Splice Soundscapes Geothermal Energy WAV-FANTASTiC

FANTASTiC | 03 January 2024 | 1.21 GB

地球的熔融核心通常被称为我们脚下的太阳。 4,000 英里以下的温度可以达到与太阳表面相同的温度。 据估计，地球0.1%的热量可以满足人类200万年的总能源需求。 利用这种能源既昂贵又困难，但在北美和欧亚板块交汇处的冰岛则不然。

该样本包提出了以下问题：冰岛地热能的声音是什么？ 作为物种，我们可以做些什么来在未来更有效地利用这种可再生能源的力量？

查尔斯·范·柯克 (Charles Van Kirk) 和马克斯·贝劳 (Max Belau) 沿着冰岛东北部和西南部的断层线旅行，记录了地热能的物理表现：冒泡的泥浆罐、冒着热气的喷气孔和来自冰岛最年轻的火山的熔岩。 他们还在冰岛最大的地热发电厂、由附近温泉供电的番茄温室以及将祖传黑麦面包埋在热沙中 24 小时的地热面包店进行了录音。 除了数百个单镜头和拟音之外，查尔斯还使用这些现场录音制作了打击乐器组和合成器，并创作了该包中包含的音乐。

我们希望这些声音能够激发人们的讨论，解决在世界其他地区获取地热能所需的工程问题，这些地区在地质上不太有利，从而减少我们对石油、天然气和煤炭的集体依赖。

特别感谢地热能源展览、Fridheimar Greenhouse 和 Laugarvatn Fontana Bakery。

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The molten core of the earth is often referred to as the sun beneath our feet. 4,000 miles down the temperatures can reach the same as those found on the surface of the sun. It is estimated that 0.1% of the heat content of Earth could supply humanity’s total energy needs for 2 million years. Harnessing this energy is expensive and difficult, but less so in Iceland where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.

This sample pack asks the questions: What are the sounds of geothermal energy in Iceland? What can we do as species to more effectively harness the power of this renewable energy in the future?

Charles Van Kirk and Max Belau traveled along the fault line in the northeast and southwest of Iceland to record physical manifestations of geothermal energy: bubbling mud pots, steaming fumaroles and lava rocks from Iceland’s youngest volcano. They also made recordings at Iceland’s largest geothermal power plant, at a tomato greenhouse that is powered by a nearby hot spring, and at a geothermal bakery where ancestral rye bread is buried in hot sand for 24 hours. In addition to the hundreds of one shots and foley, Charles built percussion kits and synthesizers using these field recordings and wrote the music contained in this pack.

Our hope is that these sounds inspire conversations about solving the engineering problems required to harvest geothermal energy in other parts of the world where it is less geologically advantageous to do so and to therefore reduce our collective dependency on oil, gas and coal.

Special thanks to the On Geothermal Energy Exhibition, Fridheimar Greenhouse and Laugarvatn Fontana Bakery.

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