Originally sound engineer for film, and sound recordist, Felix Blume, started to do field recording to do sound libraries. He began to share his “sonic experiences” on freesound.org. The fact he started as a sound recordist for film allowed him to visit places all around the world.
Terre de Fey. Les moutons du bout du monde (Carte Postale sonore, Arte Radio, 4 min, 2012) is an example of his first attempts to make the recordings he made more personal. In 2014, he recorded Los gritos de Mexico as a way to find a sonic identity for the Mexicans living in CDMX. It’s an exciting piece about Mexican vendors who sell their products by shouting about the item and the price. Felix fuses them into a polyphonic composition. This is his first sound piece.
https://felixblume.bandcamp.com/album/disco-pirata-ciudad-de-m-xico
Afterwards, Felix Blume moved on to create a series of videos that aimed to explain this difference between point of view and point of listening. These videos show Felix Blume recording sound worldwide in different scenarios with his field recording gear.
Thailand Biennale 2018 – Felix was asked to do sight-specific work that had to do with the natural sites of Krabi. For this project, he came across a bamboo barrier that blocks tide waves due to climate change. So, back in Mexico, he made a bamboo flute that could only be played by pushing the pipe against the water. Back in Krabi, he made prototypes and placed many bamboo flutes in the water.
Later, he conducted and directed a good project for a documentary film that surrounded the mythical Brazilian folklore beast Curupira. In the film, he invites the people of a village to describe its sound. The film results from a 3-week long relationship between Felix and the villagers, the place and the people, and the place and listening.