Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Giovanni Lami ~ in sirenis

When we think of field recordings, we typically think of nature: streams, birds, farms and the like.  But we don’t often think of the sounds surrounding nature, especially the intrusions of pedestrians and machinery.  A jet may pass overhead, or a

Giovanni Lami ~ in sirenis

When we think of field recordings, we typically think of nature: streams, birds, farms and the like.  But we don’t often think of the sounds surrounding nature, especially the intrusions of pedestrians and machinery.  A jet may pass overhead, or a

Michael Trommer ~ The Great Northern Loon

Released beside Porya Hatami’s evocative The Black Woodpecker, Michael Trommer‘s The Great Northern Loon launches Flaming Pines’ new series Birds of a Feather, a dozen CD3″s that will be unveiled over the course of a year.  Trommer recorded the bird’s “eerie cry” from a canoe

Michael Trommer ~ The Great Northern Loon

Released beside Porya Hatami’s evocative The Black Woodpecker, Michael Trommer‘s The Great Northern Loon launches Flaming Pines’ new series Birds of a Feather, a dozen CD3″s that will be unveiled over the course of a year.  Trommer recorded the bird’s “eerie cry” from a canoe

Porya Hatami ~ The Black Woodpecker

After impressing with the Rivers Home series, Kate Carr’s Flaming Pines imprint is back with another themed 12-piece set, Birds of a Feather.  This series names classical composers Beethoven, Sibelius and Messaien as influences, less so for the musical constructions as for their

Porya Hatami ~ The Black Woodpecker

After impressing with the Rivers Home series, Kate Carr’s Flaming Pines imprint is back with another themed 12-piece set, Birds of a Feather.  This series names classical composers Beethoven, Sibelius and Messaien as influences, less so for the musical constructions as for their

Luca Sigurtà ~ Bliss

A simple three-note melody is quietly sounded out as electronics buzz and swarm their way into the foreground, a low tone gently swelling in the back.  A bird cries above, water sloshes lightly in the harbor. What is conjured up

Luca Sigurtà ~ Bliss

A simple three-note melody is quietly sounded out as electronics buzz and swarm their way into the foreground, a low tone gently swelling in the back.  A bird cries above, water sloshes lightly in the harbor. What is conjured up

Adrian Shenton & Banks Bailey ~ Wrapped in Clover

Sight, sound, touch, scent.  Adrian Shenton & Banks Bailey cover four of the five senses on Wrapped in Clover, although completists may wish to lick the cover.  The pressed clover transforms the release into a shared scrapbook. This four track release highlights

Adrian Shenton & Banks Bailey ~ Wrapped in Clover

Sight, sound, touch, scent.  Adrian Shenton & Banks Bailey cover four of the five senses on Wrapped in Clover, although completists may wish to lick the cover.  The pressed clover transforms the release into a shared scrapbook. This four track release highlights

artificial memory trace ~ chitin

Here’s some really great music for the Grissoms and other budding entomologists, as well as for students of insect symphonies.  Slavek Kwi (artificial memory trace) has produced a remarkable sonic document in chitin, originally commissioned for France’s 2011 “l’audible festival”.  The sheer

artificial memory trace ~ chitin

Here’s some really great music for the Grissoms and other budding entomologists, as well as for students of insect symphonies.  Slavek Kwi (artificial memory trace) has produced a remarkable sonic document in chitin, originally commissioned for France’s 2011 “l’audible festival”.  The sheer

Murmer ~ What Are The Roots That Clutch

What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish?  Son of Man, you cannot say, or guess, for you know only a heap of broken images ….  T.S. Eliot’s words ring true in this Wasteland; although the

Murmer ~ What Are The Roots That Clutch

What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish?  Son of Man, you cannot say, or guess, for you know only a heap of broken images ….  T.S. Eliot’s words ring true in this Wasteland; although the

Yasuhiro Morinaga ~ Sceneries from the Castellated Wall

The Galaverna netlabel continues to shine with its latest release, another gem that straddles the edge between genres.  This release is the work of Japanese sound artist Yasuhiro Morinaga, who presents the results of travels in Ireland and Italy, cloaks them in

Yasuhiro Morinaga ~ Sceneries from the Castellated Wall

The Galaverna netlabel continues to shine with its latest release, another gem that straddles the edge between genres.  This release is the work of Japanese sound artist Yasuhiro Morinaga, who presents the results of travels in Ireland and Italy, cloaks them in