Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Various Artists ~ Tiny Portraits

Flaming Pines’ Tiny Portraits series returns with four singles inspired by international streetscapes.  This is the best of the batches to date, offering an incredible array of variety and a few sonic surprises.  The series’ subtitle is “small renderings of

Various Artists ~ Tiny Portraits

Flaming Pines’ Tiny Portraits series returns with four singles inspired by international streetscapes.  This is the best of the batches to date, offering an incredible array of variety and a few sonic surprises.  The series’ subtitle is “small renderings of

Brinstaar + Bred Blondie ~ Dream of Stone

The stone dreams of becoming a sculpture, while the music dreams of becoming a composition.  These dreams merge on Dream of Stone, which began its life as the accompaniment to an exhibition, and is now available in digital form. One can hear

Brinstaar + Bred Blondie ~ Dream of Stone

The stone dreams of becoming a sculpture, while the music dreams of becoming a composition.  These dreams merge on Dream of Stone, which began its life as the accompaniment to an exhibition, and is now available in digital form. One can hear

Two Beautiful Mornings: Flavien Gillié and Marcus Eads

The sounds of morning differ from continent to continent, as demonstrated in new recordings from Belgium (Flavien Gillié) and Minnesota (Marcus Eads).  These short, lovely pieces provide a perfect entry into the day, energetic yet serene. Not every morning is placid.  A

Two Beautiful Mornings: Flavien Gillié and Marcus Eads

The sounds of morning differ from continent to continent, as demonstrated in new recordings from Belgium (Flavien Gillié) and Minnesota (Marcus Eads).  These short, lovely pieces provide a perfect entry into the day, energetic yet serene. Not every morning is placid.  A

Lasse-Marc Riek ~ One Hour As Trees In Finland

What’s it like to be a tree?  For humans, the answer is nigh unknowable.  Our sense of time and perspective is skewed toward the immediate.  We are seldom rooted.  Our internal rings are not concentric.  Wendell Berry writes, “If we

Lasse-Marc Riek ~ One Hour As Trees In Finland

What’s it like to be a tree?  For humans, the answer is nigh unknowable.  Our sense of time and perspective is skewed toward the immediate.  We are seldom rooted.  Our internal rings are not concentric.  Wendell Berry writes, “If we

The Unfathomless Series: artificial memory trace, David Vélez & Bruno Duplant

The Unfathomless series (the younger sibling of the Mystery Sea label, currently on hiatus) returns with two very different soundscapes: a night in Australia’s Garig Gunak Barlu with Slavek Kwi (artificial memory trace) and a “dilapidated mass of sound” from

The Unfathomless Series: artificial memory trace, David Vélez & Bruno Duplant

The Unfathomless series (the younger sibling of the Mystery Sea label, currently on hiatus) returns with two very different soundscapes: a night in Australia’s Garig Gunak Barlu with Slavek Kwi (artificial memory trace) and a “dilapidated mass of sound” from

Various Artists ~ Spectral Sounds

Spectral Sounds is a booklet and USB card containing seven works of sound art that debuted at Austria’s Musikpavillon at Hofgarten Innsbruck.  Every week a new piece would appear, a public treat as well as a wonderful opportunity for the artists

Various Artists ~ Spectral Sounds

Spectral Sounds is a booklet and USB card containing seven works of sound art that debuted at Austria’s Musikpavillon at Hofgarten Innsbruck.  Every week a new piece would appear, a public treat as well as a wonderful opportunity for the artists

The Sly and Unseen ~ The Crossley Heritage

When it comes to making cool collector’s editions, Wist Records is one of the finest.  Their jackdaw series (each one a book-sized envelope containing the music and various ephemera) returns with The Crossley Heritage, offering recipients some history along with their

The Sly and Unseen ~ The Crossley Heritage

When it comes to making cool collector’s editions, Wist Records is one of the finest.  Their jackdaw series (each one a book-sized envelope containing the music and various ephemera) returns with The Crossley Heritage, offering recipients some history along with their

S/QU/NC/R ~ OUA_BF

Once in a while, we receive a sonic document that breaks the boundaries of art and becomes important in other arenas: historical, political, personal.  OUA_BF is one of those recordings.  Without the background, it’s an engaging piece, but with the background,

S/QU/NC/R ~ OUA_BF

Once in a while, we receive a sonic document that breaks the boundaries of art and becomes important in other arenas: historical, political, personal.  OUA_BF is one of those recordings.  Without the background, it’s an engaging piece, but with the background,