Soundscape Ecology Stephan Marche detunized.com

Inspired by the readings of pioneering field recordists and acoustic ecologists like Bernie Krause (The Great Animal Orchestra), R. Murray Schafer (The Tuning of the World) and Gordon Hempton (The Soundtracker) this blog features found sounds and field recordings I constantly gather during my numerous trips through rural environments, noisy cities and undiscovered places.

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A group of crows is sitting in the crown of a tree vis-à-vis my window. They are chatting and suddenly - without any noticeable sign - they fly away. Place: City of Dresden Time: Sunday Dec 13th 2015 6am

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In preparation of IDCD on May 3rd 2015: Chorus Dawn at 4:45 near Oschersleben/Germanywww.facebook.com/events/1439994996294107/

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Morning Dawn at Dresdner Heide with vintage Philips EL3757

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A growing set of found sounds.

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Recently I had a 7-day trip through Lusatia testing new equipment and gathering ambiences for upcoming documentaries. The trip mainly took me along former opencast mines that now slowly turn into lakes. To me those lakes appear like oversized plasters that heal the wounds we have caused to mother nature. The set features three snippets taken at Berzdorfer See in the early morning hours. In order to regulate humidity and water levels along this lake the old principle of a Hydraulic Ram got reinvented. It is a huge underground water pump that works without the need for external energy supply which really impressed me. So this Ram relentlessly works day in and day out - emitting shifting patterns of metallic rhythms. Download a free collection of Hydraulic Ram sounds. http://detunized.com/free_live_packs/ Place: Berzdorfer See, Lusatia, Germany Time: July 2014, 6 am

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While recording "Passing Trains" library I captured this wonderful composition of three trains that pass through the night one by one. It is the raw recording. There are no edits applied. Place: Obervogelgesang, Saxon Switzerland, Germany Time: March 2014, 11 pm