Grosnez Castle, German WWII Marine Peilstand 3 (MP3) Naval Observation Tower

The Kernwerk in Jersey is a fascinating piece of WWII history. It was from here that any German defensive action against an invading force would have been directed.

originally exhibited at the Jersey Arts Centre, St. James. September 2009. all locations are where the work was created, inspired by, field recordings made, and/or imagined

7 Nocturnes East, is a series of ambient and found sound pieces. All inspired by and using location recordings of Guernsey places at night. Supported by the Guernsey Arts Commission, 7 Nocturnes East had an accompanying visual and video art exhibition featuring the work of seven artists. Start on the Crown pier (opposite the Ship and Crown pub) and once you've soaked up the ambience of the marina sounds blending into the music head north to find the other locations. Depending on the exact route you use the walk is around four miles long from St. Peter Port to Bordeaux. I leave it to you how you manage getting to and from the start and end points! More details on Flexagon's other projects here: https://linktr.ee/flexagon The 7 Nocturnes East album is available here: https://flexagon.bandcamp.com More on the exhibition and artists here: https://arts.gg/exhibitions/flexagon-7-nocturnes-east/ I love walking around Guernsey late at night listening to music, mostly there is no-one around. You have the island to yourself. I also love the ambient sound of the environment blending with whatever I am listening to. Just as the daytime view out on the south coast cliffs or out over the Russel to Sark and Herm is never the same twice. Every night feels different too. The sky, stars and moon provide different amounts of light, from pitch black to moonlight bright enough to cast shadows. The concept as it developed around St Peter Port 1am was this. Choose at night to record. Then hit the red recording button without too much thought. Work with the audio captured no matter what. With minimal curation and editing of the sound in post production. A true reflection of that moment in time. "Flexagon’s soothing brand of organic electronica proves utterly beguiling and rather touching" - Bob Fischer, Electronic Sound electronicsound.co.uk

The Towers I: Inaccessible is an atmospheric exploration of Guernsey inspired by a series of towers that stand just out of reach. Field recordings, cello, cor anglais, spoken word and ambient electronica come together on this journey around Flexagon’s island home. Locations long abandoned come back to life and local landmarks tell new stories. Flexagon’s 2020 album 7 Nocturnes East was firmly rooted in Guernsey’s coastal landscape. Since that release he has continued to work on location-based environmental music, sound art and installations both in Guernsey and remotely for projects based on places and field recordings in Wales and the Antarctic. On The Towers I: Inaccessible, the first of a trilogy, he explores and provides a soundtrack to eight locations around the island and their history: a folly, a brutalist WWII observation tower, a Loophole tower, a windmill, a clock tower, trees used as lookout posts by German soldiers during the Occupation, a communications tower with a Cold War legacy and a concrete water storage tower. Some are familiar sights while others are hidden in plain view; all are usually off limits to the public. Along with electronic ambience, Flexagon has written for solo cor anglais and cello, recording them together outside on location. He has also experimented with FM and shortwave radio, recorded in a clock tower, re-created the sound of hammering metal rungs into a tree, and made field recordings under a WWII observation tower and a concrete water tower. The spoken word track spans more than 200 years of Guernsey’s rich history. Links to more music, mailing list and social media etc. https://linktr.ee/flexagon

"La langue verte des arbres est un argot bien plus ancien" Prevert Projet poétique et collectif de lettres à un arbres. 10 Poèms pour un arbre pour Giovanna Iorio Traduction & lecture par Marilyne Bertoncini Musique par Lucio Lazzaruolo

Passez de 1720 à 2020 avec "Le Brûlant Noël du Sieur Leseaux" et les historiens qui ont dirigé le livre événement à l'occasion du tricentenaire de l'incendie...

L’expérience invite à plonger dans un paysage sonore en perpétuelle construction. Enfilez votre casque, ouvrez l’application et partez explorer la ville à votre rythme. Au fil de vos pas, les sons s’invitent d’eux-mêmes, révélant un autre visage de la cité. La ville devient un instrument, ses rues une partition. Les sons surgissent d’eux-mêmes, tissant un monde parallèle, entre passé et présent, réel et imaginaire. Suivez votre intuition, écoutez vos envies, et laissez-vous emporter dans une réalité hybride faite de souvenirs, d’empreintes et de rêves. Une architecture invisible, constituée de zones d’écoute, se superpose à la topologie de la ville. Les sons se déclenchent et se modulent au rythme du déplacement : le promeneur, muni d’un smartphone et d’un casque, compose ainsi son propre mix sonore. Le projet s’appuie sur des enregistrements réalisés à Caen. De courtes pièces (prises de sons, entretiens, lectures, créations musicales) sont réinjectées dans l’espace urbain et deviennent des traces à réactiver, fragments de mémoire où passé et présent, réalité et fiction se rencontrent. À l’occasion du Millénaire de la ville, Station Mir et le festival ]interstice[ ont invité l’artiste à réactiver cette création de 2014 et à en proposer une version augmentée. Celle-ci intègre notamment de nouvelles pièces sonores produites lors d’un atelier avec Nicolas Germain et les étudiants de l’ésam Caen/Cherbourg. Géosonic Mix – Millénaire de Caen interroge notre rapport au territoire et invente une nouvelle manière d’écrire l’espace. Au fil de la dérive, des « fantômes audio » se croisent, se superposent ou se heurtent à l’environnement sonore, troublant nos repères ou éveillant nos sens. Entre les sons contenus dans la machine et ceux du réel, surgissent d’infinis possibles à explorer. Création : Julien Poidevin Production : Station Mir Contributions : les étudiants de L’Esam : Méline Boulange, Johanie Gonthier, Chan Luo, Raphael Mccrohon, Azenor Couepel, Mihui Jeong, Mikyung Jeong, Yukyeong Kang, Luanne Lelong, Sohyeon Oh, Noé Thomas et Philippe Bosquain. Avec des extraits d’Atlas de Michel Cegarra et de Une brève histoire des lignes de Tim Inglod (éd. zones sensibles). Lecteurs : Adrien Melchior-Durand, Maud Cognet.

Trip to Pegasus Bridge, Merville Battery and Sword Beach. Info on www.strijdbewijs.nl and iOS Scenic App (GPX) route files on ddayopdemotor.wordpress.com. This Echo is used for information on motorbike whilst not stopping at each momument or event.