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For the last three months I am recording the Venetian harbour in Chania. Unfortunately, a great part of it's soundscape has been degraded over the years by the tourism development. However, there are still some acoustically rich and animated spots around the area, covering a wide band of the listening spectrum. Some have their own tempo and phase shifting properties depending on the volume and the direction of wind respectively. One of the most acoustically interesting spots, is the second wooden dock when walking down from Neorio Moro towards the harbour centre. There you get the feeling that you are inside the sea - and in a way you are. You are able to listen the sea more closely and you also get all the small sounds generated by the friction of the boats with the dock louder - either the buoys or the steel springs and the ropes. Zooming in to each of these sounds you start to hear their individual performances. Using contact microphones I was able to capture some of these perf...

Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental electronic music.  She coined the term Deep Listening:  "an aesthetic based upon principles of improvisation, electronic music, ritual, teaching and meditation. This aesthetic is designed to inspire both trained and untrained performers to practice the art of listening and responding to environmental conditions in solo and ensemble situations" Her personal website:  Pauline Oliveros  with lots of info and one of my favourite works of her:  Deep Listening  w/ Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis.