A massive 8.9/9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan at around 2:46pm on March 11 (JST) causing damage with blackouts, fire and tsunami.
The large earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for countries all around the Pacific ocean.
Local Japan Emergency dials: 171 + 1 + line phone number to leave a message 171 + 2 + line phone number to listen to the message
Phone numbers to consult about missing persons: (Japanese language) Iwate: 0120-801-471 Miyagi: 022-221-2000 Fukushima: 0120-510-186 / 090-8424-4207 / 090-8424-4208
help and info from the UK foreign office - (link) British nationals in Japan should contact the Foreign Office helpline in London if they require assistance and to report that they are safe: +44 20 7008 0000 (from Japan) or 020 7008 0000 (in the UK). You can also e-mail the Foreign Office on japan.earthquake@fco.gov.uk or skype (text not call) on "fcojapan".
please donate some money to help the people in japan.
Dr. Bernie Krause, creator of Wild Sanctuary, demonstrates that every living organism produces sound. This presentation focuses on the symbiotic ways in which the sounds of one organism affect and interrelate with other organisms, local and regional, within a given habitat.
Learn about unusual soundscapes and their relevance to preserving natural sounds worldwide. Biophony--the notion that all sounds in undisturbed natural habitats fit into unique niches--will be used to illustrate the ways in which animals taught humans to dance and sing.
watch the full presentation "The Great Animal Orchestra" here
BIO
Bernie Krause Since 1968, Dr. Bernie Krause has traveled the world recording and archiving the sounds of creatures and environments large and small. Working at the research sites of Jane Goodall (Gombe, Tanzania), Biruta Galdikas (Camp Leakey, Borneo), and Dian Fossey (Karisoke, Rwanda), he identified the concept of biophony (a/k/a The Niche Hypothesis) based on the relationships of individual creatures to the total biological soundscape within a given habitat.
Dr. Krause was Scientific Director (appointed by NOAA) of the operation that rescued Humphrey the humpback whale from the Sacramento Delta (1985) using processed feeding sounds of the same species to lure him to the ocean. Through his company, Wild Sanctuary, he has recorded over 50 natural soundscape CDs, and creates interactive environmental sound sculpture commissions for museums and other public spaces throughout the world.
Utilizing proprietary delivery technology, his sound sculpture commissions can be heard at the American Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC), the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the Chicago Science Museum, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center (near Mystic, CT), the California Academy of Sciences, the Flint River Center in Albany, Georgia, Natural World Museum (SF), and five new installations at the World Financial Center (NYC opening 6 October 2006). Krause is currently commissioned to prepare a series of tropical and sub-tropical rainforest installations for the new California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park scheduled to open in the Fall of 2008.
During his life as a professional studio musician, he replaced Pete Seeger in the Weavers (1963), and with his late music partner, Paul Beaver, introduced the synthesizer to pop music and film. Their work can be heard on over 250 albums and 135 feature films released between 1967 and 1980
ICASEA was established in 2008 by Satoshi Aizawa, Tom Knapp and Alex Peverett as a platform for physical and digital domain releases from sound artists and electronic musicians working in various locations across the globe. This scrapbook blog documents a range of the artists interests. For information regarding ICASEA label news, artist profiles, releases, shows and other projects please visit the official ICASEA website.
ICASEA est une plate-forme fondée en 2008 par Satoshi Aizawa, Tom Knapp et Alex Peverett, afin de proposer des oeuvres physiques et digitales d'artistes sonores et musiciens éléctroniques oeuvrant dans différents endroits du globe. Ce blog/bloc notes, alimenté par les artistes du label, a pour vocation de documenter leurs différents centres d'intérêts. Veuillez visiter le site officiel d'ICASEA afin d'être informé de l'actualité du label.
