Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Saga Aava ~ Darkness

“I want to get my life back,” repeats an anonymous narrator on “۷.Sju,” the concluding track of Brooklyn artist Saga Aava‘s debut EP.  The sentiment is echoed around the world.  As we remain in a holding pattern, we fall prey to

Saga Aava ~ Darkness

“I want to get my life back,” repeats an anonymous narrator on “۷.Sju,” the concluding track of Brooklyn artist Saga Aava‘s debut EP.  The sentiment is echoed around the world.  As we remain in a holding pattern, we fall prey to

Cites and Memory ~ Sounds for Lifting Hearts

The Cities and Memory label has been quiet this year, but they’ve returned with a timely gift.  Having scoured their massive archive of sounds, they present Sounds for Lifting Hearts, a collection of cheerful selections that can be put to good use right

Cites and Memory ~ Sounds for Lifting Hearts

The Cities and Memory label has been quiet this year, but they’ve returned with a timely gift.  Having scoured their massive archive of sounds, they present Sounds for Lifting Hearts, a collection of cheerful selections that can be put to good use right

Martina Testen and Simon Šerc ~ Biodukt

During this global crisis, we need reminders of the great eternal.  Biodukt is an intensely soothing release, a day spent in the forest from sunrise to sunset, shared in the space of exactly one hour.  The five track titles ~ Sunrise, Morning,

Martina Testen and Simon Šerc ~ Biodukt

During this global crisis, we need reminders of the great eternal.  Biodukt is an intensely soothing release, a day spent in the forest from sunrise to sunset, shared in the space of exactly one hour.  The five track titles ~ Sunrise, Morning,

Thibault Jehanne ~ Farol

Thibault Jehanne shapes sound like builders shape metal. Farol may be a tribute to Lisbon’s 25 April bridge, but its reverberations seem otherworldly and unknown.  After hearing the recording, we’re not sure we’d want to drive across the bridge; it seems desperately

Thibault Jehanne ~ Farol

Thibault Jehanne shapes sound like builders shape metal. Farol may be a tribute to Lisbon’s 25 April bridge, but its reverberations seem otherworldly and unknown.  After hearing the recording, we’re not sure we’d want to drive across the bridge; it seems desperately

Pablo Diserens ~ on australian shores: listening to birds, insects and molluscs

Pablo Diserens was either in the right place at the right time, or just before the incredibly wrong time.  Only three months ago, he was walking the Australian shores, recording the sounds of the local wildlife.  The bushfires had already begun,

Pablo Diserens ~ on australian shores: listening to birds, insects and molluscs

Pablo Diserens was either in the right place at the right time, or just before the incredibly wrong time.  Only three months ago, he was walking the Australian shores, recording the sounds of the local wildlife.  The bushfires had already begun,

Stéphane Marin ~ K ~ Ö

As the curator of the ongoing series Each Morning of the World, sonographer Stéphane Marin has played an integral role in championing the art of field recording. While he’s occasionally contributed his own pieces to this project, it’s been a while since he’s

Stéphane Marin ~ K ~ Ö

As the curator of the ongoing series Each Morning of the World, sonographer Stéphane Marin has played an integral role in championing the art of field recording. While he’s occasionally contributed his own pieces to this project, it’s been a while since he’s

Philip Samartzis & Eric La Casa ~ Captured Space

What is the role of wilderness in the imagination?  Is wilderness still wild if it is walled?  In a preserve, who are the captors, and who are the captives?  These are only a few of the questions asked by Philip Samartzis

Philip Samartzis & Eric La Casa ~ Captured Space

What is the role of wilderness in the imagination?  Is wilderness still wild if it is walled?  In a preserve, who are the captors, and who are the captives?  These are only a few of the questions asked by Philip Samartzis

Francesco Ameglio & Studio 23.56 ~ Sinfonica Meccanica

Working at the SØVN label must be an awful lot of fun.  Over the past couple years they’ve hidden their music in foam sheets, cork, Legos, wood, concrete, wire mesh and a map.  Now they’ve teamed up with Studio 23.56

Francesco Ameglio & Studio 23.56 ~ Sinfonica Meccanica

Working at the SØVN label must be an awful lot of fun.  Over the past couple years they’ve hidden their music in foam sheets, cork, Legos, wood, concrete, wire mesh and a map.  Now they’ve teamed up with Studio 23.56