Stories, journeys, and field recordings from around the world.
This project began immediately after I completed Volume 2 of Quiet Streets. At the start of 2023, I had just acquired the Schoeps 3D Surround set, an eight-channel ORTF configuration praised by many professionals for its spatial accuracy. It effectively Read More …
San Francisco—More than just a City Hey there! Welcome back. Good afternoon, Good evening, Good any-time you are reading this. Haha. Today I will be talking about my “ambience” experience in one of the most fascinating cities in the world. Read More …
Throughout my latest road trip, about 5 weeks long around North-East America, I did take with me a conch (sea shell) which I brought from Peru.I experimented and recorded from inside the shell in various settings as the busy city Read More …
Artbits (by Articulated) · Morocco I
Artbits (by Articulated) · Morocco I
The market , a nice place to get tapas, wine and great crowd ambiences!! Something’s happening in here! After many difficult place to sleep in, dormitory and crappy places, I finally got a nice comfortable bed!
This day I am recording some ambiences of the city of Biarritz. At this place, the sea is agitated and generate high waves. This is thus a great spot for surfer. It also deliver highly noisy sea shore soundscape. The Read More …
a little stopover Toulouse! Nice people around here!
Beautiful Nice city! It got the right name! The old town has nice little colored streets with smells ans shops. Great soundwalk in here! Of course, the sea is omnipresent! This floor made me dizzy somehow:
Following my trip to Switzerland. Zurich is a nice, artsy, German and bike-friendly metropolis! Some crowds, restaurant terrace in the old city. a small amusement parc a greenhouse in the botanic garden.
I have been testing out my config in the Switzerland country around Interlaken. I put in place an ORTF Stereo with Sennheiser MKH8090, coupled with a stereo pair of DPA 4060 spaced omnis. All connected to Sound Devices MixPre-6. I Read More …
Wandering around this beautiful Unesco heritage site. Bern is really a nice place. The atmosphere is really interesting with the market and tramway. I also have been to the Roman city of Avenches and its Roman amphitheatre ruins. I took Read More …
For few days, I recorded some ambiences in the cosmopolitan city of Geneva, Switzerland! The main spoken language in this part of Switzerland is French! And the city has a wide mixture of ethnicity. I was impressed by the United Read More …
Following my recording sessions from New York, Chicago and Philadelphia; I wandered into the city of Toronto in ultra cold winter and snow, I focused mainly on interior public spaces. It is such a mixed city, with many communities from Read More …
Here is a sneak peek at my stealth recording session in Chicago. Those were done using the SSS technique. Recorded all in Quad surround
Last year, at the end of February / Beginning of March, I did a trip in the northern forests of Montreal, Quebec. Near Rawdon, there are some great pieces of typical forest. This was the first part of a series Read More …
Recording some ambiences in Miami Beach Between 2 flights. There is a wonderful sun out there. Honing my ninja stealth skills once again! I got some nice café ambience as I found one that has no music playing there. Lucky Read More …
Going deep in the forest to find silence and purity… A little muddy stream… Crossing a Walking tree along the way…
Exploring this breathtaking scenery! In between the Andes mountain chain/ volcanos and the Amazon forest. I have been hiking the mountain a little. I have been recording some interesting ambiences (when cars were not passing by the nearby highway :-)). Read More …
I wandered around the streets of this small touristy village. It is a really interesting village that is threatened at all time by the neighbor volcano Tungurahua. I think I walked at least 7 times the same streets throughout all Read More …
This morning I got a taxi ride until the entrance of the reserve at Laguna Cuicocha. I hiked up on the edge of the mountain encircling the Laguna. What a wonderful scenary! From up here it is possible to see Read More …
At noon, I took a little time spent on top of the roof of the hostel at Cotacachi. Allowing to capture compelling and authentic Ecuadorian ambience. From distance I can hear announcing trucks, those truck that have speakers and navigate Read More …
