Bioni Samp - Live at Banská Štiavnica Slovakia 2014

A few years ago I had the opportunity to perform with my 'Hive Synthesiser' in central Slovakia. After leaving Bratislava by train it was a fantastic journey through a sparsely populated country which I was told is about 70% forested. The end of the line is both the station and the arts venue in the station hall . Everywhere is clean and wildlife seemed to be everywhere. I manage to combine the trip with a few days beekeeping which was fantastic for recording bees with out city noises. In this area if you are high enough you can see north the Tatras mountains.

The following instruments were used for the recording: Electronic Beesmoker, Binaural Beefame EMF Detector, Baby Bee Synth, Hex Controller and Hive Synthesiser Engine, Honey Viscosity Synth, Beequencer V2, Hive Tool Resonance Detector + mixer.

The soundtrack also features recordings of two of my beehives, one on the left and one on the right channel both recorded simultaneously on a Marantz PMD661 MK 2 with two lavalier mics.

Special Thanks to Ivan and Marisol, Divus, Zuzana and Sväto and everyone at Banská Štiavnica and Liešnica, for a fantastic time in Slovakia.

Camera by Marisol (thanks that's great documenting!!!)

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