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September 30, 2021

Field Recordings and Playlist

broots Designing Club Culture, ITP

This week for Designing Club Culture I collected ten field recordings. I also listened through this Spotify playlist to select a track to distort the recordings into which will be due next week.

Listening through the playlist I found myself drawn to tracks with less complexity, such as “Dance” by ESG and “Mystery of Love” by Mr. Fingers. My thinking here is to use parts of the track as a rhythm bed to build from. Both of these tracks feel upbeat to me with a good dance energy that makes me want to move.

The field recordings I collected come from items around my friend Cecilia’s apartment. Some of them are percussive such as jars being tapped and rattled, while a toy piano built around a xylophone is much melodic.

Little piano
Baoding balls
Blue candy jar
Bottle with broken bits
Cat purring
Jar of googly eyes
Jar of marbles
Lint roller
Lipstick bag
Shoe lace
Response to Chapter One of “Noise” by Jacques Attali Developing an Exhibition Experience

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