r/Scotland • u/Maharishi_samuranche • 2d ago
Any sound artists lurking behind bushes in the highlands? xD
Hi folks,
this might be a very uncommon request. I hope it fits in this sub. I´m a german artist and my tools are field, binaural and EMF recordings (no, I don´t work for the Ghostbusters ;-)). So I travel to Scotland every year to visit friends, have a fun time and do my recordings for the projects. I´m always looking for other people in Scotland who share a similar interest and might be interested in the project. I travel to Scotland at the beginning of this June, first days around Stirlingshire, then central belt, west coast, highlands etc.
I´m also always looking for places that might be interesting from the perspective of a sound artist. I have eyes on small weather stations for example (which emit EMF) or places that are told to be haunted or had strange events in the past. Perplexity gave me a lot of uncommon places, but surely there are stories that even AI don´t know about and these are exactly the ones I am looking for. I use the Soma Ether to pick up EMF signals and some head-mics for the binaural recordings. So everything that generates some strange sound or emits light might be interesting here, even when it looks or sounds like a very common and obvious event.
The final result of the project would be some sort of ambient radio play, at least that is the goal. Last year I released something that goes into that direction, but lacks focus and story. This time I´m serious :)
If someone feels addressed, send me a PM.
maha/mark
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u/lordfzckpuppy 2d ago
u shud go up tae one o them big fuck off wind turbines nd see wit u hear
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u/Maharishi_samuranche 2d ago
yay, I have recorded some of these 2 years ago. Nothing mindblowing there, still turned their sound into a carpet of sweet symphony ;)
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u/Red_Brummy 2d ago
Thom Isaacs did a recording of the longest reverb in the world, which just so happened to be in an old pipe in Invergordon. He may be worth reaching out for "industrial" recordings.
Erland Cooper is an Orcadian musician who uses a lot of sounds of birds in his compositions. Slightly different, but perhaps some may have a high pitch which may interest you!
Not exclusive to Scotland, but BBC 6 Music had a really interesting show on sustainability in music, including (in their own words), "a journey to make music from mushrooms, using biosonification to transform signals from mushrooms into experimental electronic music." This is an exceptional listen and I am sure worth it to find some links to Scotland.
Although he does not record EMF nor is known for that, Edwyn Collins, formerly of Orange Juice has a studio in Helmsdale and it could be worth sending the studio manager an email to see if they have any professional contacts.