Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Canti Magnetici ~ Tape Batch #2: Luca Garino, Videobasic, Absent Outfit, Danny Clay + Greg Gorlen

Serious question: Why release music on tape? The resurgence of tape labels in recent years has been met with a seemingly never-ending flood of condescending think pieces.  I’m against fetishization and nostalgia more than most, yet I think it’s important

Canti Magnetici ~ Tape Batch #2: Luca Garino, Videobasic, Absent Outfit, Danny Clay + Greg Gorlen

Serious question: Why release music on tape? The resurgence of tape labels in recent years has been met with a seemingly never-ending flood of condescending think pieces.  I’m against fetishization and nostalgia more than most, yet I think it’s important

Kassel Jaeger ~ Onden

Black lights and heat vision goggles allow humans to see hidden aspects of the visual spectrum.  Fewer aids are available for the hearing sense.  When we need help, we use dogs and Geiger counters; but vast sonic worlds continue to resonate, unheard by

Kassel Jaeger ~ Onden

Black lights and heat vision goggles allow humans to see hidden aspects of the visual spectrum.  Fewer aids are available for the hearing sense.  When we need help, we use dogs and Geiger counters; but vast sonic worlds continue to resonate, unheard by

Andrea Borghi ~ Fuochi Rituali di San Giuseppe

As the weather turns cold and the days grow dark, the fire season waits.  We split and gather logs, clean the stoves and fireplaces, and perhaps enjoy a few outdoor campfires with hot dogs and s’mores.  Sure, it might be

Andrea Borghi ~ Fuochi Rituali di San Giuseppe

As the weather turns cold and the days grow dark, the fire season waits.  We split and gather logs, clean the stoves and fireplaces, and perhaps enjoy a few outdoor campfires with hot dogs and s’mores.  Sure, it might be

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