Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape
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
Lost Trail/Native Prairie ~ Intersecting Lines of Power/Native Prairie
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when fronted by Lost Trail’s split opener “O’ Black And Fallen Smokestacks, Rise!”? GY!BE and spin off A Silver Mt. Zion? Post-Rock? Sparrows Swarm and Sing!’s O’Shenodah Mighty Death Will Find Me?
Lost Trail/Native Prairie ~ Intersecting Lines of Power/Native Prairie
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when fronted by Lost Trail’s split opener “O’ Black And Fallen Smokestacks, Rise!”? GY!BE and spin off A Silver Mt. Zion? Post-Rock? Sparrows Swarm and Sing!’s O’Shenodah Mighty Death Will Find Me?
Kate Carr ~ Return to New Caledonia
Return to New Caledonia is an EP about remembrance, even if the remembrance is skewed; flashes of insight mingled with déjà vu. The music itself is a return, a reinterpretation of things heard on holiday: a return of the mind and
Kate Carr ~ Return to New Caledonia
Return to New Caledonia is an EP about remembrance, even if the remembrance is skewed; flashes of insight mingled with déjà vu. The music itself is a return, a reinterpretation of things heard on holiday: a return of the mind and
Five Elements Music ~ Rishikesh
Rishikesh is a pair of sonically dissimilar recordings that reflect different facets of modern India: the peaceful allure of nature and the crush of human interaction. Each contains a religious element: the creaking of prayer wheels and striking of bells in
Five Elements Music ~ Rishikesh
Rishikesh is a pair of sonically dissimilar recordings that reflect different facets of modern India: the peaceful allure of nature and the crush of human interaction. Each contains a religious element: the creaking of prayer wheels and striking of bells in
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