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Friedhof Grunewald (Forst), Havelchaussee, Berlin, Germany
Friedhof Grunewald (Forst), Havelchaussee, Berlin, Germany Friedhof Grunewald (Forst), Havelchaussee, Berlin, Germany
Friedhof Grunewald (Forst), Havelchaussee, Berlin, Germany
45 minutes
Album is free to listen, digital download is £5 or £20 for a CD
Intrumental

Sub-collection

Environmentalism

Sub-collection · 37 items

Guitar

Collection · 2 items

improvisation

Collection · 16 items

Regions

Berlin

City · 56 items
Sub-collection

Environmentalism

Sub-collection · 37 items

Guitar

Collection · 2 items

improvisation

Collection · 16 items

Regions

Berlin

City · 56 items
In the late summer of 2018, I temporarily relocated to Berlin, furthering my interest in intertwining environmental sounds and improvisation. I spent my early days getting a sense of place by following peaceful canal paths and navigating hidden hinterhauses, re-mapping my bearings away from the cars and traffic. Soon I was drawn into the calm

In the late summer of 2018, I temporarily relocated to Berlin, furthering my interest in intertwining environmental sounds and improvisation.

I spent my early days getting a sense of place by following peaceful canal paths and navigating hidden hinterhauses, re-mapping my bearings away from the cars and traffic.

Soon I was drawn into the calm soundscapes of the Landwehr Canal in Neukölln – listening to the nuanced and distinct sounds – birdsong, echoes of a distant dog bark, rustling leaves, brief conversations heard here and there.

The music in this album is based around guitar improvisations and responds to those subtle environmental recordings and walks, merging the two into a hybrid form of harmonics, rhythms and atmospheres.

In the opening track, the footsteps and the ambience of the forest is from my walk to Friedhof Grunewald-Forst cemetery, where Nico, the German singer and model, is buried.

Credits

Composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Petri Huurinainen
Recorded in Berlin and London in 2018-2022
Mastered by: J. Ardron, St Austral Sound
Design and artwork by: Petri Huurinainen
Text by David Selden

APA style reference

Huurinainen, P. (2023). Nico’s Grave. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/nicos-grave/

areobate

From translations of the Greek playwright Aristophanes: It literally means to walk on the air, but actually means to walk as if on air. What a perfect word for buoyant sauntering, after, say, receiving good news. Credits to Mark Peters.

Added by Geert Vermeire
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