SOINU MAPA is an online open collaborative project. Based on “phonography” or the art of recording environmental sounds, our aim is to show, share and exchange field recordings made in the Basque Country. Here, you will find several sound recordings, that tell us a little bit more about the different sonic realities of the Basque country.
In order to enrich the main body of the project, as well as sounds, we have started to collect images (photographs, paintings, prints ..) and texts (ancient laws, chronicles, descriptions …), which in its apparent silence kept extensive sound worlds within, and in some cases can be considered as authentic recordings. So we’ve opened two new sections: Sounding Images and Listening writings.If you also like to record sounds and want to share your work with us, just participate uploading your recordings. You can consult the whole archive of recordings navigating through the map, but also by using categories or tags. All recordings are properly tagged and classified according to the following taxonomy:

Society: Recordings on all kinds of cultural practices, sports, traditions, religion …
Bioacoustics: Recordings related to communication in the animal world
Interview: Voices from different people, melodies of the languages ​​…
Acoustic signals: macro-sounds, bells, sirens, alarms …
Mechanical: machines, engines, woodmade structures ..
Nature: Soundscapes from natural environments, mountains, rivers, forests ..
Urban: Urban soundscapes
Other: Sound phenomena recorded using unusual recording devices and microphones
Sounding Images: Images that display different sound and listening events
Listening writings: Chronicles and different texts written before the invention of sound recording media, old texts on noise legislation …

In order to distribute them freely, all recordings are licensed under Creative Commons.

SOINU MAPA was born in 2005 at Audiolab, the sound department of Arteleku contemporary art center from Donostia-San Sebastián. From the very begining has been directed by Xabier Erkizia with the great support of Oier Iruretagoiena, Xavier Balderas, Luz Maria Sanchez, Iñigo Telletxea and Enrike Hurtado, without whom wouldn’t be possible to keep this project alive. Nowadays, Soinumapa is a project developed and managed by AUDIOLAB (audio laborategia elkartea) association, and is directed collectively by a group of volunteer editors (read CREDITS section).

The web MAP is very easy to use. The left window uses Google maps to show and locate the sounds on the map. If you click on the signs, you can consult, listen and download a sound recording made in that place.
By the way, if you wish to search for a specific sound you can use the search function, the categories also should be helpful for this task and finally you also can access to the sounds by families using post-inserted tags.

If you wish to participate, just click this link and follow the instructions. In a question of minutes the recording will show-up on the map.

The site works with most web browsers but we strongly recommend to use Mozilla Firefox.

You can participate in SOINUMAPA!
It’s very easy, just choose the recordings you want to share with us and follow the instructions below. Remember, we only accept recordings made in the Basque country and surroundings, so any other recording will not be included on the map (there are other maps around the world, take a look on links section). The recorded sounds can be of any kind, source, quality and duration,  but always representative of the place where happened originally.
There are 3 ways of adding your sounds to the map:

>> ONLINE (recommended)
Just click this link and follow the instructions. Your files has to be in mp3 format. The system is easy and flexible, so in just a few minutes you will find the recording on the map.

>> EMAIL
Send us your recording and some related information (title, localization, author,  short description) to audiolab.arteleku@gmail.com. As soon as we get the recording we will contact you.

>> POST SERVICE
You also can send us your recordings by post (CD + related information) to this address:
ARTELEKU-AUDIOLAB / Kristobaldegi 14, Loiola auzoa, 20014 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (Gipuzkoa)
As soon as we get the recording, we will include it on the map.

The management team of this website keeps the right to edit the contents of the website. The aim of this right is not to control or to censor recordings but to show all the contents in the best way possible. As an example, this team will translate all the information to basque, english, spanish and maybe some other languages in the future. In any case if you have any doubt or suggestion please contact us.

Thanks for participating!

Xabier Erkizia > audiolab.arteleku@gmail.com

ARTELEKU – audiolab
Kristobaldegi 14, Loiola Auzoa
20014 Donostia – San Sebastián (Spain)
T: +34 943 45 36 62
F: +34 943 46 22 56

www.soinumapa.net
www.hots-radio.info
www.arteleku.net/audiolab
www.arteleku.net

Project development: Xabier Erkizia
Direction team: Xabier Erkizia, Iñigo Telletxea, Txesus Garate, Myriam Ayçaguer, Stéphane Garin, Mikel R. Nieto, Aintzane Erkizia, Oier Iruretagoiena (2007-2009)
Web programming: Xavier Balderas (2009-2012), Enrike Hurtado (2005-2008)

List of participants (field recorders, 127):
9CDR www.9cdr.tk
Antton Aguirre Sorondo
Ainize
Myriam Aizager
Antton
Juan Álvarez de Colmenar
Teodoro Arana
Telesforo de Aranzadi
Mikel Arce www.mikelarce.com
Marta Ardiaca http://soundcloud.com/mardiaca
Xabier Arenaza
Emeterio Arrese
Artegia
Aurelio Arteta
Marie Catherine d’Aulnoy
Basanabasa
Miren Bayona
Pío Baroja
Marc Behrens marcbehrens.com
Aingeru Berguices
Igor Berrios
br1
Manuel Calurano www.madridsoundscape.org
Campaners www.campaners.com
Javi Carnicero Urra
Leonardo del Castillo
Beltzane Crespo Iturregi
Xavier Balderas
Pio Baroja
Hermi Basalo www.escoitar.org
Aitor Bengoetxea
Iñigo Benito Molinero
Josu Bilbao Ugalde
Thierry Biscary
Leire Borrachero
Janire D
Daniel
Yannick Dauby / yannickdauby.net
Aintzane Erkizia
Xabier Erkizia / ertza.net
Xabier Eskisabel
Inazio Escudero
José Luis Espejo
Oier Etxeberria
Aniol Fernàndez i Macau
Txesus Garate / seriesnegras.org
Miguel A. Garcia / xedh.org
Stéphane Garin http://0sound.tumblr.com/
Juan Gil www.escoitar.org/_Juan-Gil,3_
Asier Gogortza / ertza.net
Iñaki Goikoetxea Arrufat
Carlos Gómez  / sonoscop.net
David González (Ketari)
Pablo de Gorosabel
Nino G. Gualdoni
Aitor Guerrero
Arantza Gutierrez
Héctor
Jose Ignacio Herce
Eduardo Hernando
Fermin Herran
Hipólito
Huts.egin / hutsegin.wordpress.com
Paxkal Indo
Ramon Inzagarai
Biktoriano Iraola
Joseba Irazoki
Oier Iruretagoiena
Arantxa Iturbe
Beñat Iturria
Edorta Izarzugaza
i.k.
Kalei Kale
Juan Laglancé
Alfredo Laffite
Ainhoa Lazkoz
Xabier Lizardi
Chiu Longina / escoitar.org
Marcello Liberato
Adrián de Loyarte
Catherine Luro
Marga
Aurelio Martinez / transformaaudio.com
Inés Menéndez
Eneritz Mitxelena
Mondraberri / mondraberri.com
Juan Montoto Ugarte
Vicente de Monzón y Lardizabal
Serapio Mugika
Manuel Munoa
Rafael Murga ta Mugartegi
Vladimir Nabokov
Noemi Navas
Joseba Oiz
Haritz Olaizola
Joaquín de Ordoñez
Ima Paralux
Alberto Pecharromán
Pello
Guruzne Perez
Leyre Perrino
Anton Pommier
Laurentx Pommier
Ana Cecilia Rodriguez
Ibon Rodriguez www.ibonrg.net
Mikel R. Nieto www.mikelnieto.blogspot.com
Iñigo Salaberria
Iurre Salaberria
Luz M. Sanchez www.luzmariasanchez.com
Carmen San Esteban
Gaël Segalen http://ihearu.org
Joanes Segurola
Laurita Siles www.lauritasiles.com
Marcelino Soroa
Iñigo Telletxea www.ertza.net
Mikel Telletxea Gago
Tzesne www.seriesnegras.org
Amaia Uriarte
Judit V.
Rinus Van Alebeek www.zeromoon.com/rinus
Durán Vázquez myspace.com/durnvzquez
Fabio Vázquez Higueras
Veronica Vázquez
Haizea Vega
Vivi
Ione Zabalegi
Mary Zurbano
Audiolab | Soinumapa | HOTS! irratia

With the support of:

SOINUMAPA has served and serves also as a starting point for various side projects. As we understand, the map more than a final goal is a starting point for new projects. At least, this is the way we would like to be, both for those who actively participate on the map and for any other user.
In this regard, new projects in which many artists have participated has been created following SOINUMAPA. Here are some of them:

>> HOTS! Radio Paisaje Sonoro (2007-…)
www.hots-radio.info

Online radio showing different sound works in several ways that work the Soundscape concept in a broad sense. Sound compositions, interviews, audio-documentaries, sound postcards and other audio files, all freely searchable and downloadable can be found on this radio. The list of participants includes: Francisco Lopez, Oswaldo Macia, Xabier Erkizia, Oier Iruretagoiena, Iñigo Telletxea …

>> LUBLIN SOUNDMAP (2011)
soundmap.rozdroza.com

A collective made Sound map of Lublin city, Poland. A project in collaboration with Crossroads center.

>> SATURNIA SOUND MAP (2010)
www.saturnia.ertza.net

A collectively made Sound map for the Italian town of Saturnia, located in Tuscany, using the tools developed by SoinuMapa and managed by the Soinumapa team.

>> RE:MAPA (2004-2006)
DOWNLOAD RE:MAPA net album (MP3)

An exercise in reinterpretation understood as a reflection on the possible relationships between the original recordings that make up the map, the places where they were taken and memory. 30 experimental sound artists and musicians of the Basque Country took these recordings and musically reinterpreted in a kind of remix exercise. The list of participants includes: Oier Iruretagoiena, Alex Mendizabal, Mursego, Iban Urizar, Alex Mendizabal, Mattin, Tzesne, Paralux, Johannes Buff, Xedh …

>> HOTS! Soinu Paisai Irratia (2007-…)
www.hots-radio.info

Soinu paisaien ideia ahal eta zentzu zabalenean lantzen duten izaera desberdineko lan zenbait erakusten dituen online irratia. Bertan, soinu konposizioak, elkarrizketak, soinuzko dokumentariak, artxiboak edo soinuzko postalak topatuko dituzu, denak libreki entzungai eta deskargatzeko moduan. Parte hartzaileak: Francisco López, Oswaldo Maciá, Xabier Erkizia, Oier Iruretagoiena, Iñigo Telletxea…

HOTS: zarata, zalaparta, soinua, dei, entzute, oihu, bestalde, ea….

HOTS! izaera monografikoa duen online irratia da. Egitasmo honen helburua soinu paisaien ideia ahal eta zentzu zabalenean lantzen duten izaera desberdineko soinuzko lan zenbait erakustera ematea da. Podcast modura argitaratzen diren HOTS!eko saioek hain eztabaidatua den kontzeptu honen inguruko hurbilketa eta ikuspegi desberdinak eskaintzen dituzte, hortarako irratia tresna esperimental bezala erabiliz.
HOTS! 2008an Audiolab plataformak sortu egitasmoa da, Arteleku arte garaikideko zentruarekin elkarlanean eta Euskal herriko Soinuen mapa den SOINUMAPA.NET proiektuaren magalean. Irrati honek ARTESONORO.ORG sareko podcast bilduman parte hartzen du.

>> RE:MAPA (2004-2006)
DOWNLOAD RE:MAPA net album (MP3)

An exercise in reinterpretation understood as a reflection on the possible relationships between the original recordings that make up the map, the places where they were taken and memory. 30 experimental sound artists and musicians of the Basque Country took these recordings and musically reinterpreted in a kind of remix exercise. The list of participants includes: Oier Iruretagoiena, Alex Mendizabal, Mursego, Iban Urizar, Alex Mendizabal, Mattin, Tzesne, Paralux, Johannes Buff, Xedh …

>> LUBLIN SOUNDMAP (2011)
soundmap.rozdroza.com

A collective made Sound map of Lublin city, Poland. A project in collaboration with Crossroads artistic center.

LUBLIN SOUND MAP is an open collaborative archive based on sound recoridings of our environment. This map wants to show, listen and share recordings made in several places of the city of Lublin: Urban spaces, natural ambiences, festivals and celebrations, social events, testimonies… All them combined can draw a portrait of the city’s sound identity.

>> SATURNIA SOUND MAP (2010)
www.saturnia.ertza.net

A collectively made Sound map for the Italian town of Saturnia, located in Tuscany, using the tools developed by SoinuMapa and managed by the Soinumapa team. This project happened as part of the INDICAZIONE DI V(U)OTO festival and thanks to the ACE (Associazione Culturale Euskara) collaboration.