Covid Spring (Cognitive Resonance)
This collection of recordings highlights themes I’ve been pursuing for some time, of ‘going local’ and ‘grounding’ oneself in the eco-phenomenological context one is embedded in. Admittedly this is a...
View ArticleRadio program: Village of Sonic Enigmas
I was asked by NTS Live ‘Onotesla’ program creator Michael Holland to make a radio show. The result was a varied retrospective of the many sound and music cultures that existed at MoKS, our residency...
View ArticleMetamodulation
metamodulation by john grzinich Material for ‘Metamodulation‘ has been gestating for more than 20 years. The original source material came from a May 1999 exhibition called “Biotope” at Kapelica...
View ArticleDawn chorus and the Reveil broadcast
Since 2015, myself and a range of collaborators, including Taavi Suisalu and Veljo Runnel, have been contributing to the Reveil 24+1 hour broadcast. This involves getting up early to set up a pair of...
View ArticleGeofractions : album
geofractions by john grzinich geofractions is a collection of soundscape compositions that grew out of a long term sonic and geographic survey of the Ida-Virumaa region in northeast Estonia. What...
View Articlerecurring incursions . composition
26:18, listen or download 320Kbps MP3 ‘recurring incursions’ was composed in the last days of 2010 using recordings made during the previous year. No synthesis was used in the process. All sounds were...
View Articleauroral sphere
Short audio piece inspired by VLF ‘natural radio’ signals generated by the earth’s magnetosphere from lightning strikes, auroras and other geomagnetic phenomenon. one can only imagine the beautiful...
View Articletotemic shore . composition
This is a short composition I produced for the Atlantic Waves festival double CD compilation distributed with subscriber copies of The Wire magazine. In November 2007 I was invited by SIRR records to...
View ArticleWeb releases and tracks from 2023
Besides the releases on my own maaheli editions label, I also have releases and special tracks on other labels. Here are a handful of other works produced in 2023. I was honoured to have the first...
View ArticleIce Tectonics
A collection of field recordings available as CD or digital download from Saamleng Ice Tectonics by John Grzinich Since moving to Estonia 20 years ago, I’ve become fascinated by ice. After walking on...
View ArticleClimate Control Systems
The sensory experience [of light and sound] are phenomena of the weather-world. They belong to the fluxes of the medium, not to the conformation of surfaces. -Tim Ingold Climate Control Systems by...
View ArticleWeathering Inside
Weathering Inside by John Grzinich taalem advent calendar 2024 – day 9 “Weathering Inside” was composed more than 10 years ago and sat dormant until the generous invitation came from taâlem to...
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