Many bells: in the Muktinath Temple, Lower Mustang, Nepal

Hindus and Buddhists alike visit Muktinath since hundreds of years. Its a very holy place where you can find water, air and fire on the same place.

In the middle of the Muktinath Temple area is a gallery with hundreds of bells of all sizes surrounded by the "108 Water Spouts" (you can hear them quite well in the background) where pilgrims fill water of all 108 different sources into a bootle to drink this holy water and also to bring it home.

The bells fascinated me a lot and the picture shows a very interesting arrangement.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM.

Nilgiri: from the north, Nepal

I did this recording from the window of my hotel room in Jomsom, Lower Mustang, Nepal. From my hotel room I could see the frightening Nilgiri and the Jomsom Airport.

Someone on the airport played this nice instrument and tune. I neither know the instrument not the song. Maybe you can help.

Recorded on August 24th 2008 with Zoom H2 and the built-in microphones in stereo.

Fabric store: in Pokhara, Nepal

The end of the monsoon was in sight and it seemed that this heavy rainfall could be last rise. So I put my Zoom recorder on the balcony of my hotel room and went for some nice and very hot food.

After my return I found this nice recording with folk-music performed in the hotel lounge.

Recorded on August 25th 2008 with Zoom H2 and built-in microphones uncompressed.

Cow: in Mustang, Nepal.

Cows are not that big in Mustang, Nepal. But the dogs who protect the villages are. You can hear them running around the villages all night and its hard to fall asleep.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and built-in microphon uncompressed.

Location: Gelling, Mustang - August 2008

Sun: with a ring in Pokhara, Nepal 2008

The Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave is a very holy place for the Hindu people. What I liked that much is that the Hindu people are so happy to be there that they express it within the holy place.

How much I love this bells!

On the day of this recording I could see these beautiful solar rings (Sonnenringe).

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM in Pokhara, Nepal - August 2008.

Bob Marley Hotel: Muktinath, Lower Mustang, Nepal.

In the beginning of this recording the prayers wheel sounds like a motor-bike. With the horn of the car it seams like a urban soundtrack of machines, but then the prayers wheel brings in its very special note of sound. Magic!

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM - August 2008 in Kathamandu, Nepal

7:30 in the morning: Surrounded by noise!

I am living in Linz, Freistädterstrasse. South of my house is a main-traffic-road of the city of Linz, west of it is a big gas-station with a big car wash and north of my house they build many houses.

When I got up on April 20th at 7:30 and opened my 42db noise-pretection-windows to get some nice air into the space I got three different noise levels into my house.

North: Construction work

This recording was done with the Zoom H2 and the built-in mics. Out of the window in my sleeping room.

7:30 in the morning: Surrounded by noise!

7:30 in the morning. Surrounded by noise!

I am living in Linz, Freistädterstrasse. South of my house is a
main-traffic-road of the city of Linz, west of it is a big gas-station
with a big car wash and north of my house they build many houses.

When I got up on April 20th at 7:30 and opened my 42db
noise-pretection-windows to get some nice air into the space I got
three different noise levels into my house.

South: Traffic jam at Freistädterstrasse

This recording was done with the Zoom H2 and the built-in mics. on my balcony.

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7:30 in the morning.: Surrounded by noise!

7:30 in the morning. Surrounded by noise!

I am living in Linz, Freistädterstrasse. South of my house is a main-traffic-road of the city of Linz, west of it is a big gas-station with a big car wash and north of my house they build many houses.

When I got up on April 20th at 7:30 and opened my 42db noise-pretection-windows to get some nice air into the space I got three different noise levels into my house.

West: Construction work at the gas-station (loud compressor)

This recording was done with the Zoom H2 and the built-in mics. out of my kitchen window.

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Parade - 3rd Day At Petrinum: Masterdrummer of Nepal before drumming and marching

Parade is a project curated by Keith Goddard and Peter Kuthan for Linz09 . More info & pics at the Parade homepage .

Location: This recording was done in the courtyard of the Petrinum monastery in Linz, Austria.

The bands marched into the courtyard and did a "concert" while marching rounds or taking a position in the space. The music of the bands blend into each other. A constant waving. Beautiful.