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Jason Reinier Et Al : Day Of Sound
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Natural and urban soundscapes recorded on a single day by 33 recordists on 4 continents
Genre: Avant Garde: Sound Collage
Release Date: 2003
Day Of Sound Record Label: Earthear
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Midnight Traffic and Water, England 1:01 Album Only
Kitten in the City, Ca 0:55 Album Only
Frog Chorus, Ca 0:34 Album Only
Creek and Frog, Ca 1:14 Album Only
Pre Dawn, Ca 0:41 Album Only
Squirrel Awakening, Colorado 0:37 Album Only
Dawn Chorus With Drips, Ca 1:57 Album Only
Rain and Sleet On Window, Ny 1:32 Album Only
Wetlands and Bush With Distant Highway, Nz 0:43 Album Only
Rhythmic Ducks, Ca 1:01 Album Only
Kea Calling, Na 0:56 Album Only
Jewel Lake Morning, Ca 1:02 Album Only
Rain, Ca 0:49 Album Only
Drain Flow and Dawn Chorus, Ca 1:32 Album Only
Caged Pigeons and Wild Geese, Ca 1:40 Album Only
Urban Backyard, Ca 0:59 Album Only
Hummingbirds in the City, Ca 1:06 Album Only
Coffee Machine, End of Cycle, Ca 1:03 Album Only
Swan Preening, Nz 0:30 Album Only
Fantail and Cicada, Nz 0:26 Album Only
Rain in Urban Ambience, Ca 1:00 Album Only
Birds and Bells, England 1:04 Album Only
Bush Atmosphere With Highway, Nz 0:51 Album Only
Cicadas With Tui Calling, Nz 0:56 Album Only
Call of the Knife Grinder, Italy 0:36 Album Only
Cicadas Get Revved Up, Nz 0:43 Album Only
Prairie Dogs, Co 1:14 Album Only
Ducks Discuss the Recordist, Nz 0:49 Album Only
Walking Through Grass Imitating Deer, Ca 0:13 Album Only
Tundra Swans, Overcast With Chill Wind, Or 0:42 Album Only
Wood Pigeon Fly-by, Nz 1:10 Album Only
Church Bells With Children and Birds, England 0:48 Album Only
Wind and Falling Snow, Ny 0:43 Album Only
Tunnel Singer Lee Ellen Shoemaker With Bowl, Ca 1:56 Album Only
Red-tailed Hawk, Co 0:29 Album Only
Ice in Moving Water, Co 0:42 Album Only
Tundra Swans and Geese, Or 0:32 Album Only
Pvc Pipe At Construction Site, Ca 0:39 Album Only
Amusement Park With Ghost Train, Germany 1:49 Album Only
Gongs, Ca 0:43 Album Only
Drain Through Manhole Cover, Ca 0:39 Album Only
Walking On a Snowy Road, Va 0:54 Album Only
Trailside Trickle, Ca 0:52 Album Only
Street Ambience With Rugby, England 0:57 Album Only
Sudden Sun On a Cold Afternoon, Germany 0:52 Album Only
Can I Hear These Sound Pictures Too?, Germany 0:40 Album Only
Goose, Germany 0:35 Album Only
Blacksmith Shop, Va 0:26 Album Only
Children Swinging, Ca 0:37 Album Only
Late Afternoon At Home, Ca 1:05 Album Only
Roosters and Traffic, Ca 0:55 Album Only
Red-winged Blackbird, Ca 1:00 Album Only
Mystery Scraping, Tn 0:21 Album Only
Creek As Day Fades, Ca 0:30 Album Only
River Reflection Off Parabolic Rock, Co 0:50 Album Only
Blackbirds' Lullaby Near Road, Ca 1:23 Album Only
Willa in the Bath, Ca 0:39 Album Only
Reisenrad Ferris Wheel Sandblasting, Germany 0:40 Album Only
Car Cooling, Frogs and Owls, Ca 0:51 Album Only
Coal Train, Co 2:12 Album Only
Dinner At the Pub, Ca 0:33 Album Only
Ghost Parade in Tunnel, Germany 1:03 Album Only
Suburban Neighborhood, Ca 0:13 Album Only
Frog Choir, Ca 1:17 Album Only
Yacht Club Party, Ca 1:04 Album Only
Line 708 in the Tram, Germany 1:28 Album Only
Dock and Boats With Waves, Ca 1:19 Album Only
Wave Organ, Sweeps and Trickles, Ca 1:17 Album Only
Wind Harp On Apartment Building, Wa 0:27 Album Only
Friends On the Tokyo Underground, Japan 0:41 Album Only
Wave Organ Glubs and Chortles, Ca 1:09 Album Only
Bells, Rain, and Grandfather Clock, England 0:48 Album Only
Frogs and Stream, Ca 1:13 Album Only
Outside a Hip Hop Hall, Pa 0:45 Album Only
Drums On Sproul Plaza, Ca 2:12 Album Only
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Album Notes

On a single February day, recordists around the world turned microphones to their everyday surroundings. Jason Reinier, a San Francisco-based sound designer, gathered the results and wove this sonic portrait of "everyday." It stands as a wonderful contrast to the tendency for natural sound CDs to highlight the exotic; it also features some of the most straightforward urban soundscapes put to disc. The ways that Reinier moves easily from "nature" to "society" helps to dispell the false dichotomy between the two. And, thanks to the contraints inherent in turning 24 hours of changing sounds into a 74 minute audio disc, we are given enough of each vignette to begin to appreciate it, yet are moved along at a pace that assures we are not stuck in a soundscape we wish would end. Playful sections featuring a baby in the bath and a coffee-maker bring a chuckle, while cicadas, swans, and hawks bring the wild into the mix. Several tracks share nature as we most often hear it: the rumble of a road in the distance while enjoying wetland birds, a toad calling in consort with the ticking of a cooling-down car engine. Adding an especially engaging touch, there are a few segments which feature people being aurally creative with their surroundings, a tunnel singer and several visits to a wave organ being the most striking.

Shortly after the initial Day of Sound recordings were made, a shorter version of this piece was featured on NPR's All Things Considered, to celebrate Noise Awareness Day. Now, with this full-length version, the Day of Sound crew offer us an opportunity to reflect on and appreciate the diversity and beauty of our daily soundscapes, whether we live in urban, suburban, or rural areas. The generally equal mix of town and "nearby nature" is a delightful reminder to open our ears to the many different sonic treasures we all encounter each and every day.

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