Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Francesco Fabris & Ben Frost ~ Vakning

Few field recording artists experience risk recording in urban, suburban and forest environments, but the Room40 roster revels in extremes: Antarctic storms, sub-zero temperatures, and now the boiling opposite.  Vakning was recorded at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall and pairs well with Alyssa Moxley’s Underdrift:

Francesco Fabris & Ben Frost ~ Vakning

Few field recording artists experience risk recording in urban, suburban and forest environments, but the Room40 roster revels in extremes: Antarctic storms, sub-zero temperatures, and now the boiling opposite.  Vakning was recorded at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall and pairs well with Alyssa Moxley’s Underdrift:

Kate Carr ~ false dawn

When is a field recording not a field recording? The dawn chorus arises from silence in a soft drone, followed by the sound of footsteps on gravel.  Kate Carr is setting out in the forest, as she has so many times

Kate Carr ~ false dawn

When is a field recording not a field recording? The dawn chorus arises from silence in a soft drone, followed by the sound of footsteps on gravel.  Kate Carr is setting out in the forest, as she has so many times

Francisco López ~ untitled #408

Andrew Weathers and Cody Yantis’ brand new Rural Situationism label launches this week with untitled #408, a striking sound work from Francisco López.  The label has planned 10 site-specific field recording discs for the year, followed by “an end of year journal

Francisco López ~ untitled #408

Andrew Weathers and Cody Yantis’ brand new Rural Situationism label launches this week with untitled #408, a striking sound work from Francisco López.  The label has planned 10 site-specific field recording discs for the year, followed by “an end of year journal

Ian Wellman ~ Sedge

We last heard from Ian Wellman mid-pandemic, with the dour yet lovely On the Darkest Day, You took My Hand and Swore It Will Be Okay.  During that era, we wondered if Wellman really believed in “the light at the end of the

Ian Wellman ~ Sedge

We last heard from Ian Wellman mid-pandemic, with the dour yet lovely On the Darkest Day, You took My Hand and Swore It Will Be Okay.  During that era, we wondered if Wellman really believed in “the light at the end of the

Yama Yuki ~ Tufan / Music for Ride Hailing Services

Here are two completely different albums from the same composer: field recordings captured during a typhoon and an ambient playlist for Uber, Lyft and related agencies.  Combine the two, and we suspect that the worst possible scenario for Yama Yuki would be

Yama Yuki ~ Tufan / Music for Ride Hailing Services

Here are two completely different albums from the same composer: field recordings captured during a typhoon and an ambient playlist for Uber, Lyft and related agencies.  Combine the two, and we suspect that the worst possible scenario for Yama Yuki would be

ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

What is the sound of the year?  In recent years, it might have been the sound of silence, or that of pots and pans struck in solidarity; it might have been the sound of protest, or of fire.  This year,

ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

What is the sound of the year?  In recent years, it might have been the sound of silence, or that of pots and pans struck in solidarity; it might have been the sound of protest, or of fire.  This year,

Felicity Mangan ~ Train Tracks Recorded And Edited By Felicity Mangan

The sound of trains is especially soothing, so much so that decades ago one could find a multitude of LPs devoted to their tones.  Trains have changed much since then ~ some may say they have lost their charm ~

Felicity Mangan ~ Train Tracks Recorded And Edited By Felicity Mangan

The sound of trains is especially soothing, so much so that decades ago one could find a multitude of LPs devoted to their tones.  Trains have changed much since then ~ some may say they have lost their charm ~

Diane Barbé ~ a conference of critters

The jungle exerts a strange pull: something about the density and variety of life in tropical rain forests has captured the human artistic imagination throughout recorded history (and likely before). Arguably, sound is the perfect medium with which to capture

Diane Barbé ~ a conference of critters

The jungle exerts a strange pull: something about the density and variety of life in tropical rain forests has captured the human artistic imagination throughout recorded history (and likely before). Arguably, sound is the perfect medium with which to capture