Atlantic views is an ongoing series that highlight various views and sounds from the Atlantic.
Author Archives: framingsounds
End of year recap
in Greece, Japan, and the US and everyone who contributed to the shows
Beyond Encounters #26 tracklist and archive

- Pier 52, Seattle, Washington (new)
- arrive/depart slowly (new)
- Chesapeake Bay in December (unreleased) audio sourced from camera
- On the way to Suzhou Bay (Unreleased) audio sourced from camera
- fading into street (new)
- Early morning in Kumano (new)
- Frequency in Motion rehearsal w. Hiroko Komiya at Black Mountain College Museum
- Piano improv in Embros theatre, Athens, Greece.
- Piano Improv in Carol Belk theatre, Ashville North Carolina
- December morning (new)
New Beyond Encounters on 12/22/25

Tune into the last Beyond Encounters of the year on 12/ 22/25 http://listen.camp. Time: 12pm EST 18h00 CET ! All new/unreleased material. Hear a Frequency rehearsal w.
Hiroko Komiya at Black Mountain College-Ferry sounds from Seattle, early morning sounds from Kumano, Japan and much more !
12/11/25

Before the day begins
searching for ground
Facing San Jacinto
Silent b/w super 8 film of the San Jacinto Mountains in California.
This is part of a new series of films devoted to mountains and trees.
Filmed in Palm Springs
12/5/25

Inside is it always so
the mind was quiet for a brief moment
on an snowy street
Frequency Impressions in Seattle by Himiko
Below is a lovely poem/text by a Japanese dancer and calligrapher, Himiko, who attended the Frequency in Motion performance in Seattle. I will post my own report soon.
Text is in Japanese
Photo: Hiroko Komiya
Butoh Dancers: Atsushi Takenouchi, Joan Laage, Vanessa Skantze.
Live Sounds, Field Recordings, Objects: Hiroko Komiya and Chris H. Lynn
Super 8 and Digital Film: Chris H. Lynn
Lighting design: Stella Kutz
Location: Yaw Theater, Seattle Washington.

なんとも不思議なリズムと波。時々、音に合わせて
流れてくる朗読。時に朗読は
意味を
追ってしまうけれど海外で聞く日本語は
一つの波動として
音として
耳にたどりつく。
でも、あらためて
日本語の
音霊の
波動の高さを感じさせられた。
踊りも3人の舞踏家がみごとに
いろんな波の響きを
生み出してくれて
見応えが素晴らしかった。
音と映像と舞踏が、
どれかが飛び出すこともなく
見事に響きあう世界。
とても居心地のよい空間。
いまでも、
まだ余韻が残っています。
素敵な作品でした。
Such strange rhythms, such waves.
Now and then, flowing with the music,
comes the voice of narration.
At times the narration
pulls me toward
meaning—
but hearing Japanese from abroad,
it reaches my ears
as vibration,
as sound,
as one wave among waves.
And yet, once again,
I was made to feel
the spiritual resonance of Japanese,
the elevation of its sonic frequencies.
The three dancers, too, were magnificent,
creating such various
reverberations of waves—
the performance was breathtaking.
Sound and image and dance:
none leaping ahead of the others,
but resonating together beautifully.
A space so comfortable to be in.
Even now,
the afterglow remains.
It was a wonderful work.
arrive depart slowly

Blue grey
spaces and rain
pine trees endless
to the sky
early morning sunrise
pioneer square
coffee
watching ferry boats
arrive depart slowly
clouds breaking
misty rain
chatter and movement
long shots on the pier
returning sound more beautiful than before.
Beyond Encounters #25 tracklist and archive

1.Asakusa temple (new)-Hiroko Komiya
2. Warsaw Market-
3. Improv Piano at Chance House (Unreleased)
4. Wednesday Lesson on Courtship
5. Opening From Chance to Deal film
6. Antibes 23 (new mix)
7. May 21, 2024- Hong Kong (excerpt)
8. Traveling in the rain (new)
9. Improv Piano in Carol Belk Theater (new)
10. Seminary late October (new)
Lots of new things on here and a few old things as well. Bif thanks to Hiroko for new recording.

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