Intransitive Recordings

Toshiya Tsunoda

OUT OF PRINT

The sound work of Toshiya Tsunoda represents a radical rethinking of the concept of field recordings. As he explains his method: “To render the vibration of objects audible, a piezo-ceramic sensor with a weak current is used to generate pressure. The vibration transmitted inside a solid is then changed into voltage, which can be recorded”. With the deceptively impersonal air of a purely scientific cataloguist, Tsunoda records minute vibrations, mostly outdoors and near to a body of water, meticulously writing down every event that occurred in the area during the time of the recording. Tsunoda’s area of concern employs the language of physics and mathematics to reveal beauty and simplicity in outdoor environments. But rather than stop at the mere content-driven documentary of most field recording work, his mastery of editing and recording reveal depths of sonic detail that could never be heard otherwise.

Published collaboratively by Intransitive Recordings (US) and Fringes Recordings (Italy).