Sem Zeeman is a field recordist and sound artist, who embarks on a auditive journey to capture the essence of our existence through the medium of sound. With a passion for auditive narratives, Sem ventures into uncharted realms, using sound as his brush to paint vivid pictures of our world. Each recording is a registration of a specific moment in a specific place, allowing listeners to transcend their surroundings and immerse themselves in a unique sonic experience.
Sem Zeeman
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Sem Zeeman is a field recordist and sound artist, who embarks on a auditive journey to capture the essence of our existence through the medium of sound. With a passion for auditive narratives, Sem ventures into uncharted realms, using sound as his brush to paint vivid pictures of our world. Each recording is a registration of a specific moment in a specific place, allowing listeners to transcend their surroundings and immerse themselves in a unique sonic experience.
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February 28, 2024
Noorderhoofd [51.98021° N, 4.11153° O]
<p><a href="https://semzeeman.bandcamp.com/track/noorderhoofd-5198021-n-411153-o">https://semzeeman.bandcamp.com/track/noorderhoofd-5198021-n-411153-o</a></p> <pre><p>Once Doggerland, an historical connection between Britain and continental Europe. Now an industrial area were fossils are found and traded, surrounded by salty water we today call the North Sea.<pre><br>Located on the Noorderhoofd pier along the busiest waterway in Europe, in Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands. The waterway is a ship canal called de Nieuwe Waterweg, which makes the Port of Rotterdam accessible for seagoing vessels from and to the North Sea. It’s the largest port in Europe and specialised in the petrochemical industries and cargo transshipment handlings. Across the water of Noorderhoofd are the Maasvlakte and Europoort, which are very heavily industrialised with also petrochemical industries, as well as coal- and biomass-fired power plants, styrene- and propylene-oxide production and transhipment of ore, coal and palm oil.<pre><br>This industrial area is surrounded by beaches where crabs, shrimps and starfish can be found. By dunes with foxes, rabbits, lizards and moles. By the air with sandpipers, polecats, buzzards and seagulls. And by the water with seals, sea bass’ and garfishes.<br><pre>The auditive beauty of these surroundings is abruptly disturbed by increasing buzzes, noise and suddenly appearing rhythmical radar frequencies presenting itself through electromagnetic signals. The infrasound from the petroleum industries across gets supported by a slowly growing even intenser engine rumbling. The waves crashing on the pier are rising, each one followed by a greater force.<pre><br>An interference of low and high increasing frequencies, as a collaboration between human and nature, is resonating through a pole standing on the pier. Beholding the industrial infrasound and coastal acoustics, responding in the creation of abrasive metallic harmonics. This pole is holding a warning sign, to contain our behaviour on the pier.<pre><br>“Dangerous waves from shipping. Enter at your own risk.”<pre><br>Noorderhoofd [51,98021° N, 4,11153° O]<br>through the ears of its aquatic- and surrounded wildlife, adapted to the petrochemical industries and cargo shipping.<pre><br>“Noorderhoofd [51,98021° N, 4,11153° O]” is also part of the long-form sound composition Upstream Ensemble, where mainly its infrasound recording is used. This composition is initiated by TBA21’s Ocean-Archive, ocean comm/uni/ty and Pablo Diserens, who invited 35 field recordists to venture in the world and record aqueous sonic encounters. Upstream Ensemble navigates between the multiplicity of the water cycle as a sounding body. The work moves upstream through oceans, rivers, pipe networks, ponds, and glaciers while investigating the continuous flow of water and the environments that surround it. Here, the world’s aqueous fauna, flora, geologies, and technologies mingle into a synchronized motion that documents the sonic articulations of these wet zones. Upstream Ensemble is released digitally on TBA21’s Ocean-Archive website and physically released on the label forms of minutiae as cassette. <pre><br><a href="https://f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/upstream-ensemble">f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/upstream-ensemble</a> </p>
January 6, 2024
A Soundwalk Through Budapest [47.499553° N, 19.054739° O]
<p><a href="https://semzeeman.bandcamp.com/album/a-soundwalk-through-budapest-47499553-n-19054739-o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow">https://semzeeman.bandcamp.com/album/a-soundwalk-through-budapest-47499553-n-19054739-o</a></p> <p>"A Soundwalk Through Budapest" is an auditory representation of a field-recording session in Budapest on February 16th, 2022. This sonification of the city is created by several recorded one-shots and ambiences, placed in chronological order, resulting in this soundwalk concept. Experience a blend between realistic urban sounds and a surreal soundscape composition. This track is part the record "Buda's Barrels", released under Sem Zeeman's organic dance alias OKIN-OMIS. The soundwalk starts in the elevator of the apartment complex located on Király Utca. As we exit the building, we are greeted by various street ambiences and daytime sounds. These ambiences form the basis of the intro, interludes and outro in "Buda’s Barrels" and "Madách Imre," which can be found on the same record. As tourists from a country with a different currency, the abundance of available ATMs in the city is really useful. Along the way, Sem noticed that each ATM has a different pitch, timbre and processing. As the street ambiences evolve, its supported by these authentic sonic pulses from several ATMs. The second location we arrive at is the Danube River. We are on a boat tour to capture the city’s illuminated landmarks, such as the Chain Bridge, Buda Castle District, and the Hungarian Parliament. The rumbling engine of the boat and the sound of moving water are accompanied by classical music and multilingual speeches, which are captured from the audio guide on the tour as a representation of tourism in this bustling city. </p> <p> After the boat tour, we once again arrive on the city streets. Budapest, with almost 1.8 million residents, is under constant development, which can be heard as construction noises dominate the street ambiences. As we continue walking, the construction sounds gradually fade away as we arrive at Madách Imre út. On this street, we find several empty barrels. Each barrel has a different timbre and resonance, which can be heard in the presented hits. These one-shot samples also form the main percussive framework of other two tracks, "Buda’s Barrels" and "Madách Imre.” As the barrels slowly disappear, our soundwalk continues at the tram station and then leads us to Budapest Airport, which slowly transitions to the flight back home to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>
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