The Lee Shore: June 2007

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Twelfth

Although this is a theme I have been working on for quite some time, today it seemed to find a home here in this city. I was struck with its tragedy. Vienna, and Austria as a whole have such a rich and vibrant history, full of art and accomplishment, but I can not help but feel the bruises that lie around here as well. This song is a simple lament for those parts of Vienna that hurt, for those parts, those histories, those people who did not or cannot find healing.

Lament No. 1

Eleventh

In 1938 the Nazi party began construction of their largest and most horrific instrument of death. Over the next seven years, Mauthausen would work, torture and put to death more than 250,000 political dissidents, homosexuals, outsiders, Russians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma, and Jews. This is a meditation on what took place there. The audio is taken from two sources, the "Wiener Graben," a death quarry operated on the backs of the prisoners, and a thirty second clip from inside the gas chamber.

Meditation No. 1

Monday, June 11, 2007

Tenth

This post is comprised of audio taken from a trip to the Wachau region of Austria. It includes bits from our bus ride, an eleventh century Benedictine monastery, a long flight of stairs, a 200 year old wine cellar, a thunderstorm in a white wine vineyard and other surprises.

Wachau

Wine and churches

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Ninth

This is a theme I have been working on for a while. It still needs some work. The sample was taken from my favorite cafe as well as a mass and the sound of me walking up a flight of stairs.

Theme

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Eighth

For this installment I used musical artifacts collected from around the city. Music is everywhere here, leaking through the floorboards, exploding from Gothic arches, floating into my room and landing on my pillow. Take a peek.

Hidden Music

Much Love.