Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Andrius Mack ~ Coastal Soundforms

In “The Sea,” Pablo Neruda writes, “I need the sea because it teaches me.  I don’t know if I learn music or awareness, if it’s a single wave or its vast existence,” but the poet becomes part of its “pure

Andrius Mack ~ Coastal Soundforms

In “The Sea,” Pablo Neruda writes, “I need the sea because it teaches me.  I don’t know if I learn music or awareness, if it’s a single wave or its vast existence,” but the poet becomes part of its “pure

Jake Muir ~ Campana Sonans

Not since Cities and Memory’s The Chimes has an album delved so deeply into the resonance of church bells; and Campana Sonans (Ringing Bell) has the dual advantage of being a single-artist LP and a physical release.  One may even purchase a printed

Jake Muir ~ Campana Sonans

Not since Cities and Memory’s The Chimes has an album delved so deeply into the resonance of church bells; and Campana Sonans (Ringing Bell) has the dual advantage of being a single-artist LP and a physical release.  One may even purchase a printed

Anne-F Jacques ~ contre-montagne

One seldom thinks about holes unless one falls into them.  contre-montagne is all about holes, specifically those of Montreal.  According to Anne-F Jacques, the entire city “was created by digging holes: removing stones from the ground, then making buildings with them.”

Anne-F Jacques ~ contre-montagne

One seldom thinks about holes unless one falls into them.  contre-montagne is all about holes, specifically those of Montreal.  According to Anne-F Jacques, the entire city “was created by digging holes: removing stones from the ground, then making buildings with them.”

E. Jason Gibbs ~ fish point

fish point is a gorgeous meditation on place and time, one that bemoans what has been lost and celebrates what still exists.  Recorded in Portland, Maine, the set teems with the sounds of water and wildlife, but also reflects the proliferation

E. Jason Gibbs ~ fish point

fish point is a gorgeous meditation on place and time, one that bemoans what has been lost and celebrates what still exists.  Recorded in Portland, Maine, the set teems with the sounds of water and wildlife, but also reflects the proliferation

Ludwig Berger & Vadret da Morteratsch ~ Crying Glacier

It may quack like a duck, but it is not a duck; it is a glacier.  The astounding “a kind of a person” is just one example of how strange and alluring the sounds of glaciers can be.  Once the

Ludwig Berger & Vadret da Morteratsch ~ Crying Glacier

It may quack like a duck, but it is not a duck; it is a glacier.  The astounding “a kind of a person” is just one example of how strange and alluring the sounds of glaciers can be.  Once the

Martina Lussi ~ The Weiertal EP

With The Weiertal EP, Martina Lussi has performed the highly unlikely feat of extracting singles from a soundwalk.  The Swiss artist, known for her music, field recordings and installations, has combined all three, offering the original piece as a bonus track. The first

Martina Lussi ~ The Weiertal EP

With The Weiertal EP, Martina Lussi has performed the highly unlikely feat of extracting singles from a soundwalk.  The Swiss artist, known for her music, field recordings and installations, has combined all three, offering the original piece as a bonus track. The first

Fletina ~ Vesun

Despite having released fifteen recordings in under two and a half years, Scottish sound artist Fletina remains enigmatic, the artist’s details as smudged as their recordings and even (in most cases) their cover art.  Two of the more specific recordings,

Fletina ~ Vesun

Despite having released fifteen recordings in under two and a half years, Scottish sound artist Fletina remains enigmatic, the artist’s details as smudged as their recordings and even (in most cases) their cover art.  Two of the more specific recordings,

Joshua Bonnetta ~ The Pines

Poet Wendell Berry writes of having “the wisdom to survive, to stand like slow-growing trees on a ruined place, renewing it, enriching it.”  On his four-disc set The Pines, Joshua Bonnetta finds a similar alchemy through sound. The long version of the

Joshua Bonnetta ~ The Pines

Poet Wendell Berry writes of having “the wisdom to survive, to stand like slow-growing trees on a ruined place, renewing it, enriching it.”  On his four-disc set The Pines, Joshua Bonnetta finds a similar alchemy through sound. The long version of the