This is one of the coolest (no pun intended) sound design projects ever. Marlin Ledin rode his bike and camped around the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior covering about 150 miles on the ice recording the creaks and groans of the shifting ice plates. Listen to his recordings and checkout photos and videos of his expedition at www.bikingtheapostles.com. Marlin describes the ice sounds:
The Lake Drums, as some people call them, are an amazing phenomenon that rank right up there with Aurora Borealis. Lake drums, or drumming perhaps, occurs when a shift in the ice creates friction between sheets of ice, like tectonic plates of the earths crust. The unique sounds created come after these shifts in the ice. I ventured out and captured some of these sounds with modern recording techniques.
Great link. Inspiring.
WOW!!! NICE SOUNDS. GREAT RECORDINGS .THANK YOU FOR THE EXPERIENCE !!!. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK .
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nice! I went to high school with this guy! i thought he was just doin music. kick ass though.
Cant find the article and photos at http://www.bikingtheapostles.com
could someone give direct link?
It looks like that article is no longer available. Here’s some articles about Marlin’s project that are still available:
http://www.peacecoffee.com/pcs/1003/icebiker.html
http://www.fox21online.com/smalltowns/washburn-man-bikes-across-lake-superior-recording-sounds-shifting-ice
Good stuff. I just discovered this artist Cheryl Leonard at the Trimpin DIY Musical Instrument gathering at Stanford. She travels to the Antarctic (among other places) and records sounds, and also makes instruments out of natural objects she collects from her field recording trips.
http://www.musicfromtheice.blogspot.com/
Nice one, Jason. I will have to share her work. Thanks!
Thanks, Jason. Nice stuff I ended posting the “Brash Ice Video” here:
https://audiocookbook.org/sound_design/brash-ice-video/