Felix Blume's Sounds

Ritual Santo Daime & Umbanda (also called Umbandaime): Desenvolvimento Mediunico. Recorded on 2nd of March 2017 at the Fraternidade Kayman in Belo Horizonte (Brazil, MG). The ritual is lead by Paï Joao (spirit form a slave from Africa) in the body of Pai Pierry and the main singer is Pamela. https://www.facebook.com/FraternidadeKayman/ Recorded by a MS Setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 in Cinela Zephyx Windscreen. Recorder Sound Devices 633. Original file in Wave 96kHz 24bit (here available for download in mp3) Other sounds from Brazil on http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/packs/21476/ More sounds on www.felixblume.com

Behind the church, in the small village of Praia do Sono, toads are singing. Beach in background very far away... Recorded by a MS Setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 in a Zephyx Windscreen by Cinela Recorder Sound Devices 633 Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit Sound Reference: BRA170219T10 www.felixblume.com

New Year's Eve in Athens Fireworks from the Acropolis at midnight. People far away screaming, celebrating for the new year. Recorded by a MS Setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 in a Cinela Zephyx 633 Sound Devices Recorder original recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit here in Wave 48kHz 24bit more sounds on www.felixblume.com

Behind my father's house in South of France, some hunters with their dogs are looking for a boar. Dogs have bells making noise, they are barking the whole time. Hunters scream to the dogs and talks together. Light wind. Recorded by a MS Setup CCM41+CCM8 in a Zephyx Cinela windscreen Sound Devices 633 Recorder Sound Reference: CAL161218T01 MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right Wave, 96kHz, 24bit www.felixblume.com

Sanon Hubert is a preacher, he comes since years at the airport to sing and pray. Recorded by 2 Sanken COS11D (around is neck) to a Zoom H1 Wave, 48kHz, 24bit November 2016 Sound Ref: 161121-Z5 More sounds on www.felixblume.com

An Idea of Border(s) - Félix Blume 2016 - stereo - 12min35sec - wave 48khz 24bit Sound Recorded in July 2016 on the French-Italian border around Colle di Finestra, Colle di Tenda & Paralup. picture by Michela Sacchetto La frontière comme entité, pas comme limite entre deux nations. La frontière comme espace, un lieu de vie, un lieu de passage, en transition, en voyage. Une porte vers l’imaginaire, vers le rêve, vers tous les possibles. Les flux s’y croisent, les vents s’y faufilent à leur guise, les rivières la traverse, les animaux ne s’en importent pas… Un panneau indique le chemin de ce lieu mystérieux, un drapeau annonce qu’on y est bien, un tunnel sous la montagne permettrait de l’éviter… peut on passer d’un côté à l’autre sans vivre la frontière?

Wind singing in a sign on the border between France & Italia (Colle Di Tenda). Recording during the workshop "The idea of borders" (July 2016) Recorded by a MS Setup CCM41+CCM8 Schoeps in Cinela Zephyx windscreen. Sound Devices 633 Recorder. Wave. 96kHz. 24bit Sound Reference: CUN160704T01 Pictures by Michela Sacchetto (Art.Ur) www.felixblume.com

Belgium Victory during the EURO2016. After the victory, cars and people are going on the Flagey Square. Recorded by AB Setup B&K 4006 Recorder Sound Devices 633 48khz Wav 24bit Sound Ref: AB BXL160626T01 www.felixblume.com

Disco Pirata is a journey of joy, it is the triumph of sound in its every day presence in and on the streets of Mexico City All is known yet unknown All is heard yet unheard Disco Pirata enters the Mexican pirate market and hijacks its concept and idea The cd offers an alternative listening of all sorts of sounds and voices of the city, revealing the hidden beauty of “common” sonority that the ear perceives.It is a vibrant challenging on “the listening”, a reoccupation of the urban sound map of Mexico City. PIRATE CD (Disco Pirata) A project by Félix Blume, in collaboration with Despina Panagiotopoulou and Diego Aguirre. http://www.felixblume.com/discopirata/ Download the full album on https://archive.org/details/LosSonidosDeLaCiudadDeMexico

A sound installation for FONEMA, Ex Teresa, Mexico City (March 2016). Curated by Enrique Arriaga & Esteban King. Instalación sonora. 10 bocinas con lector integrado, cables, extractos de impresos del archivo, fotocopias y fotografías. 2016 Esta obra se inscribe en la memoria sonora de Ex Teresa, un edificio donde se practicaba la vida religiosa y la liturgia católica. La sensación que provoca la instalación cuando se escucha a la distancia busca evocar sonidos que se asemejan a rezos. Estas letanías que se disipan por la capilla, son fragmentos de textos extraídos del CDXT; específicamente, se trata de diversas definiciones de ruido que, en conjunto, producen un nuevo ruido. Las grabaciones de los susurros provienen de las voces de trabajadores del museo, habitantes cotidianos de este espacio. Colaboradores: Cecilia Sanchez Nava, Despina Panagiotopoulou, Gabriel Eliseo Trejo Gámez, Guillermina Amneris Camargo López, Jesús Fernando Álvarez Sáenz, Luisa Rojas Ramírez, Margarita Alvarado Del Valle, María Ele

Ruido(s) II Instalación de 2 audífonos, 2 lectores mp3, casetes del CDXT y collages sonoros, 5’00”. 2016   El catálogo de casetes de audios que resguarda del CDXT contiene, por cada registro, una columna donde se lee “OK” o “NO”. La primera clasificación alude a las pistas que están en buen estado y son de relevancia para el archivo; la segunda, a aquéllas que no han sido clasificadas, no tienen relevancia histórica o tienen problemas técnicos de grabación –como ruido o saturación. Partiendo de este hecho, Blume realizó dos collages sonoros, uno con fragmentos de audios “OK” y otro con los “NO”, los cuales grabó a su vez en cada lado de un casete de audio. Junto con la pieza sonora, se exhiben aquí los casetes de los que fueron tomados estos fragmentos. Al final de la exhibición, la pieza en casete será integrada al acervo y clasificada nuevamente en el catálogo sonoro del CDXT.   Los collages, semejantes entre sí, funcionan como espejos que ponen en entredicho los límites entre el ruido entendido como catego

Ruido(s) II Instalación de 2 audífonos, 2 lectores mp3, casetes del CDXT y collages sonoros, 5’00”. 2016   El catálogo de casetes de audios que resguarda del CDXT contiene, por cada registro, una columna donde se lee “OK” o “NO”. La primera clasificación alude a las pistas que están en buen estado y son de relevancia para el archivo; la segunda, a aquéllas que no han sido clasificadas, no tienen relevancia histórica o tienen problemas técnicos de grabación –como ruido o saturación. Partiendo de este hecho, Blume realizó dos collages sonoros, uno con fragmentos de audios “OK” y otro con los “NO”, los cuales grabó a su vez en cada lado de un casete de audio. Junto con la pieza sonora, se exhiben aquí los casetes de los que fueron tomados estos fragmentos. Al final de la exhibición, la pieza en casete será integrada al acervo y clasificada nuevamente en el catálogo sonoro del CDXT.   Los collages, semejantes entre sí, funcionan como espejos que ponen en entredicho los límites entre el ruido entendido como catego

Mayan Ceremonie in Tihosuco led by Teofilo Poot Cahun Recorded during the Biosphere Soundscapes Residency http://www.biospheresoundscapes.org/ Recorder: Sound Devices 788T Microphone: Schoeps MS Setup CMC6+MK4 + CCM8 with Cinela Zephyx Windscreen Original recording in 96khz 24bit Sound Reference: BIO151029T02-MS Recorded on 29th of October of 2015 Picture by Andrea Ancira Same sound on freesound http://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/328312/

Forest at dawn in the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve with some birds (Chachalacas, colibris, woodpecker, parrot passing by...), a squirrel and some insects, crickets and mosquitos. Recorded during the Biosphere Soundscapes Residency http://www.biospheresoundscapes.org/ Recorder: Sound Devices 788T Microphone: Bruel & Kjaer 4006 Stereo AB Setup (omnidirectional) with Cinela Leonard Windscreen Original recording in 96khz 24bit Sound Reference: BIO151028T03-AB Recorded on 28th of October of 2015 More sounds on Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/packs/18408/

“ARENAS” Diaporama de fotos, Sonido Estéreo, 3min45seg Titulo: Arenas Video: Selección de Fotos de Lourdes Grobet en diaporama Sonido: Pieza sonora de Félix Blume en estéreo Curadora: Andrea Diaz Mattei Sonidos grabados entre el 2010 y el 2015 en las arenas: Coliseo, Mexico, Lopez Mateos y Naucalpan Agradecimientos: Andrea Diaz Mattei, Luis Valdes, Mirna Castro, Gabriel Lecup Duración: 3 minutos 45 segundos Fecha de realización: Septiembre 2015 para el CCCB Fotografia de SoundCloud: Meme Alejandro Gomez Arias

Electric Storm on the top of the mountain Chacaltaya in Bolivia. The "static electricity" is going up (and doing interferences in the microphones)until the thunderclap(very close). Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 Sound Devices 788T recorder with CL8 MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right recorded in october 2014 in Bolivia, on the Chacaltaya Mountain, Sound Reference: @SAM141022-29 Wave, 48khz, 24bit more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com

A saturday afternoon in the small village of Coroico (Yungas, Boliaiva), people are looking and betting on the fight of the roosters... Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 Sound Devices 788T recorder with CL8 MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right recorded in october 2014 in Bolivia, in Coroico Sound Reference: @SAM141018-008 Wave, 48khz, 24bit more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com

Los Gritos de Mexico, soundscape of Mexico City is a 30min sound piece by Félix Blume. http://www.felixblume.com/los-gritos-de-mexico/ A shorter version is available on Arte Radio. https://soundcloud.com/arte-radio-1/los-gritos-de-mexico Download is available on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/fr/podcast/felix-blume/id956233632 Download in Wave 48kHz 24bit on Freesound https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/260680/ This piece receive a special mention during the "Bienal of Radio from Mexico" and has been broadcasted on more than 30 radio, web-radio and on the Radia Network. RESUME: Mexico City: more than 20 millions people gathered making noise! A noisy city for most; I would like to transform it in a sonorous city. The street sellers make the voices of the polyphonic choir, the small bell from the ice cream seller substitutes the triangle from the orchestra, and the hammering of the protesters on the metallic wall are the percussions. In Mexico City, people shout to be heard, they shout thei

Some toads are singing during the night close to Namur, in the countryside. This toads are calling "midwife toad". Some cricket and road in background sometimes. Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 Sound Devices 788T recorder with CL8 MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right recorded in july 2014 in Belgium, close to Namur, Sound Reference: @BEA140722-002 more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com/

Bats screaming at twilight in south of France. Around 400 bats coming out of their nest for the night. Recorded very close by 2 Sanken COS11D Omnidirectional microphones Lectrosonics Wireless Transmission Sound Devices 788T Recorded Sound Ref: 140821 Recorded in Argens Minervois (Aude, South of France) Same sound on Freesound (longer): http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/245768/ More sounds on www.felixblume.com