Since Marc Namblard released his "Chants of Frozen Lakes" album, I have become more aware of this phenomenon. Ice, in a lake or river bed gets squeezed by changes in temperature and thus produces a wide range of sounds.

At the beginning of January I spontaneously had the opportunity to record this phenomenon. The Mittellandkanal crossing former German-German border was thinly frozen over and the ice began to crack and groan under the rising sun.

Mittellandkanal, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, 02.01.2020