The Music of Sound

Way back in 2001 i made a sound work that inverted the ethos of a classic movie to promote thoughts i share with John Cage that everyday sounds are music. When i made it In 2001, It was burned to CD and given to friends as I did not use the internet then. This week I decided it would be good to put it online for the first time so I have uploaded it to my Onderzoeken collection on archive.org.

http://archive.org/details/TheMusicOfSound

The Noise of Kondalilla Falls

I am happy to be visiting Australia for the second time. This time I am staying in Queensland to work as sound designer for the the danger ensemble's production The Sons of SIn.

Yesterday morning i awoke rather early and journeyed through Kondalilla national park to make some field recordings. It is a beautiful rainforest which is home to the magnificent Kondalilla Falls. This was my first experience of a large waterfall. The tumbling rushing water made a fantastic noise, I recorded it in four different spots as the sound changed depending where you were. This recording was made in fairly close proximity to it with a Zoom H4n.

Heny Walks The Dog Mixtape # 3

This months mixtape feature's music nearly two hours of music i have enjoyed on my headphones walking mr namshub last month. And most prominently, five long tracks. Including the first drone music i ever heard when i was 16 (A song off tangerine dream's Zeit). A subtle sound tapestry made from field recordings of West Yorkshire Police HQ by Bristol's Seth Cooke. A plunderphonic masterpiece that cuts up and reworks old Greek horror movies by Athen's Jar Moff, who i just discovered (Thanks WFMU) . A 30 minute+ piece recorded in 1966 by electronic music pioneer, Pauline Oliveros. And a wacky (spliced tape experimentation... i think) work from a swiss artist i just discovered (thanks tara) called Anton Bruhin... off to Australia next month so i'll be dogless and 'Henry walks the dog' will become a metaphor..

Henry Walks The Dog Mixtape # 3 by Henry Liam Collins on Mixcloud

In Custody

I have moved my studio into a former police station! This is a great step towards a) having a space with a better workflow and b) being able to be very loud  .. This picture above is of a recent recording session with Bristol experimenter Seth Cooke. I  had a chance to edit a few sections from the recordings which i have uploaded to soundcloud and linked bellow.

  

Henry Walks The Dog Mixtape # 2

Here's a selection of music that went through my ears into my brain in the chilly month of February 2013

Henry Walks The Dog Mixtape # 2 by Henry Liam Collins on Mixcloud

Crouching demon, hidden message ..

You may not know but I run a small label called Crouching demon, hidden message specialising in works with a dark humour, cut-up, mashup, noise and general experimental music ..  I have just uploaded the latest release by Roger Species called 'Stuck in a teapot'

You can hear it and download it bellow

http://crouchingdemonhiddenmessage.bandcamp.com/album/stuck-in-a-teapot

Henry Walks The Dog

Since the beginning of January i have started reviewing some of the music i listen to whilst on my daily walks with the dog ..  you can read my reviews in this facebook group ..

It made sense to make an accompanying mixtape to go with the reviews at the end of each month. They will feature a selection of some of the music that i have reviewed. You can download the first edition bellow.


Henry Walks the Dog # 1

Forcefield - Dual Mine/Ops Olsis/GI Zome/Pac (Load Records)
Baba Mirzoev - Extract from side B
Electricity feat. Fire Eater - Indlela Yababi (Susan Lawly)
Pete Swanson - Far Out (Type)
The A Band - untitled (side a) (?)
Penny Penny - Shaka Bundu (MCSHAN)
Boredoms - Feedbackfuck (Selfish Records)
Cotton Casino - Sunflower (Sillyboy)
Vladislav Delay - Henki (Raster-Noton)
Nasibov Edalat - koroglu misrisi (ocora)
Tangerine Dream - Journey Through A Burning Brain (Ohr)
The Cistern Chapel - Frigger [live at Fuel Café 16-10-06] (cdr)
Acid Mothers Temple - Crystal Rainbow Pyramid (Important Records)


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