Here #5

by Joe Hamlen

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about

One of the difficult elements about this project is the selection of which section of each recording to use. Each day I record somewhere between 2 and 10 minutes, and then trim the recordings down in the edit. This means that each decision taken shapes the soundscape in a slightly different way. A good example of this was the recording for day 136, which contained a very clear section of the train moving away up the track as well as some beautiful birdsong. In the end, I went for the birdsong in what has turned out to be a fairly train-heavy month.

"During the COVID-19 lockdown, we all found ourselves restricted to a very small area. Whereas normally I would travel over 250 miles in a week, suddenly I remain within the same 50 square meters for the vast majority of my time. This is an audio record of that space.

Each day I have made a minute long recording in the same spot in my garden in Bristol. I have then layered each recording on top of the previous days, panning each day to a different point so as to mix the old days with the new.

The idea of layering came from the mole (mo-lay) sauce of chef Enrique Olvera. Each day, Olvera adds more ingredients to his mole sauce, gradually building more deep and complex flavours. Can I build a soundscape over the course of the year that is deep and rich but maintains clarity?"

This album follows on from 'Here #4', which can be found in the discography.

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released October 16, 2020

All recordings by Joe Hamlen

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lle are a loose collective of composers and field recorders based in the UK. Their work focuses mainly on quiet, borderline music and natural, chance sounds. They maintain a strong focus on sense-of-place themes and ideas.

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