Archive for the 'ice' Category

"The high frequencies of the popping and cracking noises are transmitted faster by the ice than the deeper frequencies, which reach the listener with a time lag as glissandi sinking to almost bottomless depths."

"Additionally, sounds may be very faint. The amplifier settings are a compromise between picking up distant animal voices and not overcharging the system by nearby calving icebergs. So please beware of sudden extreamely loud events."

Related to the last post, and also via wfmu. The sound of a record made of ice being played on a turntable.

Kio and I share an interest in field recordings, it seems. Very cool (pun!), very rhythmic recording of a glacier melting. via wfmu.