Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape
Tomáš Šenkyřík ~ Jaro (Spring)
A short while back, we reviewed Kate Carr’s false dawn, a celebration of the dawn chorus recreated through children’s toys and percussive instruments. We expressed concern that one day we may only be able to recall the dawn chorus through tapes
Tomáš Šenkyřík ~ Jaro (Spring)
A short while back, we reviewed Kate Carr’s false dawn, a celebration of the dawn chorus recreated through children’s toys and percussive instruments. We expressed concern that one day we may only be able to recall the dawn chorus through tapes
Philip Samartzis ~ Atmospheres and Disturbances
Sitting somewhere at the crossroads between researcher, activist, scholar, composer, and recording engineer, Australian sound artist Philip Samartzis seems preoccupied with sound as both a natural and artificial phenomenon. While it would be easy to categorize Samartzis’ previous electroacoustic collaborations
Philip Samartzis ~ Atmospheres and Disturbances
Sitting somewhere at the crossroads between researcher, activist, scholar, composer, and recording engineer, Australian sound artist Philip Samartzis seems preoccupied with sound as both a natural and artificial phenomenon. While it would be easy to categorize Samartzis’ previous electroacoustic collaborations
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,
a closer listen 