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Parade - 3rd Day At Mayrwiese

bikemike — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:09:44 +0200

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People moving behind the Simonga-Maliko up to the Pöstlingberg in Linz, Austria.

The Simonga-Maliko moved on the left way up to the top and I moved in middle of the Mayrwiese (where I learned skiing). The music sounds from ~150 meters away to my Soundman microphons but then they walked behind a ridge and I could only hear them from very far away. On the right side of my path there is a little forest and if you concentrate on the right channel of the recording you can hear this beautiful delays and echos out of the forest.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM on May 3rd 2009 in Linz, Austria.

Length of the recording: 4:30

More infos on the Parade/Linz09 or on the Simonga-maliko here .

created by bikemike on May 12, 2009 5:09 PM

Parade - 3rd Day At 20er Turm

bikemike — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:04:22 +0200

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The drummer of Simonga-Maliko gets some horsepower to make it up the hill to the Pöstlingberg.

The "20er Turm" was built to protect the city of Linz against the troops of Napoleon in the 18th century. No heavy fights happend around this tower, the French army was too powerfull. The Simonga-Mailko from Zimbabwe walked around the tower and played their unique music with their Tonga horns (nyele), beautiful vocals and drums.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM on May 3rd 2009.

Length: 8:57

Infos and great pictures by Werner Puntigam on the Parade/Linz09 here .

created by bikemike on May 12, 2009 3:00 PM

Parade - 3rd Day At Petrinum

bikemike — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:04:08 +0200

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Masterdrummer of Nepal before drumming and marching

Parade is a project curated by Keith Goddard and Peter Kuthan for Linz09 . More info & pics at the Parade homepage .

Location: This recording was done in the courtyard of the Petrinum monastery in Linz, Austria.

The bands marched into the courtyard and did a "concert" while marching rounds or taking a position in the space. The music of the bands blend into each other. A constant waving. Beautiful.

First you get the music of the Masterdrummers of Nepal , than the Donau Brass (Austria) mixed with the Masterdrummers , then Albin Paulus & Stephan Steiner Duo (Austria) mixed into Shanbehzzadeh Duo from Iran and then the Simonga-Maliko (Zimbabwe) marched in followed by Sekembuke & Siga from Zansibar.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM.

Length: 23:04

created by bikemike on May 12, 2009 12:04 PM

Surrounded by noise (west)

bikemike — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:11:53 +0200

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7:30 in the morning. Surrounded by noise!

I am living in Linz, Freistädterstrasse. South of my house is a main-traffic-road of the city of Linz, west of it is a big gas-station with a big car wash and north of my house they build many houses.

When I got up on April 20th at 7:30 and opened my 42db noise-pretection-windows to get some nice air into the space I got three different noise levels into my house.

West: Construction work at the gas-station (loud compressor)

This recording was done with the Zoom H2 and the built-in mics. out of my kitchen window.

Older link (car wash): http://bikemike.blogr.com/podcast/1059066/

created by bikemike on Apr 20, 2009 11:11 AM

Surrounded by noise (south)

bikemike — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:55:09 +0200

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7:30 in the morning. Surrounded by noise!

I am living in Linz, Freistädterstrasse. South of my house is a
main-traffic-road of the city of Linz, west of it is a big gas-station
with a big car wash and north of my house they build many houses.

When I got up on April 20th at 7:30 and opened my 42db
noise-pretection-windows to get some nice air into the space I got
three different noise levels into my house.

South: Traffic jam at Freistädterstrasse

This recording was done with the Zoom H2 and the built-in mics. on my balcony.

Older link: http://bikemike.blogr.com/podcast/1071875/

created by bikemike on Apr 20, 2009 10:55 AM

Surrounded by noise (north)

bikemike — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:46:52 +0200

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7:30 in the morning. Surrounded by noise!

When I got up on April 20th at 7:30 and opened my 42db noise-pretection-windows to get some nice air into the space I got three different noise levels into my house.

North: Construction work

This recording was done with the Zoom H2 and the built-in mics. Out of the window in my sleeping room.

created by bikemike on Apr 20, 2009 10:46 AM

A Praying Wheel Imitates A Machine!

bikemike — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:27:41 +0100

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Bob Marley Hotel in Muktinath, Lower Mustang, Nepal.

In the beginning of this recording the prayers wheel sounds like a motor-bike. With the horn of the car it seams like a urban soundtrack of machines, but then the prayers wheel brings in its very special note of sound. Magic!

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM - August 2008 in Kathamandu, Nepal

created by bikemike on Mar 22, 2009 8:27 PM

In the Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave

bikemike — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:17:34 +0100

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The Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave is a very holy place for the Hindu people. What I liked that much is that the Hindu people are so happy to be there that they express it within the holy place.

How much I love this bells!

On the day of this recording I could see these beautiful solar rings (Sonnenringe).

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM in Pokhara, Nepal - August 2008.

created by bikemike on Mar 22, 2009 8:17 PM

Barking Dogs in Gelling

bikemike — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:06:15 +0100

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Cows are not that big in Mustang, Nepal. But the dogs who protect the villages are. You can hear them running around the villages all night and its hard to fall asleep.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and built-in microphon uncompressed.

Location: Gelling, Mustang - August 2008

created by bikemike on Mar 22, 2009 8:06 PM

Walking In Snow!

bikemike — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:45:05 +0100

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View from the Hinteren Langbathsee to the Höllengebirge (Höllen means hell)

On the 28th my wife and I walked around both Langbathseen (Vorderer Langbathsee and Hinterer Langbathsee) to slim our body after christmas.

It was terrible cold and the snow sounded awesome. So I took my Zoom and made this nice ALL THE BEST FOR 2009 recording for you!

created by bikemike on Dec 31, 2008 12:45 PM

Monsoon In Pokhara!

bikemike — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:35:27 +0100

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Fabric store in Pokhara, Nepal

The end of the monsoon was in sight and it seemed that this heavy rainfall could be last rise. So I put my Zoom recorder on the balcony of my hotel room and went for some nice and very hot food.

After my return I found this nice recording with folk-music performed in the hotel lounge.

Recorded on August 25th 2008 with Zoom H2 and built-in microphones uncompressed.

created by bikemike on Dec 31, 2008 12:35 PM

Jomsom Airport

bikemike — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:25:46 +0100

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Nilgiri from the north

I did this recording from the window of my hotel room in Jomsom, Lower Mustang, Nepal. From my hotel room I could see the frightening Nilgiri and the Jomsom Airport.

Someone on the airport played this nice instrument and tune. I neither know the instrument not the song. Maybe you can help.

Recorded on August 24th 2008 with Zoom H2 and the built-in microphones in stereo.

created by bikemike on Dec 31, 2008 12:25 PM

Muktinath Temple

bikemike — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:40:09 +0200

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Bells in the Muktinath Temple

Hindus and Buddhists alike visit Muktinath since hundreds of years. Its a very holy place where you can find water, air and fire on the same place.

In the middle of the Muktinath Temple area is a gallery with hundreds of bells of all sizes surrounded by the "108 Water Spouts" (you can hear them quite well in the background) where pilgrims fill water of all 108 different sources into a bootle to drink this holy water and also to bring it home.

The bells fascinated me a lot and the picture shows a very interesting arrangement.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM.

created by bikemike on Sep 28, 2008 10:43 AM

The women of Yara sing old folk-songs

bikemike — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:40:09 +0200

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Mountains on the way to Yara, Mustang

The women of Yara have to work hard day in, day out. Being guests in Yara the women from the village between the two rivers (thats what Yara means) made us a precious gift: They sang and danced for us. Not only to enjoy us, they also wanted to raise funds for a photo-voltaic system. A excellent deal and a beautiful evening.

Recorded with Zomm H2 and bulit-in microphon.

created by bikemike on Sep 28, 2008 12:12 PM

Early morning in Lo Mantang

bikemike — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:40:09 +0200

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Streets of Lo Mantang, Mustang, Nepal

Lo Mantang is the capital of the "Kingdom of Lo" or Mustang, Nepal. There is so much to tell about Lo Mantang, the beauty, history, the King of Lo, friendly people, cold showers, high altitude (3800m), Mustang horses, beautiful mandalas in the monasteries, no cars, 2 traktors, busy souvenir-dealers, washing cloth on the fountain with the local people, cheap goods from China, .......

Book tip:
Michel Peissel "Mustang - A Lost Tibetan Kingdom" from 1964

About the recording:
Six o'clock in the morning. Lo Mantang awakes: birds, people, cows, monks and at the end one of the two traktors makes noise. No cars, no trams, no noise we used to know from our western world. Enjoy this 16 minutes recorded straight out of the tent outside the Lo Mantang citywalls.

Zoom H2 with built-in microphones

created by bikemike on Sep 28, 2008 11:51 AM