First Light's Third Space #15 - Jana Irmert & Mabe Fratti

Each month, First Light Records invites two artists to take an unplanned journey with a microphone around their city to curate an hour-long mix. Each show captures the unique atmosphere of a city from each artist's perspective, through music and found sound.

This episode features music and field recordings capturing the sounds of Berlin and Mexico City, courtesy of Jana Irmert and Mabe Fratti.

In the first hour, Jana probes the intrigue of Berlin's streets and experimental music scene. Using cutting edge recording technologies, she offers us an unconventional angle on the city's soundscape, from the electronic signals surging through power boxes and neon signs to the subtle movements under the ice covering the Spree River.

In the second hour, Guatemalan cellist and composer Mabe Fratti takes us across Mexico City. Her mix features a selection of tracks from artists living and working in the city, combined with recordings of the everyday music that floods its streets: parents and children singing together, musicians improvising in bars and on street corners, and taxi drivers cranking up the radio to share their favourite songs.

Tracklist

Part I - Jana Irmert (Berlin)

Field Recording - Electromagnetic Recording of Power Boxes and Neon Signs
Christina Kubisch - Homage With Minimal Disinformation
Daniela Huerta - Que No Se Diga
Field Recording - Hydrophone Recording of Ice in the Spree River Channel
Moritz v Oswald Trio, Laurel Halo, Heinrich Köbberling - Chapter Two
Field Recording - Nightingale Song and Steps on Gravel
Jana Irmert - Ashes
Robert Lippok - Scene 4
Katharina Ernst - x_07
Field Recording - Rain and Thunder from Apartment Window
Field Recording - Rain on Balcony Railing
Perila - Haven't Left Home 4 4 Days
Field Recording - Traffic
Field Recording - Baltic Sea Waves
Martina Bertoni - Hemisphere
Khaled Kurbeh & Raman Khalaf Ensemble - Shamal
Baal Mortimer, Conrad Schnitzler - Mohn
Field Recording - Bats Echolocation Calls in the Park (pitched down)
Jana Irmert - Nebula (previously unreleased)
Ale Hop & Laura Robles - Son de los diablos
Jana Irmert, Philipp Rumsch Ensemble - Echo
Field Recording - Electromagnetic Recording of Power Boxes and Neon Signs (reprise)
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Part II - Mabe Fratti (Mexico City)
Field Recording - Children Playing Soccer Downstairs
Adiós - Los Tecolines
Field Recording - Travelling from Metro San Juan de Letrán to Outside Metro Obrera
Field Recording - Mother and Daughter Singing a Cumbia in Colonia Condesa
Field Recording - Noisy Brakes of a Truck in my Way to Coyoacán
Lava - Hermanas
Field Recording - Amazing Whistler Singing on the Streets of Colonia Obrera
Lush Life - Jacob Wick (Recorded in Bucareli 69 - which used to be an amazing venue in Street Bucareli)
Field Recording - Monkey Organ in Colonia Obrera
Gata Bajo la lluvia - Rocío Durcal
Field Recording - People Singing Hare Krishna in an Apartment
Field Recording - Part of an Improvisation Concert in Terraza Montón (Performers: Misha Marks, Carlos Alegre and Don Malfon)
Field Recording - Sound of the Knife Sharpener Service
Field Recording - Sound of Soriana (Marketplace)
Lo Que Pasa Después del Final - André Cravioto
Field Recording - Sound of the Street Tlalpan
Field Recording - Taxi Driver Showing Me the Song 'El Amor Soñado' by Grupo Firme
Field Recording - Trumpet and Drum Player on the Streets of Colonia Obrera
Quién Como Tú - Ana Gabriel
Todo se Derrumbó - Emmanuel
Ver a Través de Tus Ojos - Estrella del Sol
Field Recording - Birds