Windmill La Fatarella

Windmill La Fatarella

Recording Windmills La Fatarella

Recording Windmills La Fatarella

Dry Scrub crackling on the ground in 40c

Dry Scrub crackling on the ground in 40c

The windmill skyline

The windmill skyline

This summer I travelled to the North East of Spain in the Cataluna region, I was hoping to record the hot soundscape as an opposition to the my cold sounds of Iceland. instead of focusing on what heat does do the sounds of nature, which I did actually explore, I came across a very changed landscape to one I had seen almost 8 years before. The skyline of the Terra Alta region, a spectacular mountain area which is located within the Ribera d’Ebre region, was covered in wind turbines. This beautifully large and graceful machines for harnessing the wind, came to dominate my recordings, images of which can be seen above. The sounds they produced was also amazing, and one wonders how much this affects the wildlife. There is a constant whir, whir, whir, which is hypnotic.  These sounds alongside my recordings of the electric energy of Iceland will be intriguing material to work with for the next year.