Jana Winderen - Energy Field

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5...according to our Ant on Fri 09 Apr, 2010.

These aquatic field recordings were made in the Barents Sea, Greenland and Norway using those fancy hydrophones. It's amazing to think of the sonic possibilities of the ocean, worlds unheard until technology allowed us. The audio captured is extremely dramatic and you'd be forgiven for thinking that this was a new experimental/ electronic/ ambient record rather than the sounds of the natural world. Some of the sounds captured here are truly remarkable and really unlike anything I have ever heard. This is fantastic and recommended if you're into Chris Watson's recordings. I'm really excited about this one!

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Armed with four 8011 DPA hydrophones, DPA 4060 omni mics, a Telinga parabolic reflector mic and a Sound Devices 744T digital hard disk recorder, Jana Winderen studies and records wild places which have a particular importance in our understanding of the complexity and fragility of marine ecosystems.

The recordings were made on field trips to the Barents Sea (north of Norway and Russia), Greenland and Norway, deep in crevasses of glaciers, in fjords and in the open ocean. These elements are then edited and layered into a powerful descriptive soundscape. The open spaces of Greenland, northern winds, ravens and dogs in an icy landscape provide the setting for these haunting but dynamic pieces. Sounds of crustaceans, fish such as cod, haddock, herring and pollock recorded as they are hunting, calling for a mate or orientating themselves in their environment, are all included in the mix. The result is a powerful, mesmeric journey into the unseen audio world of the frozen north.

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