I had the pleasure of joining nine other sound artists and field recordists (seven participants plus the three workshop leaders)at Sonic Mmabolela 2018, the 6th Annual Workshop/Residency for sound artists & composers at Mmabolela Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa.
It was two weeks of intense listening, recording, discussion, creation, hiking, and wine drinking. It was also two of the most memorable weeks of my life, two weeks I'll take with me forever.
I wish I could share it all with you, but I can't, so I'll give you a taste. Here I present 139.5 hours' worth of recording distilled down to a more manageable 25:53.
This is a quick jaunt through through the two weeks, in chronological order. There are dawns, dusks, midnights, and a couple middays presented as they came to me. With the exception of one particularly rainy day at the homestead, everything was recorded far from human interference.
I've made no effort at processing of any kind, just pulling down the levels of a couple particularly loud clips.
Learn more about Sonic Mmabolela here:
http://www.franciscolopez.net/field.html
