Artist:        BJ Nilsen
Title:         Are the birds gonna eat us, Mommy? | ©
Date:        2006-06-28
Duration:  7’18

photo by: BJ Nilsen

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THE SOUND

This field recording was made at Vatnsleysuströnd, Landakot on the southwest coast of Iceland.

In this remote location I was drawn to the amazing birds nesting there, especially the Arctic Tern (Kría) who are fiercely protective of their nests and known for dive bombing towards any intruders, usually striking humans on the top or back of the head. The crow in the beginning of the recording lives in the house seen in the photograph, obviously he got upset by my furry microphone. Besides the birds we hear the rain, wind and ocean waves coming in from the North Atlantic.

THE ARTIST

Benny Jonas Nilsen was born in 1975. He has been active with experimental music for nearly 20 years. For the past 10 years he has been releasing albums on Touch, making music and sound design for documentary film and television.  He focuses on the sound of nature and its effect on humans, field recordings and the perception of time and space as experienced through sound, often electronically treated.

Links: www.bjnilsen.com | www.touchmusic.org.uk