Category Archives: Art

Frequency in Motion live in Barcelona

I am very happy to announce the release of Frequency live in Barcelona !

Frequency in Motion- is an Audio visual performance with Butoh dance.
Projecting Super 8mm and digital film from the fragments of landscape. Soundscape from live improvised sounds, field recordings, poems and voices. The dancers’ and the performers’ symbolic and suggestive presence, movements and shadows.

Recorded in ‘Frequency in Motion’ live performance at CC Convent De Sant Agusti 25yrs anniversary program in Barcelona, Spain on November 20,2023.

Live sound;
Chris H. Lynn ; Piano / Field Recordings / Objects
Hiroko Komiya ; Zither / Lap harp / Voice/ Objects / Field Recordings

Recorded voice & text: David Gazsi, Carla Rihl
Sound mix & Recording: Xavier Carbonell
Super 8mm film / digital film : Chris H.Lynn
Cover still from super 8mm film : Chris H.Lynn

Thanks for Butoh dancer Marlène Jöbstl and Atsushi Takenouchi !

Look for some live sounds from Mexico and Hong Kong in the future.

Tracklist for Beyond Encounters #4

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There is quite a bit of unreleased material on this show, which will air on Camp Radio on 12/25/23, so I provided a tracklist with some descriptions below:

    1. Edge of Presence improv rehearsal with Hiroko Komiya in Warsaw (6/19/23) recorded by Atsushi Takenouchi.  Sounds audible: I am writing with a feather pen on a notepad  with contact mics attached . Hiroko is reading her nautical journal, while circling a stone. I adjusted the  EQ for the file later.
    2. Warsaw Morning (future release)  Field recording: Hiroko Komiya. Keyboard:CHL.
    3.  Inside Nanjiing teachers college (slow humid afternoon). This piece was not used in the River Thoughts film.
    4. The effect of exhaustion extract 2. A short piece from Simone Weil’s Factory Journal. Text: Simone Weil Voice: Hu Manrong. I provided the sounds. This track appeared on this site on 2/08/20.
    5. Fellow traveller- Unreleased
    6. Train engine -Unreleased
    7. A night run in late December, Loire Valley-Unreleased
    8. Potomac River, Christmas Morning.  Appeared on this site 12/25/14
    9. Morning Sea-Unreleased
    10. Barcelona Bells-Unreleased
    11. Boardwalk, late December, seaside. Unreleased.
    12. Evening with snow-sounds now heard as song-10 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays !

UKIGUMO

Very excited about the Edge of Presence performance with Hiroko Komiya early next week in Warsaw, Poland, but before the event, I am happy to share our latest collaboration: UKIGUMO

This version is slightly different from the version that appeared on Framework Radio a few weeks ago.

for the instant glance and the seasonal view- Film and workshop in Warsaw, Poland on 6/20/23

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Looking forward to presenting  3 new super 8 films from the  Journal  of  Drifting Hours Series  and selections of my  most recent work-A Season Close to Mountains and Atlantic Views.

I will also lead a workshop  on various methods of audiovisual recording while  in the field. Participants will  also be invited to develop their  own ideas and share their creative process.

Go here for details

Along the Shore

Very excited to share this new collaboration with Daniel Barbiero on the wonderful Plus Timbre label. Enjoy !

Along the shore is a collaboration between Chris H. Lynn and Daniel Barbiero. The composition was recorded during late December 2022 and February 2023.

Chris H. Lynn: Duration field recording of tidal rhythms (high) moving and shifting patches of ice along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay at dusk in late December.

Daniel Barbiero: Double bass recording of three pages of “Soundings,” a graphically notated composition for solo bass clef instrument.