Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Philip Samartzis and Michael Vorfeld ~ Atmospheric Pressure

Over the past five years, Philip Samartzis has been building a body of distinct work.  The interrelated recordings are identifiable by their adjacent titles: 2021’s Polar Force / Array (with Eugene Ughetti); 2023’s Atmospheres and Disturbances; 2024’s Air Pressure (with Michael

Philip Samartzis and Michael Vorfeld ~ Atmospheric Pressure

Over the past five years, Philip Samartzis has been building a body of distinct work.  The interrelated recordings are identifiable by their adjacent titles: 2021’s Polar Force / Array (with Eugene Ughetti); 2023’s Atmospheres and Disturbances; 2024’s Air Pressure (with Michael

Rachel Shearer ~ Te Oro a te Ao

Black album covers are fairly rare; Prince’s The Black Album comes to mind, along with Thembi Soddell’s black-on-black Love Songs, which includes a book of black print on black pages.  Rachel Shearer is the latest addition to this small group, as Te Oro a

Rachel Shearer ~ Te Oro a te Ao

Black album covers are fairly rare; Prince’s The Black Album comes to mind, along with Thembi Soddell’s black-on-black Love Songs, which includes a book of black print on black pages.  Rachel Shearer is the latest addition to this small group, as Te Oro a

Felice Sciorilli ~ Distant Places

Felice Sciorilli first graced our pages last spring, appearing on Biodiversità Records’ 14 Soundcapes with the track “Breaths.”  At the time, we recognized the unique nature of the piece, capturing the sound of “air pushed through the Etruscan sandstone cliffs

Felice Sciorilli ~ Distant Places

Felice Sciorilli first graced our pages last spring, appearing on Biodiversità Records’ 14 Soundcapes with the track “Breaths.”  At the time, we recognized the unique nature of the piece, capturing the sound of “air pushed through the Etruscan sandstone cliffs

Kate Carr ~ Vertical London

Vertical London does exactly what it says on the can, establishing its premise from the very first minutes through a recording of birds and planes over Loughborough Junction. It is a sound I immediately recognised after spending twenty years living

Kate Carr ~ Vertical London

Vertical London does exactly what it says on the can, establishing its premise from the very first minutes through a recording of birds and planes over Loughborough Junction. It is a sound I immediately recognised after spending twenty years living

H. Flora ~ bioacoustic recordings from Thailand / Noumenon

Over the course of a month-long bicycle journey across southern and central Thailand, H. Flora accumulated a personal archive of nocturnal field recordings. These recordings became the basis for two interconnected releases, each approaching the same ecosystems from a different

H. Flora ~ bioacoustic recordings from Thailand / Noumenon

Over the course of a month-long bicycle journey across southern and central Thailand, H. Flora accumulated a personal archive of nocturnal field recordings. These recordings became the basis for two interconnected releases, each approaching the same ecosystems from a different

Manuel Carbone ~ Acherusia

“A sail to Puzzuoli, little trips by land, cheerful walks through the most wonderful regions in the world! Beneath the purest sky, the most treacherous soil; ruins of inconceivable opulence, oppressive and saddening; boiling waters, clefts exhaling sulphur, rocks of

Manuel Carbone ~ Acherusia

“A sail to Puzzuoli, little trips by land, cheerful walks through the most wonderful regions in the world! Beneath the purest sky, the most treacherous soil; ruins of inconceivable opulence, oppressive and saddening; boiling waters, clefts exhaling sulphur, rocks of

thruoutin ~ Tchefuncte Soundmap

In 1989, Annea Lockwood released A Sound Map of the Hudson River, followed by A Sound Map of the Danube in 2008 and A Sound Map of the Housatonic River in 2013.  Inspired by Lockwood, Brad Seippel (known here as

thruoutin ~ Tchefuncte Soundmap

In 1989, Annea Lockwood released A Sound Map of the Hudson River, followed by A Sound Map of the Danube in 2008 and A Sound Map of the Housatonic River in 2013.  Inspired by Lockwood, Brad Seippel (known here as

Wil Bolton ~ Hwapo

Many ambient artists fold field recordings into their works, but seldom does an ambient artist pay so much respect to the field recordings that their work lands in that genre.  Hwapo is that rare creation, its recordings captured in a South

Wil Bolton ~ Hwapo

Many ambient artists fold field recordings into their works, but seldom does an ambient artist pay so much respect to the field recordings that their work lands in that genre.  Hwapo is that rare creation, its recordings captured in a South