Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape
ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
A remarkable year for field recordings was led by forms of minutiae’s incredible Ice Series, from which three albums made our top ten (and a fourth was just outside at #11!). The series highlights the fact that the genre isn’t
ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
A remarkable year for field recordings was led by forms of minutiae’s incredible Ice Series, from which three albums made our top ten (and a fourth was just outside at #11!). The series highlights the fact that the genre isn’t
Tomáš Šenkyřík ~ 1m²
What wonders can be found within a single square meter? Inspired by George Haskell’s book The Forest Unseen, field recordist Tomáš Šenkyřík decided to limit himself to a meter of wetland near his house, only to discover that the area was
Tomáš Šenkyřík ~ 1m²
What wonders can be found within a single square meter? Inspired by George Haskell’s book The Forest Unseen, field recordist Tomáš Šenkyřík decided to limit himself to a meter of wetland near his house, only to discover that the area was
pablo diserens ~ ebbing ice lines
The invitation is simple: spend an hour immersed in the sounds of melting glaciers, and ask if they sound like living, endangered entities. The water flows like blood; the air escapes like breath; steam leaves like sweat evaporating from a
pablo diserens ~ ebbing ice lines
The invitation is simple: spend an hour immersed in the sounds of melting glaciers, and ask if they sound like living, endangered entities. The water flows like blood; the air escapes like breath; steam leaves like sweat evaporating from a
Tomáš Šenkyřík & Pavel Zlámal ~ 306
The musicians come in, the musicians come out; the instruments come in, the instruments come out; and not a note is played. Pavel Zlámal‘s 306 Beers event was convened to celebrate the 200th birthday of Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and the 106th
Tomáš Šenkyřík & Pavel Zlámal ~ 306
The musicians come in, the musicians come out; the instruments come in, the instruments come out; and not a note is played. Pavel Zlámal‘s 306 Beers event was convened to celebrate the 200th birthday of Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and the 106th
Various Artists ~ Sounds of the Wetlands
This collection is so good that it may make prompt a move to the wetlands. The double album is the result of a SoundLapse project which united composers and field recording artists from Valdivia (Chile) and London, sharing sounds captured
Various Artists ~ Sounds of the Wetlands
This collection is so good that it may make prompt a move to the wetlands. The double album is the result of a SoundLapse project which united composers and field recording artists from Valdivia (Chile) and London, sharing sounds captured
Cheryl E. Leonard ~ near the bear
Today is the first day of fall, which means the air should be growing slowly colder in the Northern Hemisphere. And yet, year to year, the air is growing swiftly warmer around the world. This is the impetus for forms
Cheryl E. Leonard ~ near the bear
Today is the first day of fall, which means the air should be growing slowly colder in the Northern Hemisphere. And yet, year to year, the air is growing swiftly warmer around the world. This is the impetus for forms
Martina Testen / Simon Šerc ~ Nokturno
Biodukt, one of our favorite field recording albums of all time, was released in March of 2020, the week the whole world shut down. The timing could not have been more fortuitous; the album, which tracked the sounds of Italian
Martina Testen / Simon Šerc ~ Nokturno
Biodukt, one of our favorite field recording albums of all time, was released in March of 2020, the week the whole world shut down. The timing could not have been more fortuitous; the album, which tracked the sounds of Italian
Ard Bit ~ Field Recordings – 06 Vietnam
Spoiler alert: if you don’t want to know the last sound on this album, stop reading now! We start at the end because that closing note – technically, the last note of the quarter-hour bonus track that comes with the
Ard Bit ~ Field Recordings – 06 Vietnam
Spoiler alert: if you don’t want to know the last sound on this album, stop reading now! We start at the end because that closing note – technically, the last note of the quarter-hour bonus track that comes with the
a closer listen 