KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ World Ear Project: Stephan Micus: Walk in the Woods in Mundraching

Analog Audio

Event Type

Other Finds

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

WEP.1985.07.29

Program Series

World Ear Project

Program Length

19 min

Dates

1985-07-29 | broadcast
| 1985-06-06 | created

Description

Composer-performer Stephan Micus speaks with Charles Amirkhanian outdoors in the bird-filled Bavarian countryside on June 6, 1985. A casual and fascinating discussion that is almost film-like in its effect. Micus discusses exotic German recipes, American military plane sonic booms, and the sound he loves most in nature, flying swans. This program was recorded 36 miles west of Munich in the farm town of Mundraching. Originally broadcast as part of KPFA's series of programs called “The World Ear Project”, which focused on the documentation of ambient sounds. Listeners beware: The program begins with several minutes of idyllic bird calls interrupted by the sonic ejaculation of an overhead aircraft.

Genres

Field recordings

Subjects

Field recordings
Animal sounds
Nature sounds
Sonic boom
Plants -- Germany
Ambient sounds
Conversations

Related places

Mundraching (Germany) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Micus, Stephan