This sample pack asks the questions: What are the sounds of geothermal energy in Iceland? What can we do as species to more effectively harness the power of this renewable energy in the future?

Charles Van Kirk and Max Belau traveled along the fault line in the northeast and southwest of Iceland to record physical manifestations of geothermal energy: bubbling mud pots, steaming fumaroles and lava rocks from Iceland's youngest volcano. They also made recordings at Iceland's largest geothermal power plant, at a tomato greenhouse that is powered by a nearby hot spring, and at a geothermal bakery where ancestral rye bread is buried in hot sand for 24 hours. In addition to the hundreds of one shots and foley, Charles built percussion kits and synthesizers using these field recordings and wrote the music contained in this pack.

Our hope is that these sounds inspire conversations about solving the engineering problems required to harvest geothermal energy in other parts of the world where it is less geologically advantageous to do so and to therefore reduce our collective dependency on oil, gas and coal.

Special thanks to the On Geothermal Energy Exhibition, Fridheimar Greenhouse and Laugarvatn Fontana Bakery.

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