Rebel Notion No. 9

  This audio piece is a mashup of four different nights between March and April 2020 across two streets.  It represents the nightly tribute our particular neighbourhood did for our essential services workers during the pandemic. It’s something many children all over the world will one day remember doing and why.  As always, best listened … Continue reading Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0019 – Série Pandémique – 19:30 Nightly Tribute to Our Essential Workers

Soundscape of the Climate Strike rally in Queen’s Park Toronto (Provincial Legislature) and the march on Friday Sep 27 2019. Listen here (5m37s 13mb): Best listened to with headphones. Equipment and software: Zoom H4, Windows 10, Audacity 2.3.2, Hauwei P30 (for photos). A companion to Ninja’s Rebel Matters podcast episode number 228: 1 2 3 … Continue reading Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0018 – Toronto Climate Strike Soundscape Sep 27 2019

Wind chimes in the backyard and strong winds usher in an eventual evening autumn storm.   Best listened to in a quiet room with headphones. Listen here (3m55s  7mb):   Equipment:  Zoom H4   Advertisements

In April 2016, my Aunt sent my siblings and me an email asking if one of us would like to take some of my grandfather’s memorabilia off her hands, since her children were not interested.   I was the one that accepted and found myself with approximately 250 cassette tapes spread over about 23 binders.   They … Continue reading Rebel Notion No. 9 – E0016 – Greatness, Fame, and, perhaps, a little Envy

In February 2015, I visited the National Gallery in Ottawa.  At the exhibition called “Canadian Biennial 2014” I wandered into an installation by Kelly Richardson.   The sound that went along with the video installation filled the room.   I was spellbound. From the following link:  http://kellyrichardson.net/?page_id=1229 “As part of Shine a Light, Kelly Richardson’s recently acquired … Continue reading Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0015 – Kelly Richardson Installation – Mariner 9 – Haunting Audio

Spring waterfall over ice and rock #2.  By the side of the road –  March 23 2015 11:09am Prince Edward County.  It was sunny and very very cold -10c. Equipment Used:  Zoom H2 Recorder with Roland CS-10EM Binaural Microphones.

Water rumbles beneath the snow and ice  with birds on Lake Ontario March 23 2015 12:13pm Prince Edward County. It was sunny and very very cold – 10c.  Equipment Used:  Zoom H2 Recorder with Roland CS-10EM Binaural Microphones

Waterfall Over Ice and Rock by the Side of the Road March 23 2015 11:05am Prince Edward County Ontario.  It was very sunny and very very cold -10c.  Equipment Used:  Zoom H2 Recorder with Roland CS-10EM Binaural Microphones.

Walking on Spring Snow Over Gravel March 23 2015 11:22am Prince Edward County Ontario. It was sunny and Very Very Cold. -10c. Equipment Used: Zoom H2 Recorder with Roland CS-10EM Binaural Microphones.

How the angels sing to Stanley in heaven (27m54s) : Recorded at the TIFF Lightbox on November 10 2014 at the Kubrick Retrospective. Equipment used: Zoom H2 and Roland – CS-10EM – Binaural Microphones/Earphones

Audience generated music. Performed on Saturday October 18, 2014 at New Adventures in Sound Art in Toronto. Audience members were given cards with a url to connect to, and were able to send in button presses which formed the basis of the composition. Conductor and Score Meister : Elliot Feinberg Participants : Elliot, David, Sarah, … Continue reading Crowd Scored Audience Generated Composition

New York City Subway – September 18 2014 at around 17:20pm.   Travelling from Bleecker Street to 42nd Street Grand Central Station.  The audio has been edited and time slightly compressed to emphasize certain audio elements and vocal idiosyncrasies. Listen:  (5m36s  10Mb)   Equipment used: Zoom H2 and Roland – CS-10EM – Binaural Microphones/Earphones

    A reading of  T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, one of the greatest poems of the 20th century.    Using an Apex Microphone connected to an Alesis 8 channel mixer on an x86 laptop running Ubuntu. Listen: Or Download at Rebel Notion No 9 Ep 0008 JAlfredPrufrock  (13mb 6m52s)

This piece uses approximately four minutes of audio from the documentary :  Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change.  Pangnirtung, Nunavut residents speak in their native tongue about a flash flood that occurred in June 2008.  The flash flood caused the collapse of two bridges that connect the north and south end of the community over the … Continue reading Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0007 – As The Permafrost Thaws

Early morning ducks in Akershus Fortress, Olso Norway Saturday April 27 2013 Duration : 3m9s Size : 8mb Equipment used: Zoom H2 and Roland – CS-10EM – Binaural Microphones/Earphones

Friday April 26 2013 Mid Afternoon Bygdøy Island, Norway. Ninja teases a squeaky gate waiting at the dock for the ferry back to Oslo.  Sunny and mild. Listen: Duration: 02:04 Size: 5mb

April 24 8pm Bergen, Norway. Boy’s Marching Band through the city centre by the Atlantic Ocean.  Sun has still not set. Fine mist of rain falling around us. Listen :     Duration: 1m50s  Size: 5mb Equipment used for recording : Zoom H2 and Roland – CS-10EM – Binaural Microphones/Earphones

Art Institute of Chicago June 21 2012 Equipment used for recording : Zoom H2 and Roland – CS-10EM – Binaural Microphones/Earphones.

Riding the L in Chicago June 23 2012 Equipment used for recording : Zoom H2 and Roland – CS-10EM – Binaural Microphones/Earphones.

The Black Solitary Bee that Sarah Found In my fourth and final installment of sound and visual art and artists I recorded at the Toronto Electro-Acoustic Symposium this summer, I end with the bees.   After-all  I started the series with bees for Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters number 208.  In this show I learn a … Continue reading Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 211 – Let’s End With the Bees