aeolian harp

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This is an experiment and a rehearsal of sorts. An experiment to compare recording the aeolian harp acoustically and magnetically through guitar pick-ups (right and left channels respectively). A rehearsal to develop bowing technique for the n

Ambient

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Gentle sort of pulsing, shame about the mp3 artefacts

Ambient

Wind, rain, pipes, pigeons, etc.

Some ambience from outside my home this morning

Ambient

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This is a bit different. There's been a bit of wind and the wires quickly hit the higher notes. So I tried a bit of hands-on manipulation and found I could mute or create different harmonics and tones

Poetry

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The wires singing as a thunderstorm approaches

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The first 6:40mins are sweet, a soothing pulsing. Amongst the nicest sounds I've heard on the wires. Then there's a little glitch as I disengaged the Pad and it starts to build up again.

Ambient

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Good example of the wires swelling to a pulsing fury and then easing back again. A highlight is the freaky sounding gallahs!

Experimental

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The rain provides a nice effect, you can hear it hitting the wires and the polystyrene amplifier

Experimental

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Experimental

091207PM

Not much to recommend this recording except as a counterpoint to the others. This is the sound of the wires at their utmost humming from a westerly wind at sunset. (Usually the best sounds come when the wind is from the east or northeast.)

Experimental

Wired Sunrise

This remix was an attempt to recreate the song the wires play at dawn, using samples of the wires and other sources with a healthy helping of Ohmboyz delay

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