Rural Portugal : “Magaio Egregore”

Magaio Egregore (Guimaraes edit), composition of Joachim Montessuis and Gaël Segalen, for Radio Sonores, Guimaraes 2012, European Capitals of Culture, may 2012 “MAGAIO EGREGORE” – a polyphonic vocal track and performance a collaboration of Joachim Montessuis & Gaël Segalen (Paris, FR) – recordings, composition and performance – produced by Binaural / Nodar “MAGAIO EGREGORE” is a […]

Prospect Park, Brooklyn – New York, August 2006

Prospect Park In the park at dusk with Louis Honoré / Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, august 2006 /

Palm Springs Sun & Insects

Electronic insects on a parking lot of the desert tropical oasis of Palm Springs, California (august 2007) = “Apache Cicadas” ? STE-001_palmSprings_insects_electrik.mp3  

SONIDO! dramatical test

Sonido JP obra theater, Caracas behind the scene, looking for Juan-Pablo  

Coquies amores (frogs)

Coqui_La_Guaira Along with the music, salsa and reggaeton that you hear from out of the cars and shops – i discovered and fell in love then with llanera and gaïta –  the Coquies sound is my only one familiar mark when i arrive in Venezuela. Because i knew Puerto-Rico from before, that was for me […]

barrios as self-organized cities around the city of Caracas

Juan Pablo and Nadia overlooking at the barrio of Catia, Caracas

Juan Pablo and Nadia in Catia

23 de noviembre 2008, dia de las elecciones regionales

opposition

Leopoldo Lopez has been disqualified few months ago. He was about to win the elections for Mayor of Caracas with something like 66 % of the polls. Leopoldo López (born 29 April 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela) has been since 2000 the mayor of the Chacao Municipality of Caracas. he’s described as an immensely popular leader […]

headquarter

Cuartel San Carlos, Centro de Caracas colonial military building from the 17th century, used as a Caracas military prison until 1995. It is currently  the office of PSUV Chavez party, willing to build the socialism of the 21th century. This morning, a market “mercal”, with people queuing for food, medecines, and more items at a […]

una cancion

attending today a Chavez meeting @ El Poliedro, he had a sore throat and sung with half of his talent he said Chavez_sings_cristobal_jimenez.mp3

democracy

here is the thing, my friend David Chalker from L.A has been filming for months now the campaign for governors and mayors here in Venezuela. He’s paying for his own documentary about democracy. filming both the opposition and the chavistas, actually the opposition is a bit divided and some of the opponents have been disqualified […]

” turismo social extremo “

barrios de Catia, 23 de Enero y Casalta

en rojo te lo juro

PSUV (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela) pre-elections event Plaza O’Leary – Caracas – 15.11.2008 chavista candidate for the municipality of Libertador, Jorge Rodriguez and chavista candidate for Mayor of Caracas, Aristobulo Isturiz

por aqua la vista

the wealthy district of Chacao and El Avila mountain    

ESD Danube residency in sound

European Sound Delta is an travelling artistic residency that took place during summer 2008 : two boats simultaneously navigated upstream on the Rhine and Danube rivers from the North Sea and the Black Sea to finally meet in Strasbourg, France. On board and in each of the stopover cities, thirty international artists were invited to […]

Gata, s-a Terminat (created in Sibiu, Romania)

“Gata, s-a terminat” Gaël Segalen, 5’12, 2007 gata%20s-a%20terminat_gael_segalen.mp3 créé à Sibiu, Romanie, oct 2007, Capitale Culturelle 2007 Pour parcours sonore Sound Drop, Collectif MU Gata, s-a terminat / enfin, c’est fini Séquence Sibiu (création) :  Gaël Segalen assisté de / assisted by / Méda Ruian Sibiu Veulent les vilaines que je meure, leur laisser mon amour. que je […]

Puerto Rico first caribbean choc – september 2006

Matin_barrio_obrero.mp3 Barrio Obrero, San Juan’s working-class neighborhood, early morning’s life in the small alleys, birds, radio and a child inside a house, promise of a hot day. Barrio Obrero, faubourg ouvrier de San Juan, vie matinale au milieu des allées, oiseaux, radio et un enfant à l’intérieur d’une maison ouverte, annonce d’une journée chaude. coqs_aube_PRico.mp3 […]

Brooklyn West Indian Carnival – 2006

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the Girls from Bayview

5_goodByeBayview.mp3 4%20Vocab_bayview.mp3 4%20Piste%2004_frere_jacques.mp3 Bayview – Hunters Point, a district of San Francisco one of San Francisco’s low income public housing projects, built south of the city on the now closed naval ship yard’s production that continues to pollute and poison the air of the residents. thank you Mr Biaye French afterschool class teacher  @ Bayview […]

Escalator JFK Airport- NYC

going back home, once again, leaving San Francisco to Paris, transiting at JFK / NYC airport (2005) this escalator goes to the AirTrain connecting airlines terminals Escalator_JFK airport

California Train

US train Oakland California – july 2005 / je regarde passer le train situation plutôt absurde alors que je suis en train d’enregistrer et de me laisser bercer, quelqu’un me demande si je “sais quelle heure il est” (au décompte -1:00 minute) pretty absurd situation when listening to that sound / flow and recording it, someone […]

USA-NIGER

North Niger, nov. 2004, in the touareg camp of Galelo and the city of Agadez

    chants_percus_reverb_naturelle_44k.mp3 kids starting a Tindé ceremony / voices, clapping hands and a water drum, strange natural reverb chant_danse_enfants.mp3 same Tindé, young girls choir / dancing steps of the young men cri_et_tccc_chevre_Raichita.mp3 The young Raichita is calling her goats Mortier_cuisiniere.mp3 pestle, mortar, breathing to prepare lunch meal for kids, class in the background Mortier%20cuisiniere_bass.mp3 the […]

Documenting the street protests during the republican national convention

SOUND WILL BE POSTED SOON – credit photos Gaël segalen ⌽⌽ ⌽ ⌽   ⌽⌽ ⌽ End of summer 2004, NY was chosen as the city to host republicans from the whole country to nominate their representant, talking about Bush. Manhattan became suddenly a complete dedicated perimeter security. New Yorkers, highly offended, got involved for a […]