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RHEIN_STROM (SIEFERT & RIEK) - Von der Rheinquelle bis Hafen Karlsruhe

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Gruenrekorder GRUEN 163 / field recording series Release Year: 2016 Note: "the soundscape and the 'sound entity' of the Rhine" - 21 tracks with recordings of the Rhine River from the very spring in Switzerland to the port in Karlsruhe (Germany), made at various loacations and barrages, not only recording the water ambience but also animals and human activity; captured by LASSE-MARC RIEK (one of the Gruenrekorder runners) and THOMAS M. SIEFERT (photographs in the nice extensive booklet that comes with the CD); 73+ min playtime Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 More Info How can we as humans in this day and age foster a relationship with the Rhine River, without lapsing back into modes of romanticism, when witnessing its remaining beauty in some rare places; without turning away in frustration and disillusionment, when confronted with the irreparable interventions it has undergone? What is disclosed if we shift the focus from the dominant sense of vision to hearing? Would you recognize the Rhine by its sound? What other senses are helpful here? Do I have enough senses at my command to answer this question? Do I have to and can I develop further senses? With these questions as a starting point Thomas M. Siefert and Lasse-Marc Riek have approached the Rhine acoustically and visually on various locations and seasons during the last seven years. This resulted in the close examination of the ambient sound, the soundscape and the “sound entity” of the Rhine. The “Rhine-soundscape” does not only sound like flowing, gurgling or slowly bobbing water. The soundscape also includes animals and humans who live by the river, who move and rest there. In addition to the sound of the present, also the sound of the past was sought out: a listening back to what has remained; a listening forward to what could come. Siefert’s and Riek’s formal approach to the soundscapes demands from the artist to step back behind the recording. In the foreground of their artistic practice stands the unprocessed sound- and visual-recording of a specific situation. Tracklist: 01 vorderrheinquelle (region) 02 rhein bei tschamut 03 rheinschlucht nähe versamer tobel 04 kanalrhein bei balzers 05 rheinbrech bodensee 06 stein am rhein 07 rheinfall bei schaffhausen 08 basel hafen (nähe wiesemündung) 09 petit camarque d´alsace 10 staustufe ottmarsheim 11 restrhein bei fessenheim 12 staustufe und schleusenanlage fessenheim 13 staustufe marckolsheim 14 ile de rhinau 15 staustufe rhinau 16 fähre kappel – rhinau 17 kanufahrt im naturschutzgebiet taubergiessen 18 ile de langgrund 19 staustufe strasbourg 20 staustufe gambsheim 21 karlsruhe hafen 21 Tracks (73′25″) CD (500 copies) www.gruenrekorder.de