Yannick Dauby is a sound artist based in Taiwan since 2007. He relentless explores the soundscapes of his adopted island through field recording audio documentaries and community projects He has created soundtracks and sound environments for contemporary dance public art and films as well as being involved in various ecological and local traditional activities. Dauby stayed in Peng-Hu an archipelago located in the Taiwan strait during several months in the first half of 2013. His daily activities included beachcombing study and documentation of the reef animals field recording some teaching and also composing musique concr?te in a temporary and probably the first experimental music studio. From this old building he could hear the seashores and announcements of the itinerant sellers as well as the rituals from a temple nearby. Immersed in this environment Yannick composed the two sides of this record using the sounds of the underwater fauna the omnipresent waves soundscapes of harbours music played during funerals shortwave radio broadcasts in-site or indoor improvisations using old artefacts and various sessions using analog electronic instruments.

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