Clik here to view.
Opus for power line, bass, wind and birds.
It is not every day when I am free from traffic noise. But when it happens it is possible to notice other small sounds in the surroundings. That happened in beginning of June 2012 when I was at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nature reserve in Flói 2012. Part 5
Last autumn and winter I published some of my recordings from 25th of June 2012 in the nature reserve at Flói in the south of Iceland. Day after, during the night and early morning at 26th I continued...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The dock at Holtstangi. Part 1
In Önundarfjörður (fjord) northwest of Iceland is a small village, Flateyri. During the winter, avalanches are falling in the mountains all around the fjord. In Oktober 1995 a huge avalanche hit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nature reserve in Flói 2012. Part 6
I have still lots of unpublished recordings from this midsummer nights in Flói 2012. With a quick audition all this recordings sounds similar. But with closer attention it sounds all as a beautiful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Skaftafell national park in February 2014
Last weekend in February I and my brother in law went to Skaftafell national park. Our sons were with us and we spent one night in a tent on the campsite. One of the reasons that we drove all this way...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The pier at Holtstangi. Part 2
One year ago I published the first part of this calm seashore recording. It is therefore now a good reason to publish the rest of this beautiful recording. This recording was made close to Holtstangi...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring in Skaftafell 2014
It was early morning 20th of May 2014, when I and my friend arrive in to the campsite in Skaftafell national park, after almost five hours drive from Reykjavik. There was just several tents on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Botnstjörn pond in Ásbyrgi.
Ásbyrgi was most likely formed by catastrophic glacial flooding of the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum after the last Ice Age, first 8-10,000 years ago, and then again some 3,000 years ago. The river has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Falling drops at Vesturöræfi wilderness.
Nothing is closer to a perfect experience as being alone in the wilderness, as far from any machines or human activity as you can. And when it is in cold or high altitude with no, or very quiet animal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fairy in Ásbyrgi
The 10th of July 2015 I visited Ásbyrgi national park, in the north east Iceland. I arrived around 9 pm. The weather was rather cold, with light drizzle rain. However there was a sport game on the old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Howling fox
It is easy to go in to a special mood when I think of the Icelandic highland and all the fabulous moments I have experienced there twenty to thirty years ago. This quiet black desert gives me always a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Flói 2015. Part 1
I think I don‘t need to present the nature reserve in Flói in many words. It is a wetland / moors in south of Iceland. I have already published in this blog several hours of „Flói recordings“. Last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The bird colony at Hjalteyri
Hjalteyri is a small village on the western shores of Eyjafjörður, fjord in north of Iceland. It all began when the Norwegians started salting herring around 1880 and the village Hjalteyri was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cyclone in gust
Wind is very often the recordist´s enemy. Especially if the rumbling noise of „hammering membrane“ is not acceptable. Some recordists may say this rumbling noise is just normal. Everyone will hear...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Curious sheep in Flói
I have published many times recordings from the Nature Reserve Flói in southwest Iceland, so I will not introduce that area again. During the years I remember couple of times when curious sheeps have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Domestic violence on the tundra
I spend almost 4 days late June 2017 recording in Þjórsárver area, which is a tundra southeast of Hofsjökull glacier. It was shortly after the road administrator open the Sprengisandur route across...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gust in Stafholtstungur.
There are two things which are always possible to record almost everywhere, any time and all year around. That is traffic noise and all kinds of wind. Traffic noise is easy to record, but wind noise...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Noisy anglers on the lake Holmavatn
Hólmavatn is a heath lake in the interior in west of Iceland between the two valley Kjarrárdalur and Hvítársíða. It is a part of a big lake system on a heath named Arnarvatnsheiði. I have once before...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soundscape at Fjallsjökull glacier
There is a place near Fjallsjökull glacier I have tried to record several times in recent years. But I´ve never been happy with the result. Mainly because of noisy traffic from road no.1 and/or surf...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Svínafellsjökull 14th of June 2020
Shortly after I set up my gear in a safe spot near the lagoon beneath the Svínafellsjökull ice fall. I heard thunder behind the Hafrafell mountain. Two minutes later and suddenly all icebergs in the...
View Article