Field Recordings - 04 Balkans

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1.	Bob Staza 02:38	buy track
2.	Löpe 01:30	buy track
3.	Vervloekte Bergen 04:52	buy track
4.	Mr. Zdravko 01:22	buy track
5.	Barbed Wire 05:01	buy track
6.	Krave 01:56	buy track
7.	Jezersko 03:48	buy track

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Vital Weekly
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"The ambient backdrop Ard Bit waves as to underline the quiet and slow country life depicted in the field recordings. All of which I think is beautiful, even when I think some of this could extend beyond the few minutes this lasts."

De Subjectivisten
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“De muziek, want daar draait het hier toch om, steekt echt knap in elkaar en weet op een biologerende en toch ook bezinnende manier diep onder je huid te kruipen. Soms doet het me wel denken aan Francisco López, zij het dat hij meestal in andere contreien opnames maakte en Ard Bit er zijn compleet eigen geluiden overheen giet. Het is een schitterend kleinood en reisdocument(aire) geworden”

Nitestylez.de
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"....over the course of seven tracks and 21 minutes Janssen amalgamates a plethora of often times washed out, cut up or otherwise unidentifiable fragments of Field Recordings with experimental electro-acoustic treatments and x or classic Ambient structures, resulting in a fascinating set of Deep Listening Music ...."

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➝ About 04 Balkans:

The fourth episode in the Field Recordings series was recorded in the Balkans in the summer of 2022.

The recordings for this episode are captured in the versatile fields of Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro and Slovenia. From Sarajevo’s Olympic Bobsleigh to the Cursed Mountains in Albania and back via the small peaceful village Miholjače in Bosnia to the beautiful Kamnik-Savinja Alps in Slovenia. I recorded a lot of material with a Geofón and a Zoom H5. Back home in the studio I added some fragile ambient layers on top.

🌍 Locations: Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro and Slovenia

The colors of the cover artwork are chosen by Rutger Zuydervelt. (Machinefabriek)

“𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢, 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢. 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘵, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰, 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘺."

➝ About the series:

Field Recordings is about an auditory world in which one traverses. A series based on a continuous curiosity and explorations of (natural) sound fields. The recordings are layered in a soundscape, accompanied by musical elements or simply reproduced as it was captured. I am using contact microphones, geofon, shotgun microphones or a handheld recorder.

With every new episode of Field Recordings we* ask someone to come up with a color combination for the accompanying artwork based on their listening experience.

*the concept of Field Recordings is co-created with Niels Vrijdag.

all sounds recorded in the Balkans
all ambient layers recorded in Rotterdam
2022 - 2023

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released July 5, 2023

artwork by Niels Vrijdag
color combination by Rutger Zuydervelt

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