Buenos Dias Con Nieve

Snow in the mountains at dawn

Alessandro at work in the IWHE studio

Buenos Dias Con Nieve

The first results from the new If Walls Had Ears studios have arrived! Alessandro Di Pauli completed his 'residency' workshop this week, and we are very proud to present his first ever sound piece - Buenos Dias Con Nieve. The music is produced exclusively using a recording of snow falling in the hills above Barcelona at dawn, which we took at the beginning of the workshop (see posts below for more details on our sound recording mission...)

Buenos Dias Con Nieve by Alessandro Du Pauli by If Walls Had Ears

Does this inspire you to do the same? Why not get in touch via ifwallshadears@gmail.com to find out more about our range of workshops..?

Nightlife, Nightsounds

Inside MACBA Hall

Parc de la Ciutadella

Don Ale

Paving Slabs (loose ones make great sounds when cycled over...)

The sea at sunset

Club MOOG

Last week we continued our quest to record the sounds of Barcelona throughout 24 hours. Alessandro di Pauli and Tullis Rennie began exactly where they finished before, right in the middle of MACBA square (which this time was bathed in much more pleasant spring sunshine, rather than the snow we saw last time).

We recorded skaters, peaceful parks (with ping-pong players), cycled over loose paving slabs, captured the sounds of the sea at sunset, and then moved on into the city nightlife - live jazz bars and techno clubs.

Ale's wonderful photos above documented the experience, and below is a selection of the recordings made: skaters, birds in the park, paving slabs, the sea, jazz bar (with guy in the crowd playing the spoons!), Moog club (a walk from upstairs party soul sounds to downstairs deep techno) and finally the sound of being accosted in the street at 4am, slightly worse for wear...

Alessandro is currently taking an if walls had ears sound workshop to produce a piece of music using some of these recordings. Watch this space!

Sunset & Nightlife in Barcelona, Wednesday 17th March 2010 by If Walls Had Ears

Los sonidos de la nieve

Snow at dawn in the hills above Barcelona

Plaza Catalunya Metro Interchange

El Mercat de la Boqueria

Sant Just

MACBA Square

This week saw the first IWHE workshop of 2010 - a remarkable and historic day in more ways than one. We saw the first proper snowfall in Barcelona since 1962... and recorded it, at dawn, from the mountains above the city. We then passed through markets, plazas, metros and churches, as well the famous Xampaneria for a much-deserved lunch and obligatory copa de cava (we did get up at 5.30am!).

Our intrepid sonic explorers? Alessandro di Pauli & Tullis Rennie. See some of Ale's excellent photos above, and hear a few snippets of the raw recordings below... Next up? Make some music from it!

Morning in Barcelona, Monday 8th March 2010 by If Walls Had Ears

New Home

If Walls Had Ears has a brand new home, in the artist studio spaces recently opened by "untitled" BCN Gallery. We all sweated, blistered, bled, and got very dusty indeed preparing the space. Take a look at the before and after shots here...

Sexy, innit?

If these walls had ears...

Jess from "untitled" hard at work

Before