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Water in the Anthropocene is a 3-minute film charting the global...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:00 +0200

Water in the Anthropocene is a 3-minute film charting the global impact of humans on the water cycle.

Evidence is growing that our global footprint is now so significant we have driven Earth into a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene.

Human activities such as damming and agriculture are changing the global water cycle in significant ways.

The data visualisation was commissioned by the Global Water Systems Project for a major international conference (Water in the Anthropocene, Bonn, Germany, 21-24 May, 2013).
conference2013.gwsp.org

As datasets build upon one another, the film charts Earth’s changing global water cycle, why it is changing, and what this means for the future. The vertical spikes that appear in the film represent the 48,000 large dams that have been built.

The film was produced by Globaïa and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme.
globaia.org // igbp.net

The film is part of the first website on the concept of humans as a geological force, anthropocene.info

Datasets:
- Base map: NASA, Natural Earth, Globaïa
- Total precipitation: GEOS-5 — svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030000/a030017/index.html
- Ocean currents: OSCAR — svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003900/a003958/index.html
- Dams & Reservoir capacity: GRanD — sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/grand-v1-dams-rev01
- Cities: VIIRS 2012 — ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/download.html
- Cropland (North America): Agriculture Lands 2000 — earthstat.org
- Anthroposphere: Several sources, see Cartography of the Anthropocene on Globaïa’s website — globaia.org
- Sea ice: Sea Ice for Science on a Sphere — svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003500/a003579/index.html
- Rivers: NGIA vMAP — geoengine.nga.mil/geospatial/SW_TOOLS/NIMAMUSE/webinter/vmap0_legend.html
- Lakes: Global Lakes and Wetlands Database — gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_GLWD.html
- Human Water Security Index: Adjusted HWS Threat — riverthreat.net

Music
Earlyguard — earlyguard.bandcamp.com
Jana Winderen — janawinderen.com

Scientific sponsors:
CSIRO
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Stockholm Resilience Centre
Future Earth
Credits at the end of the film will be altered to reflect this sponsor list.

This is the cover image for my upcoming album...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:15:03 +0200

This is the cover image for my upcoming album “Pareidolia”. To be released May 4, 2013 on Bandcamp!

Pareidolia is a psychological effect that happens e.g. whenever we are looking at random patterns. Our brain wants to see structure even when there’s no structure at all. That’s why we think we can see faces in clouds or Jesus in a sandwich. If you take some time to look at the above cover image then you may see skulls, faces of people and lions or even a tiny japanese Samurai sitting in the center of the scenery. If you see something structured within the very random mirrored clouds then it’s simply “Pareidolia”. :-)

This is the cover design for my new album “Subsequent Reality”....

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:08:00 +0100

This is the cover design for my new album “Subsequent Reality”. Download on Bandcamp from March 1st 2013.

In my own definition the ‘subsequent reality’ is the perception of the world and yourself after a specific experience. It’s that moment that has changed your life. The moment that has opened your mind. The moment that has shown you what you really want, what you really need and who you really are.

The music on this album was inspired by the turn of the tides.

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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:51:00 +0100

What about 2012? Imho it was fantastic! I was able to follow my ambient path with increasing joy. In the first six months of 2012 I was recording the Continuo album trilogy with 12 longform tracks and a total duration of massive ten hours of music! After that there was Stigma, a full album release on We Are All Ghosts, the brillant netlabel of my Scotish friend Thomas Mathie aka @headphonaught. This release was followed by Momentum which was my very first LIVE improvisation which was recorded during the internet broadcast via mixlr.com. Then the next two albums Microcosmos and Habitat completed my album releases in 2012. For Thomas Mathie I also produced the tracks Calabi-Yau and Sunyata to join the compilation Ending the year on a high 2012 to be released by We Are All Ghosts on 24 December 2012.

And of course there was “Welcome to the Anthropocene”. A short film showing the massive effects of human activities to our planet. I’m so grateful that Félix Pharand-Deschênes, the founder of Globaia.org, has chosen an excerpt of Continuo I as soundtrack for this breathtaking film which was opening the United Nation’s RIO20+ summit on sustainable development in June 2012.

And I feel very thankful in a even more personal layer. Beloved people in my surroundings are still alive and healthy. That’s a true reason for thankfulness. Everything else is just a bonus. :-)

r e l e a s e _ h i s t o r y

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:31:00 +0100

albums on bandcamp (self release)

http://earlyguard.bandcamp.com

Pareidolia (04 May 2013)

Subsequent Reality (01 Mar 2013)

Habitat (18 Nov 2012)

Microcosmos (29 Oct 2012)

Momentum (01 Sep 2012)

Continuo IX-XII (01 Jul 2012)

Continuo V-VIII (01 May 2012)

Continuo I-IV (12 Feb 2012)

Mind over Matter (01 Dec 2011)

Introspection (01 Nov 2011)

Amaya (feat. eftb) (01 Oct 2011)

Urban Legends (22 Aug 2011)

A Distant Proximity (01 Aug 2011)

The Gaia Theory (01 Jul 2011)

Haiku (01 Jun 2011)

Lost in Time (04 May 2011)

禅 Zen (08 Apr 2011)

Solitary Moon (05 Mar 2011)

Selective Perception (20 Feb 2011)

Melatonin (03 Jan 2011)

Towards Transcendence (24 Dec 2010)

Far Out EP (feat. Melina) (04 Dec 2010)

Textures of the Subconscious (29 Oct 2010)

other releases

…Ending The Year On A High 2012

(two tracks “Calabi-Yau” & “Sunyata” on compilation released on we are all ghosts netlabel) (24 Dec 2012)

http://archive.org/details/waag_com001

Stigma

(album released on we are all ghosts netlabel) (24 Sep 2012)

http://archive.org/details/waag_rel006

Out of Context

(track from the compilation Vapor & Polvo Vol. 2 released on Organic Acoustic netlabel) (30 Apr 2012)

http://organicacoustic.bandcamp.com/album/vapor-polvo-vol-ii

Welcome to the Anthropocene

(Continuo I excerpt as soundtrack)(26 Mar 2012)

http://vimeo.com/39048998

Shave Ice is Nice

(Schlaflied excerpt as soundtrack) (10 Nov 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk8Bdlsb-2k

Monoku

(track from the compilation Conceptions from the Free Floating Music netlabel) (14 Jul 2011)

http://freefloatingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/conception

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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:14:00 +0100

2/3 a.m.: Ambient by Earlyguard

blog.about-music.de: Ambient von Earlyguard (German)

Sethmol Recordings about Solitary Moon

Headphonaught’s Nanolog about The Gaia Theory

a b o u t _ e a r l y g u a r d

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:14:00 +0100

earlyguard creates ambient music. mainly long drones & noises created with acoustic & electronic devices, processed with a subtle sense for minimalism and musical abstraction.

“You are very welcome to download my music on BANDCAMP. Follow me on TWITTER for information about new releases and other activities.”