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Open Ears

Canadian composer Murray Schafer, founder of the World Soundscape project and author of The Soundscape – The tuning of The world writes about sound and listening throught the ages.

Sounds of history

Ljudmiljöcentrums skriftserie. Rapport nr 6 – Sounds of History, from symposium 27 oktober 2007. Editor: Frans Mossberg. Pdf | Order

Video clips on Youtube

Cymatics

The art of visualizing sound waves. Evan Grant and TEDTalks.

Echolocation

Outstanding Ben Underwood who is blind but learned to “see “with his hearing.

Evelyn Glennie

The acclaimed percussionist Evelyn Glennie is deaf, but knows how the sounds resonate in different parts of the body as she plays.

Harvest

Alunda church choir plays the ground in northern Uppland with the new invention and instrument Terrafon. Instrument: Olle Cornéer and Martin Lübcke Conductor: Jan Hällgren. Read more.

Paviour concert 2008

A collaboration between Skådebanan, Västra Götaland and Göteborgs kulturkalas. Sound artist: Lars Carlsson. Paviour: Sture Johansson and Kjell-Åke Wensberg. Percussionist: Thommy Larsson and Per Ekblad.

Singing road

In some places around the world there are highways that play tunes when you drive on them. The effect is a further development of the burgeoning safety lines that are often found along the roadside, also in Sweden. Listen to Scarborough fair in Japan.

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6 villages

Research project following The world soundscape project and comparing how the sound landscape changed in different places between 1975 and 2000.

Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura “A Compendium of this ages wonders, curiosities and esoterica” – A collection of strange instruments, installations and other phenomena around the world.

Edison’s phonograph

Edison’s first recording from 1877, when reciting “Mary had a little lamb” was never saved, but on Wikipedia one can listen to how the finished device marketed itself “I am the Edison Phonograph” (1906)

Listening exercises

Schafer, Robert Murray (1992), A Sound education – 100 exercises in listening and sound-making. Ontario: Arcana edition

Radio Aporee

Radio Aporee Sound Map all over the world where you can upload and listen to different sounds that are geographically placed on a map.

Resoundings.org

Sound sculptures, which are often based on a transfer of one place sound environment to another. Bill Fontana

Sound cartography

Listen to sound from around the world. Visit Sound cartography for a collection of sound maps.

Sound inserts

Ann Rosén and Sten-Olof Hellström investigate how people’s movement patterns are affected by sound installations. 2007

Sound Tourism

A Travel Guide to Sonic Wonders. Audio Tour. Platform to locate different audio events around the world.

Soundscapes of Swedish cities

Mind’n Ear. 1998. The sounds of Stockholm. The ambient sound recordings of Stockholm. CD: MNE001.

Hedfors. P. 2000. Ljudbilder från Uppsala: Soundscapes of Uppsala, Miljötorget CD. Order at miljotorget@uppsala.se

Soundwalks

Collection page for different sound walks you can do online.

The world’s first audio documentation

Listen to the world’s first audio documentation. (Ny Teknik). American researchers have found a write-down of sound waves from 1860 – even earlier than Edison’s phonograph. With computer technology it has also been possible, for the first time, to play the unknown French singer who recites “Au Clair de la Lune”.

Sound portals

Ecophon Acoustic Bulletin

Gathers news and knowledge from all over the world about sound and acoustics. Offer subscriptions on email and RSS.

FAMOS

European project FAMOS (FActors MOderating people’s Subjective reactions to noise) investigated how various subjective aspects can moderate noise disturbance. The findings have been made accessible, see Project’s website. Project report. Guide book.

Nature Sound Map

A map-based collection of natural soundscapes around the world.

Sound cartography

Listen to sound from around the world. Visit Sound cartography for a collection of sound maps.

Sound Environment Center in Lund

Center for research and a gathering for several aspects of sound and sound environment. Literature, publications, news and seminars, etc. Also offers newsletters about what’s happening in the world of sounds.

Sound portal Soundscape

Soundscape for better health – information on mainly acoustics and presentation of research at Chalmers.

The Freesound Project

Portal for exchange and free download of audio recordings from all over the world.

Urban Soundscapes Project

A research project for documentation of soundscapes based on 360 video and spatial audio. The site includes a reference library from documented cities around the word.

Research

COST

Network for Soundscape research

Cresson

Center for research on positive aspects of sound and urban planning. Grenoble, France.

Dossier Soundscapes

A list of important websites, initiatives, projects, institutions, research groups and other links to Catalonia, Spain and the rest of the world.

FAMOS

European project FAMOS (FActors MOderating people’s Subjective reactions to noise) investigated how various subjective aspects can moderate noise disturbance. The findings have been made accessible, see Project’s website. Project report. Guide book.

The World Soundscape Project

About Schafer with various work on documentation and examination of the sound landscape. Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

Urban Soundscapes Project

A research project for documentation of soundscapes based on 360 video and spatial audio. The site includes a reference library from documented cities around the word.