Birds measuring space
CD - Aposiopese, Belgium.
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APO 20 | CD Digipack + DL + 3p leporello.
Field recordings, compositions, analysis and postproduction:
Thomas Tilly, Colombia/France, 2016-2025.
Liner notes by Thomas Tilly. Text translation by Valérie Vivancos.
Published by Aposiopèse, 2026.
As a counterpoint to discourses about sound in nature, french sound artist Thomas Tilly continues his research on the use of noise by non humans. Following the noise walls of Codex Amphibia, Birds measuring space focuses on the strange rituals operating by the mysterious Guacharos de Cuevas, and its interpretation by humans and technology.
«It is difficult to form an idea of the horrible noise occasioned by thousands of these birds in the dark part of the cavern, {...}. The shrill and piercing cries of the guacharoes strike upon the vaults of the rocks, and are repeated by the echo in the depth of the cavern».
— Alexander Von Humboldt (Von Humboldt’s diary)
