Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Raffaele Mariconte ~ So(E)nology / Alan Courtis & Cyrus Pireh ~ Coils on Malbec

Oenophiles love the sounds of wine: the corkscrew, the pop, the pour, the clink.  Many musical works have been produced using these sounds.  But travel deeper, and one will find other sounds associated with the product and the process.  In

Raffaele Mariconte ~ So(E)nology / Alan Courtis & Cyrus Pireh ~ Coils on Malbec

Oenophiles love the sounds of wine: the corkscrew, the pop, the pour, the clink.  Many musical works have been produced using these sounds.  But travel deeper, and one will find other sounds associated with the product and the process.  In

R. Schwarz ~ Wind 1-3

Here we are in the middle of a tropical storm, and I’m listening to the wind outside while writing about the recorded wind inside.  This amusing confluence works to the tape’s advantage.  The last two hurricanes have borne distinctly non-intimidating

R. Schwarz ~ Wind 1-3

Here we are in the middle of a tropical storm, and I’m listening to the wind outside while writing about the recorded wind inside.  This amusing confluence works to the tape’s advantage.  The last two hurricanes have borne distinctly non-intimidating

Izabela Dłużyk ~ Soundscapes of summer

This is perhaps the sweetest story we’ve heard all summer, and it arrives as the season is starting to slip away.  It’s the story of a young woman born blind who falls in love with the sounds around her, begins

Izabela Dłużyk ~ Soundscapes of summer

This is perhaps the sweetest story we’ve heard all summer, and it arrives as the season is starting to slip away.  It’s the story of a young woman born blind who falls in love with the sounds around her, begins

Bethan Kellough ~ Aven

Aven refers to that which is hidden, yet still is heard: underground shafts through which air reaches the surface.  Fascinated by Iceland’s natural geothermal activity, Bethan Kellough recorded the subterranean rumbles and upper-level hisses, and augmented them with wind recordings made in Iceland and

Bethan Kellough ~ Aven

Aven refers to that which is hidden, yet still is heard: underground shafts through which air reaches the surface.  Fascinated by Iceland’s natural geothermal activity, Bethan Kellough recorded the subterranean rumbles and upper-level hisses, and augmented them with wind recordings made in Iceland and

Darren McClure ~ Togari summerscapes

It’s been a long layoff for Impulsive Habitat, but earlier this month the label returned with a half-dozen releases, the most timely being Togari summerscapes.  The second word is invented ~ my MacBook keeps insisting that I want to write summer’s capes ~ but for

Darren McClure ~ Togari summerscapes

It’s been a long layoff for Impulsive Habitat, but earlier this month the label returned with a half-dozen releases, the most timely being Togari summerscapes.  The second word is invented ~ my MacBook keeps insisting that I want to write summer’s capes ~ but for

Tom Recchion ~ oaxaca dawn | bamboo

It took ten years for these recordings to see the light of day, and Elevator Bath has finally done it in a big way, with a lovely picture disc.  Of course, one can spring for the digital copy, but with

Tom Recchion ~ oaxaca dawn | bamboo

It took ten years for these recordings to see the light of day, and Elevator Bath has finally done it in a big way, with a lovely picture disc.  Of course, one can spring for the digital copy, but with

Enrico Coniglio ~ Bragos series: Astrùra / Solèra

  There are different schools of thought when it comes to the production of “soundscapes.”  There is R. Murray Schafer, who coined the term, and his World Soundscape Project, which approaches the soundscape as “acoustic ecology.” Some have criticized his

Enrico Coniglio ~ Bragos series: Astrùra / Solèra

  There are different schools of thought when it comes to the production of “soundscapes.”  There is R. Murray Schafer, who coined the term, and his World Soundscape Project, which approaches the soundscape as “acoustic ecology.” Some have criticized his

Francesco Giannico & Guilio Aldinucci ~ Agoraphonia

The public square is a place for gathering, for conversation, for the reading and dissemination of literature, for food carts and chess boards, for playful recreation and for protest.  Marked by monuments, the square is not only a microcosm, but

Francesco Giannico & Guilio Aldinucci ~ Agoraphonia

The public square is a place for gathering, for conversation, for the reading and dissemination of literature, for food carts and chess boards, for playful recreation and for protest.  Marked by monuments, the square is not only a microcosm, but