Minuting 2019 / On-Going Project

by Jacek Smolicki

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1.	January 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. Snow machines left to their own devices (binaural microphone recording) 02:05	buy track
2.	February 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. Workers remove snow that piled up on the roofs of apartment buildings in central Stockholm (binaural microphone recording) 01:02	buy track
3.	March 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. Squeaking boat stationed by the coast of Lake Mälaren (binaural microphone recording) 01:00	buy track
4.	March 2019 / Oxford, UK. Kids gathering in central Oxford at a weekly climate change strike (binaural microphone recording) 00:57	buy track
5.	March 2019 / Oxford, UK. Trees rubbing against each other (binaural microphone recording) 01:04	buy track
6.	March 2019 / Stockholm. Leafblowers cleaning up a backyard and removing left-over gravel from the winter (binaural microphone recording) 01:01	buy track
7.	April 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. Car traffic recorded through an insulation tube (paired electret microphone recording) 04:08	buy track
8.	May 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. Soup boiling on a portable kitchen constructed by a Swedish artist Erik Sjödin (contact microphone recording) 03:31	buy track
9.	June 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. Local soundscape recorded through an element of a folded scaffolding (paired electret microphone recording) 06:50	buy track
10.	June 2019 / Sandbyborg, Öland, Sweden. A dawn chorus by the coastline and an Iron Age ringfort (binaural microphone recording). 03:45	buy track
11.	June 2019 / Alvesta, Sweden. At the train station (binaural microphone recording). 01:15	buy track
12.	July 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. A dove by the lake Mälaren (binaural microphone recording). 01:17	buy track
13.	July 2019 / Oxford, UK. Residue of water being pumped out of a boat stationed by the Thames River. 02:30	buy track
14.	July 2019 / Oxford, UK. Bells at St. Mary the Virgin Church (binaural microphone recording) 01:57	buy track
15.	July 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. Toilet confessing at Larry's Corner. 01:21	buy track
16.	August 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. At a wooden peer (binaural mic. recording). 02:22	buy track
17.	September 2019 / Alby, Stockholm, Sweden. Silence by the lake concluding a soundwalk by Juanma Gonzalez at the Walking Festival of Sound. 01:58	buy track
18.	September 2019 / Washington DC, USA. At the Washington National Cathedral. 00:59	buy track
19.	September 2019 / Washington DC, USA. Water dripping in an underground gutter pipes. 01:00	buy track
20.	September 2019 / Washington DC, USA. Cold water seller at the National Mall. 00:59	buy track
21.	September 2019 / Washington DC, USA. Morning at Tregaron Conservancy (pair of electret microphones). 02:33	buy track
22.	September 2019 / Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Train. 01:51	buy track
23.	September 2019 / Lexington, Virginia, USA. Meadow by late afternoon. 06:38	buy track
24.	September 2019 / Lexington, Virginia, USA. A flight of dragonflies at a pasture in Lexington. 05:08	buy track
25.	September 2019 / Richmond, Virginia, USA. Underwater insects at a pond of Belle Isle on James River (hydrophone recording). 04:35	buy track
26.	October 2019 / New York City, USA. Delacorte clock by the Children's Zoo at Central Park. 01:42	buy track
27.	October 2019 / New York City, USA. Car traffic as heard through a gutter system of the Williamsburg Bridge (contact microphone recording). 08:39	buy track
28.	October 2019 / Newcastle, UK. Protest against Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to invade Syria. 01:01	buy track
29.	November 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden. All saints day. 03:32	buy track
30.	December 2019 / Lidingö, Sweden. In the middle of the forest on a Christmas day. 04:10	buy track

about

This album comprises a selection of field recordings I made in 2019. The majority of them come from Minuting, a field recording project I have been performing since July 2010.

Ever since the exposure to the dense sonosphere of Jerusalem, with sounds of bells, chants, prayers, shouts, street vendors' calls, and buskers, I have been pressing the record button of my portable audio device for at least sixty seconds, everyday when my attention gets attracted or disrupted by a particular sonic situation.

While the choice of the one-minute unit has no straightforward explanation, it can be seen as holding a symbolic meaning. In colloquial language, one minute often signifies a brief period of time for taking a break. In the phrase 'give me a minute' we are requesting a bit of extra time to accomplish something, pause, or prepare an answer for a question. Similarly, minuting has been a deliberately carved out moment in time for pausing and re-prioritizing the act of listening in visually exhausting times. 'Minute of silence', is also a widely accepted mode of public mourning over those who have recently died, and a form of contemplating and commemorating a tragic historical event or loss.

The minute in the title is not really a minute in practice. While the majority of recordings are indeed about sixty seconds, some others expand beyond this limit, accounting for a moment of particular attention to the soundscape. Moreover, the whole act that produces the outcome (concentration before the recording, starting the recorder, later downloading, numbering, cataloging, possibly annotating and listening to the recorded sound) is significantly longer. Ultimately, the very acts of listening and recording are more important than the record they produce.

Donations from this album or individual tracks are used to run Fragmentarium club, an independent initiative I have been running in Stockholm which unites people interested in field recording, soundwalking, sonic archiving, and attentive listening. more on www.fragmentarium.club

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released April 14, 2020

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Jacek Smolicki Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm-based artist, researcher, & walker working at the intersection of sound, technology, archiving, & everyday life. He is interested in developing & testing new techniques for experiencing, recording and para-archiving space, time, & everyday life. His work takes a form of soundscape compositions, installations, soundwalks, site-specific archives, & performances. www.smolicki.com ... more

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