Recording of Zebra being eaten by vulture, taped from the inside.... does this exist? (The Chris Watson Thread)

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Seriously, this was an ILM oriented soulseek conversation I had some months ago about some guy who set up recording equipment inside a carcass and taped a vulture eating the damn thing.
I'd like to hear this. Anybody have any clue what I'm talking about?

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 March 2005 06:57 (8 years ago) Permalink

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Aaron A., Monday, 7 March 2005 07:01 (8 years ago) Permalink

Didn't Chris Watson do this on one of his sound albums?

Guymauve (Guymauve), Monday, 7 March 2005 07:05 (8 years ago) Permalink

xpost: Like seriously, or not?

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 March 2005 07:07 (8 years ago) Permalink

Yes, it is a Chris Watson track- it's really cool- he placed a microphone on either side of the dead zebra's rib cage and gets its belly to act as a kind of soundtrap- there are buzzing fly noises and the occasional vulture honks sound *a lot* like saxophones- it's incredible.

Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Monday, 7 March 2005 07:26 (8 years ago) Permalink

It's on "Outside the Circle of Fire", on Touch/Ash.

Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Monday, 7 March 2005 07:26 (8 years ago) Permalink

holy fuck, sounds amazing. i really need to delve into Watson's world a bit more..

Stormy Davis (diamond), Monday, 7 March 2005 07:27 (8 years ago) Permalink

Yes, and it is meant to be heard on headphones. (Binaural recording.)

Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Monday, 7 March 2005 15:40 (8 years ago) Permalink


Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 7 March 2005 23:11 (8 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...
REVIVE and YSI PLEASE

forksclovetofu, Friday, 16 March 2007 06:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

awesome.

Drooone, Friday, 16 March 2007 06:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

This sounds kind of awesome. Does it sound as awesome as it sounds?

Scik Mouthy, Friday, 16 March 2007 11:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

i saw this guy on TV a few weeks ago talking about recording this. i guess it's his big rock-star story.

Tracer Hand, Friday, 16 March 2007 11:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

I know a guy who swears by the recording of contact mics frozen into blocks of ice which is then allowed to slowly thaw, crack and melt.

Oilyrags, Friday, 16 March 2007 13:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

The ice block CD is by my friend Collin Olan. It's a 3" CD called rec01, long out of print on Apestaartje. Pretty interesting recording, I know someone who is obsessed with it too.

Hatch, Friday, 16 March 2007 14:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

know a guy who swears by the recording of contact mics frozen into blocks of ice which is then allowed to slowly thaw, crack and melt.


Check out Peter Cusak's Baikal Ice

Elvis Telecom, Friday, 16 March 2007 14:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

it is indeed as awesome as it sounds. i dont have the disc anywhere near me though, to ysi it. chris watson is a genius.

strongohulkington, Friday, 16 March 2007 14:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

Joe Colley did a similar clay melting thing. all pops and squeals and lube-y sounds.

gnarly sceptre, Friday, 16 March 2007 15:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

Okey dokey! Now how does one open a mpc file?

forksclovetofu, Sunday, 18 March 2007 22:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

Never mind; google is my friend.
Holy shit, this is some twisted audio. Thanks for upping!

forksclovetofu, Sunday, 18 March 2007 22:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

...or convert it to a format I can actually use.

Oilyrags, Sunday, 18 March 2007 23:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

try here

forksclovetofu, Sunday, 18 March 2007 23:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

Ah that seems to have worked! Thanks.

Oilyrags, Sunday, 18 March 2007 23:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

That ice-recording reminds me: Any of you ever heard the sound that metal makes when it comes into contact with dry ice? It screeches!

Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 09:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

Today is International Vulture Awareness Day 2009!

Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 5 September 2009 18:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

oh wow, I completely forgot I own this. It rules!

CharlieS, Saturday, 5 September 2009 22:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

it still kinda rules

A Fudgesicle is a frozen, ice cream-like snack. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 September 2011 06:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

the vulture HONK never fails to astonish

A Fudgesicle is a frozen, ice cream-like snack. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 September 2011 06:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

youtube?

Whiney G. Blutfarten (dayo), Sunday, 18 September 2011 14:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

Would love to hear this.

emil.y, Sunday, 18 September 2011 14:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

That ice-recording reminds me: Any of you ever heard the sound that metal makes when it comes into contact with dry ice? It screeches!

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:14 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark

at the 2003 High Zero festival i saw Catherine Pancake heat up cymbals and pieces of metal in an oven and then place them on top of dry ice, it was pretty awesome

some dude, Sunday, 18 September 2011 14:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

also "outside the circle of mediafire" should get you there super fast

A Fudgesicle is a frozen, ice cream-like snack. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 September 2011 14:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

herbert's bummed he didn't think of this first

fauxmarc, Sunday, 18 September 2011 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

saw chris watson at york uni showing off all these recordings on their big fuck of genelecs, same day had my first experience in an anechoic chamber

it was for the bbc planet earth series, no? or one of the bbc wildlife thing

twas a good day

Crackle Box, Sunday, 18 September 2011 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

New Watson Nov. 14, very, er, stoked

Brakhage, Thursday, 13 October 2011 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

Train humor!

loads of personality, loved to chase chickens (forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 October 2011 01:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

8 months pass...

two things:
1) - This is on spotify. Track 12 of "Outside the Circle of Fire"
2) - Watson has an NYC show booked in September about BEES - http://www.issueprojectroom.org/2012/06/14/chris-watson-marcus-davidson/

Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 June 2012 05:03 (11 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

This was awesome; i went with a whiney.

This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 16 September 2012 15:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

had a nice build; liked the way it moved from pure field recordings, to recording + voices, to recordings + voice - last one seemed to be several different sound sources intermingled?

also mike from touch records is a character. in a good way, i thought

unknown pleasure zone (uptown churl), Sunday, 16 September 2012 15:06 (8 months ago) Permalink

I liked him dropping the "if a sound happens and no one is there to hear it" chestnut with an obvious air of yeah yeah yeah BUT

This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 16 September 2012 18:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Chris Watson and Robert MacFarlane collaboration: http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2012/10/rivertones-2-the-sea-road/

djh, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 07:42 (7 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

Great essay from the man himself in the Quietus today

http://thequietus.com/articles/11222-chris-watson-interview-sound-recording-cabaret-voltaire

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 January 2013 15:22 (3 months ago) Permalink

thx!

an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 January 2013 15:58 (3 months ago) Permalink

Great piece. 'El Trens Fantasma' is just extraordinary when played loud on a decent hifi.

fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 24 January 2013 17:28 (3 months ago) Permalink


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