape of noticeable ebb-and-flow that perhaps comes closest of the pieces to being a prototypical electronic composition of the contemporary kind. Zeller’s beats accompany sounds of Blinkhorn’s three children playing\u2014tumbling, rolling, giggling\u2014on the first of the three \u201cToy Bagatelle\u201d pieces, the third of which assumes a more abstract form in manipulating and time-stretching the sound produced by a single key on a toy piano.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A vast range of environments is explored over the course of the fifty-five-minute recording, and one comes away impressed by how effectively Blinkhorn brings to the listener’s awareness the huge number of sonic worlds\u2014micro and macro, natural and urban, inner and outer\u2014one is experiencing and immersed within at any given moment. In that regard, the experience of listening to Terra Subf\u00f3nica proves to be transformative. <\/p>\n VITAL WEEKLY<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n Terra Subf\u00f3nica\u00a0| Daniel Blinkhorn<\/a><\/strong> Terra Subf\u00f3nica\u00a0| Daniel Blinkhorn Gruen 117 | Audio CD > [order] Reviews As a composer and sound artist often working closely at the nexus of radiophonic art, environmental sound and electroacoustic music, one of my primary interests is in the exploration of relationships between people and the incredibly rich sonorous environments they populate. 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\n\/\/ All guitars by Jeremy Sawkins.
\n\/\/ DJing\/ beats on \u2018toy bagatelle \u2013 i\u2019 provided by Olivier Zeller.
\n\/\/ Clarinets on \u2018geste sonore\u2019 by R\u00e9mi Delangle.
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\netc have been carefully choreographed to reflect the sounds contained within this type of natural environment. The material has also been extensively
\ntransformed via DSP applications to illustrate some of the artistic possibilities possible within this environment when expressed through the imagination. It
\ndraws the listener\u2019s attention to the minute and sensuous sounds of a unified nature surrounding the sea, forming part of a seascape.<\/p>\n
\ngrappled and vied within the colony. As I listened, what struck me most was the disparity occurring between that which I saw, and that which I heard. To
\nsee the crabs as they moved so slowly and awkwardly over one another produced a striking contrast to the sheer density and intensified activity portrayed
\nby the sounds this action appeared to make. This section was very carefully processed to reveal this heightened aural activity, whilst nudging and transforming some of the sounds, the overall shape of the work was designed to create a portrait of the colony, allowing the listener to observe another
\naspect of sound ecology from a seascape environment<\/p>\n
\ngeste sonore: Duration \u2013 2:00<\/p>\n
\nhowever there is a very different portrait. The crisp, delicate clicks, pops, and snaps produced from a coral reef present a soundscape far more intimate and
\nclose\u2010up as the many marine animals bustle and fossick amidst the reef. This section was recorded whilst diving off the coast of Bonaire, and presents a
\nsomewhat playful miniature combining the coral reef sounds with breath sounds, attempting to capture both the beautiful sounds of a reef, coupled with
\nmy experience whilst snorkelling. (*special thanks to EcoSono for making the recordings possible)<\/p>\n
\nvoix sous is a short work that amplifies the ethereal world of whisper and intimate vocal gesture, an activity that occurs around us all the time.
\nThe majority of material comes from a series of whispers, coalescing to become a single unified utterance, with a pitched utterance to provide a fixed harmony.<\/p>\n
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\nDaniel Blinkhorn ~ Terra Subf\u00f3nica (Gruenrekorder, 2013)
\nBilled as a series of \u201cradiophonic miniatures,\u201d Terra Subf\u00f3nica is the aural version of a breakfast cereal variety pack. Blinkhorn serves computers and clocks, serenades and seas, the amplified human body and the sound of his own children playing with toys. The album is held together by a sense of wonder. While listening, one begins to think about the sounds of one\u2019s own house, car and community, and the question, \u201cWhat makes a sound appealing?\u201d Those unsure of what they enjoy may find some direction here; and if not direction, joy. (Richard Allen)
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\nTras resultar premiado en la octava edici\u00f3n del Concours International d’Art Radiophonique Luc Ferrari (La Muse en Circuit, Centre National de Cr\u00e9ation Musicale, 2009) por su pieza para clarinete y sonidos fijados ‚In situ bacia‘, el compositor australiano Daniel Blinkhorn disfrut\u00f3, en 2010, de una residencia art\u00edstica concedida por la Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). En el transcurso de la misma realiz\u00f3 „Terra Subf\u00f3nica“, composici\u00f3n de la cual es objeto este registro publicado recientemente por el sello alem\u00e1n Gruenrekorder.<\/p>\n
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\nA large collection of miniatures form what appears to be the debut release by this artist given to moulding fragmented field recordings together with micro-electronics, the occasional melodic thrum, shapeshifted clarinet and gnarled tonal sweeps. Together, they form a radiophonic exploration, although each piece can be taken as self-contained as well as part of the entire narrative. Although far from unique, Terra Subfonica remains interesting enough to accompany a quiet and solitary domestic chore, such as ironing. Would I return to this after having just caught up with a huge pile of shirts, though? I guess you read my mind. RJ.
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\n[…<\/a>] Aufnahmen unterschiedlicher Quellen hat DANIEL BLINKHORN im Studio bearbeitet und auch durch zus\u00e4tzliche Instrumente bzw. Einspielungen von Gitarre, elektronischen Elementen und Klarinette erg\u00e4nzt. Daraus resultiert die gut einst\u00fcndige Komposition Terra Subf\u00f3nica: 19 Tracks, die vom Klangbild her d\u00fcster, schwebend und minimal gehalten sind. Nenn\u2019 es \u201eGer\u00e4usch-Musik\u201c, \u201eNeue Elektronische Musik\u201c oder etwas poppiger gefasst \u201eDark Ambient\u201c, das ist egal. Die Musik ist stark genug, solche Etikettierungen auszuhalten. […<\/a>]
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\nWith Terra Subf\u00f3nica, composer and sound artist Daniel Blinkhorn has created a futuristic collection of sub-sounds designed to focus on what we hear in our subconscious. The result is a striking collection of recordings that are combined with Blinkhorn\u2019s instrumental material to create a piece of work that is at once familiar and bizarre. Or, as Blinkhorn himself says, the CD presents a suite of \u201819 dramaturgical, radiophonic miniatures that map a sonic sub terrain\u2019. Phew.<\/p>\n
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\nGruenrekorder presents Terra Subf\u00f3nica by Australian composer and sound artist Daniel Blinkhorn. As stated in the liner notes, his work lies at the \u201cnexus of radiophonic art, environmental sound and electroacoustic music.\u201d That\u2019s a fairly accurate description of the sounds at hand on this disc.<\/p>\n
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\nWith Terra Subf\u00f3nica Daniel Blinkhorn has created a conceptual radiophonic work that fuses familiar, odd, neglected and unheard sounds. The sound-artist has focused his attention on the potentiality of comprehension and impressions of the medium of radio, manipulating the \u201ctraditional\u201d techniques of audio awareness. Silences are allowed to emerge and poignant field recordings and other sound fragments manifest a sort of mapping process located at the edge of understanding. One of Blinkhorn\u2019s main interests is \u201cthe exploration of the relationships between the people and the sound environments\u201d. He has managed to fashion a number of articulate conceptual cages for this small radio-dramaturgical suite, adding instrumental and electronic sounds but still keeping a sense of the environments in which the works reside. The result is very fluid and rich with poetic passages, thanks to elaborately cut-up audio captures that intersect different planes and inspire the narrative, forming a meticulous work composed of 19 scores. Daniel Blinkhorn, Australian composer, sound and digital media-artist has persuaded us of his talent: this release is highly enjoyable and full of charm.
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\nIn Terra Subf\u00f3nica Daniel Blinkhorn s\u2019applica in guisa d\u2019una concettuale opera radiofonica che eleva a medium percettivo le suggestioni indotte da suoni familiari, strani, trascurati e inauditi. L\u2019esplorazione del sound-artista focalizzata sulla capacit\u00e0 d\u2019intendimento e d\u2019impressione del mezzo radiofonico lavora sulle \u201ctradizionali\u201d tecniche di sensibilizzazione auditiva, facendo emergere silenzi, agitando field recording e frammenti sonori di varia provenienza, realizzando come una mappatura alle soglie della nostra acutezza nel distinguere. Uno degli interessi primari dello sperimentatore \u00e8 \u201cl\u2019esplorazione delle relazioni tra le persone e gli ambienti sonori\u201d, spazi che sono particolarmente ricchi di sfumature auditive e andrebbero \u201cascoltati\u201d con maggiore attenzione. Sono piccole suite radio-drammaturgiche allora quelle per le quali l\u2019autore dispone un\u2019articolata gabbia concettuale, annettendo anche suoni strumentali ed elettronici ma cercando comunque di preservare gli ambienti reali che molte delle opere \u201cabitano\u201d. Il risultato di questo approccio \u00e8 decisamente assai fluente e ricco di squarci poetici, grazie a catture auditive che sembrano ispirare la narrazione, comunque costruita nel montaggio in maniera piuttosto elaborata, intersecando differenti piani, giocando sulla qualit\u00e0 delle registrazioni effettuate nelle differenti soundwalk e sessioni di registrazione, costruendo meticolosamente i percorsi sonori che vanno infine a comporre ciascuna delle 19 partiture presentate. Daniel Blinkhorn, compositore australiano, sound e digital media artist, ci ha comunque convinto del suo talento, l\u2019uscita \u00e8 godibilissima all\u2019ascolto e di grande fascino.
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\nThe most diverse album in recent memory, Terra Subf\u00f3nica is a series of \u201cradiophonic miniatures\u201d that investigates sound and sub-sound, with an emphasis on the ignored.\u00a0 Extensive liner notes guide the listener through a selection of soundscapes that range from quiet field recordings to thick electronic drone.\u00a0 The album is best enjoyed without extraneous noise in the room; even an air conditioner will drown out many of the subtleties.\u00a0 Rich in dynamic contrast and overall development, this is a romance for the auditory canal.<\/p>\n
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\nSounds that exist beyond the periphery of our consciousness have a curious way of burrowing their way into our mind. They pulse below us, somewhere in the margins, yet they exert influence over our moods thoughts and desires. It has often been through the work of field recordists that we listen attentively to the marginalised sounds of the familiar for the first time. It is these sounds, from the subsonic terrain, that Daniel Blinkhorn observes in \u201cTerra Subfonica\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\nDaniel Blinkhorn is an Australian composer, sound and digital media artist based in Sydney. His work develops in radiophonic art, environmental sound and electroacoustic music field.
\nBlinkhorn is interested in the sounds that surround us but sometimes we don’t perceive with our ears or we are not conscious on hearing.
\nThis CD emphasizes the wide range of sound art works that explore the medium of radio. For this purpose he used field recordings, recorded voices, guitars (by Jeremy Sawkins), clarinets (by R\u00e9mi Delangle), DJing beats by Olivier Zeller and electronics.
\nNineteen short tracks that deploy different issues like seascape, sound of time (clock), crustaceans, the human interaction with desktop computer, wind, waves, water, seaspray, whispers, among other sounds.
\nThis is an amazing work showing the sounds that go unnoticed and have a rich sound nuances.<\/p>\n
\nGruenrekorder releases have the uncanny knack of sending me deep into the arms of Morpheus like no other label I know. Its happened before, sometimes on a Greek island, usually at home, feet up, headphones on, a small glass of something alcoholic to hand, the review playlist whirring away only for each track and album to morph into one big blob of half remembered sounds and tracks that are finally recalled when played back compos mentis. [\u2026]<\/p>\n
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\nThat two of Gruenrekorder’s latest releases are field recordings-oriented hardly surprises but what does\u2014as is so often the case with the Frankfurt-based label’s releases\u2014is how the sound artists involved, Lasse-Marc Riek (co-runner, along with Roland Etzin, of Gruenrekorder) and Australian composer Daniel Blinkhorn, build on that base to create work that distinguishes it from that of others. […<\/a>]<\/p>\n
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\nReleases by Gruenrekorder start to look better and better, but also contain a lot of information on the music it contains, although not always on the composer. I have no idea who Daniel Blinkhorn is, but according to the booklet his interest lies in ‚radiophonic art, environmental sound and electro-acoustic music‘ and on his release we find nineteen short(ish) pieces of that. Blinkhorn defines ’sub sound‘ as ‚a radiophonic suite reflecting and meditating on aspects of that which is below us‘. Each of the pieces is described in the booklet, like ‚Sub Chron II‘ in which he uses the sound of clocks, and what it means. That’s nice, but perhaps not always necessary. One could leave something to the imagination, plus, I think, some of these pieces are a bit too short – maybe, too pop, if you care to follow me – to be described so in depth. Sound processing through the use of the computer seems to be his main thing and, although I’m not sure, it’s seems to be processing of a similar kind.
\nThat adds, overall, a similar approach to this music, which makes it an unified thing, but also too similar at times. There are various time stretches used here, which is perhaps something one already knows and occasionally there is a bit of guitar or a bit of DJing\/beats – to make it\u2026 erm\u2026 hip? I must say I am not entirely convinced by this release. It’s not bad at all, but it’s a ll a bit too normal, too conventional, it doesn’t step out of the ordinary. […]
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