Bay Area Sound Ecology

10/09/2024

Today in interesting sound news.

It seems like it’s just about geckos, but the discovery has broader implications.

University of Maryland biologists have identified a hidden sensory talent in geckos that's shaking up what we thought we knew about animal hearing.

05/18/2017

Hi people! Stay tuned for info about something upcoming...

12/30/2015

Fantastic sound-demonstrating piece on sound in architicture from NYTimes.

12/10/2015

...what makes a recording special? Your personal list may vary

http://citiesandmemory.com/2015/12/what-makes-a-field-recording-special-part-two/

We examine eight factors that make a field recording special and lift it to a new level.

12/08/2015

The favorite field recordings of a number of great recordists.

http://citiesandmemory.com/2015/12/what-makes-a-field-recording-special-part-one/

15 field recordists from all over the world pick their personal favourite field recording.

02/06/2015

Join the Palo Alto Art Center, musician Danny Paul Grody of Tarentel, The Drift, and Moholy-Nagy, as well as visiting French artist and musician Félicia Atkinson, as they explore the sonic potential of Chris Duncan's door-sized string instrument during "Love of Sound: Live Sound Performances by Felicia Atkinson & Danny Paul Grody," on Saturday, February 14, 2-5 p.m.

The event is free and will feature other art-related activities. This performance is part of the Art Center's current Hear This! exhibition.

I've know Danny for years and this should be very, er, HEART warming. [It's Valentine's Day -ed.]

Hear This! explores the artistic potential of sound, inviting visitors to look, listen, and immerse themselves in the works of five contemporary artists working across disciplines and in a diverse range of media. Including sculptures, prints, tapestry, and video, this exhibition includes works inves…

07/19/2014

WORLD LISTENING DAY was Yesterday.
Did you make any recordings? Consider posting to Radio Aporee:
http://aporee.org/wld2014/

you are invited to participate, please send your audio recording to radio aporee, and help creating a sonic snapshot of the world, on July 18, 2014:

07/19/2014

Francisco Lopez livestreaming from Viseu:
http://invisibleplaces.org/invisibleplaces.html

Often acoustic space is ignored in the construction of a public space, yet the negative impact this has does not seem to get many complaints. People rarely require more quality of the sonic world, because the average consumer does not have the necessary references to change this state of affairs. We…

03/08/2014

Bernie Krause is talking at 2pm TODAY, at the Berkeley Public Library, main branch. Free.

03/03/2014

Thom Blum's Soundscraper project is launching -

Seeking live participation March 10th.

http://www.soundscraper.org/?page_id=470

Soundscraper – Call for ParticipationSoundscraping — using the Internet to share, play, process, and mix live sounds from the world at large. This is a call for worldwide participation for a series of “live crowdsourced soundscaping” performances, beginning in San Francisco, California this March.…

07/24/2013

Brian House's Quotidian Record - a year of tracking data, sonified. http://www.wired.com/design/2013/07/a-years-worth-of-location-data-transformed-into-a-beautiful-record/ -161631

Every revolution represents a single day. It sounds a little bit like Animal Collective.

07/18/2013

A short history (for radio) of Acoustic Ecology. http://www.banffcentre.org/blog/2013/05/15/a-short-history-of-acoustic-ecology/

What was the first sound you heard this morning? Take a moment, what can you hear right now?