IN THE FIELD - Soundscapes, EcoAcoustics and Sound Memories...

Julio César Palacio
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_ Sound Voices: Places, voices, people, crowds, demonstrations, events, soundscapes. _ Sound Walks: recordings from travels, cities and new places: Iceland, London, Shanghai, Seoul, Caracas, New York ... _ Remote Home Transmission: These are audios of the birds and nature in my mother's garden in Valencia, Venezuela. _ The COVID-19 Sound Diary: (15 Episodes) Soundscapes from Barcelona during 2020 Lockdown, recorded from home in the Sierra the Collserola Natural Park in Barcelona. ... Field recordings by Julio César Palacio.

  1. 02/24/2025

    SOUND VOICES · Ep.24 - Skaters at MACBA (Session 1 - 03 February 2025).

    This is the sound of skaters in the emblematic "spot" in the Macba square in Barcelona. The square is about to undergo renovation work and skaters will therefore have to leave this place, thus putting an end to a soundscape that has been very characteristic of the city for many years. This place has been a nerve centre of street culture in Barcelona, ​​not only skateboarding, urban music, graffiti... and for me it is very sad that the city and this place are losing this scene and the community atmosphere that has always existed here. I made a lot of recordings in the last few days (February 2025) before the construction works started. Here on the podcast I will upload short versions as sessions, and my intention is to one day use the full audios to make a sound installation and present it in the square as a reminder of the sound it had for many years.

    3 min
  2. SOUND VOICES · Ep.23 - Gustavo Dudamel, rehearsal with the Orchestra on the beach in Barcelona, summer 2024.

    10/01/2024

    SOUND VOICES · Ep.23 - Gustavo Dudamel, rehearsal with the Orchestra on the beach in Barcelona, summer 2024.

    Something quite incredible this summer was the event “Classica a la Platja”. A series of free outdoor concerts with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Catalunya (OBC) conducted by maestro Gustavo Dudamel. This concert was mind-blowing and beautiful. But this particular recording is not of the concert itself, but I was lucky enough to arrive when Dudamel was rehearsing with the Orchestra on the beach hours before the concert. I think it is a wonderful recording, in which the ambient sound is mixed, people talking and in the background the Orchestra rehearsing two pieces: the Harry Potter theme and then the theme of Jurassic Park !!!!  I hope you enjoy it. I have a few more recordings of the rehearsals, with other themes also by John Williams that I will upload soon.

    5 min
  3. SOUND VOICES · Ep.22 - Demonstration for Palestine, Barcelona 25 February 2024.

    10/01/2024

    SOUND VOICES · Ep.22 - Demonstration for Palestine, Barcelona 25 February 2024.

    This is the audio environment of the demonstration in favor of the Palestinian people that took place in Barcelona on February 25, 2024. It was a very large demonstration, which occupied the entire central area of Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona. I have many recordings, but this one in particular, was the first thing I found when I arrived, and it is a person singing surrounded by many people who joined her singing. After recording I spoke with the singer, Katherine Sheng, and she told me that it was a song composed by her, and I asked her permission to publish this recording and she said yes. Almost before she finished her song, you begin to hear many people walking and chanting for the liberation of Palestine. FREE PALESTINE !!!

    15 min
  4. SOUND VOICES · Ep.21 - The knife sharpener's melody

    08/23/2024

    SOUND VOICES · Ep.21 - The knife sharpener's melody

    I made this recording in my neighborhood in Barcelona. In it you can hear the classic melody of the knife sharpener passing through the neighborhood and offering his services. It is incredible that this tradition is still alive today and with the same original flute melody.

    6 min
  5. SOUND VOICES · Ep.20 - Protest for Venezuelan freedom: 17 August 2024, Barcelona -Spain.

    08/18/2024

    SOUND VOICES · Ep.20 - Protest for Venezuelan freedom: 17 August 2024, Barcelona -Spain.

    A mix of ambient sound walking inside the March and Protest for the freedom of Venezuela in Barcelona, Spain - Saturday August 17, 2024. . . . #HastaElFinalVenezuela #Venezuelalibre #Venezuela

    9 min
  6. SOUND VOICES Ep.19 - Demonstration for Palestina in Barcelona: 21 October 2023

    10/23/2023

    SOUND VOICES Ep.19 - Demonstration for Palestina in Barcelona: 21 October 2023

    Demonstration for Palestina in Barcelona. the sound and the songs in the massive demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, in the center of Barcelona (Passeig de Gràcia) on October 21, 2023. #palestina #palestine #demonstration

    5 min
  7. SOUND VOICES Ep.18 - street soundscape in Chengdu, China (#2)

    08/18/2023

    SOUND VOICES Ep.18 - street soundscape in Chengdu, China (#2)

    During the months of May and June 2023, I had the opportunity to visit China (several cities and towns). This is a recording made in the beautiful and modern city of Chengdu. Being a huge city, the street where my accommodation was located was very small with only two lanes of cars and absolutely full of life (fruit and food stores, street food stalls, businesses and even a seamstress who sewed in the street with her machine on a little table on the sidewalk. I was captivated by this street where you could hear so many sounds from day to day, from the daily life of this special Chinese city. I made recordings every morning sitting on the sidewalk drinking my coffee. I would place the recorder at one point and let the city and I wake up at the same time and be able to listen to its sound. (CLIP #2) Recorded on 05 June 2023

    6 min
  8. SOUND VOICES Ep.17 - street soundscape in Chengdu, China (#1)

    08/18/2023

    SOUND VOICES Ep.17 - street soundscape in Chengdu, China (#1)

    During the months of May and June 2023, I had the opportunity to visit China (several cities and towns). This is a recording made in the beautiful and modern city of Chengdu. Being a huge city, the street where my accommodation was located was very small with only two lanes of cars and absolutely full of life (fruit and food stores, street food stalls, businesses and even a seamstress who sewed in the street with her machine on a little table on the sidewalk. I was captivated by this street where you could hear so many sounds from day to day, from the daily life of this special Chinese city. I made recordings every morning sitting on the sidewalk drinking my coffee. I would place the recorder at one point and let the city and I wake up at the same time and be able to listen to its sound. (CLIP #1) Recorded on 06 June 2023

    5 min
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_ Sound Voices: Places, voices, people, crowds, demonstrations, events, soundscapes. _ Sound Walks: recordings from travels, cities and new places: Iceland, London, Shanghai, Seoul, Caracas, New York ... _ Remote Home Transmission: These are audios of the birds and nature in my mother's garden in Valencia, Venezuela. _ The COVID-19 Sound Diary: (15 Episodes) Soundscapes from Barcelona during 2020 Lockdown, recorded from home in the Sierra the Collserola Natural Park in Barcelona. ... Field recordings by Julio César Palacio.

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