Enjoying some of the contributions to Birmingham Sound Matter a project using the sounds of the city put together by different sound artists. The album has been put together on Audiobulb, a sonic arts label, and there's a few mp3 previews on the album's page
http://www.audiobulb.com/albums/AB023/AB023.htm
Matty and I took out my PZMs the other day to the river and recorded some great sounds of rain and the weir at Old Ford Lock. The PZMs are great as they pick up hardly any wind sound, and they really get nice textural detail. You can hear the distinct drops of rain. Matt dangled one with a lead over the weir and the patterns that the water makes as the waterfall slows is very relaxing and pretty and delicate.
We are planning to take more sounds of London, especially as you can put the PZMs very wide and get a great stereo effect. When we have collected a bundle we will maybe mix them into a piece of sonic art like the contributions to Birmingham Sound Matter. It's great fun to do something with sound where you don't feel dominated by the tyranny of the song or the rigidity of the even-tempered scale.
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