Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

Nika Son ~ Drift

What a beautiful, magical recording, washing up on our shores after spending six years in the tumultuous ocean, tossed here and about, a message in a bottle, a bottle containing the sound of the sea.  Drift is a film in which

Nika Son ~ Drift

What a beautiful, magical recording, washing up on our shores after spending six years in the tumultuous ocean, tossed here and about, a message in a bottle, a bottle containing the sound of the sea.  Drift is a film in which

Manja Ristić ~ Ma / manja ristić & murmer ~ The Scaffold

Manja Ristić is best known for her hydrophone recordings in and around the island of Korčula, and her resulting concern for the effect of noise pollution on local environments.  In a pair of new albums, she demonstrates expanded horizons; her collaboration

Manja Ristić ~ Ma / manja ristić & murmer ~ The Scaffold

Manja Ristić is best known for her hydrophone recordings in and around the island of Korčula, and her resulting concern for the effect of noise pollution on local environments.  In a pair of new albums, she demonstrates expanded horizons; her collaboration

Masayuki Imanishi ~ Asphalt/Concrete

Asphalt/Concrete is the sound of Osaka, or more specifically, that of Masayuki Imanishi‘s Osaka.  The artist records the sounds of “ordinary everyday life,” emphasizing that “all sounds were captured within my immediate vicinity.”  Fortunately, Imanishi has a particularly rich sonic

Masayuki Imanishi ~ Asphalt/Concrete

Asphalt/Concrete is the sound of Osaka, or more specifically, that of Masayuki Imanishi‘s Osaka.  The artist records the sounds of “ordinary everyday life,” emphasizing that “all sounds were captured within my immediate vicinity.”  Fortunately, Imanishi has a particularly rich sonic

Ramon De Marco ~ l’ora senza nome

Enrico Coniglio’s Galaverna imprint is back after a two-year hiatus, returning strong with Ramon De Marco‘s sonic exploration of Venice’s famous lagoon. The title is translated “the nameless hour,” although we’re having some fun with phonetics, as l’ora senza nome might

Ramon De Marco ~ l’ora senza nome

Enrico Coniglio’s Galaverna imprint is back after a two-year hiatus, returning strong with Ramon De Marco‘s sonic exploration of Venice’s famous lagoon. The title is translated “the nameless hour,” although we’re having some fun with phonetics, as l’ora senza nome might

Alëna Korolëva ~ premonitions

Storm clouds are gathering on the cover of Alëna Korolëva‘s premonitions.  The beach lies empty; even the crabs and gulls have sought shelter.  But this is no normal storm; the artist is having premonitions of a larger storm, an ecological-societal-spiritual disaster

Alëna Korolëva ~ premonitions

Storm clouds are gathering on the cover of Alëna Korolëva‘s premonitions.  The beach lies empty; even the crabs and gulls have sought shelter.  But this is no normal storm; the artist is having premonitions of a larger storm, an ecological-societal-spiritual disaster

Various Artists ~ Meteorologia

Meteorologia is “not exactly a field recordings compilation,” states Portugal’s sirr-ecords, but field recordings are its raison d’être.  The album is awash in meteorological phenomena, with multiple weather systems threaded through its grooves.  Inspired by a famous quote from W.B. Sebald

Various Artists ~ Meteorologia

Meteorologia is “not exactly a field recordings compilation,” states Portugal’s sirr-ecords, but field recordings are its raison d’être.  The album is awash in meteorological phenomena, with multiple weather systems threaded through its grooves.  Inspired by a famous quote from W.B. Sebald

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

Some field recording artists travel to the ends of the earth to capture sounds many of us will never hear in person.  This year’s selection includes magma, ice and hydrophone recordings.  But field recording can be as simple as recording

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

Some field recording artists travel to the ends of the earth to capture sounds many of us will never hear in person.  This year’s selection includes magma, ice and hydrophone recordings.  But field recording can be as simple as recording

Gil Sansón ~ con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas)

Note to recording artists: when you include a staffer’s name in the title of your release, someone is bound to notice and smile.  con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas may have been written for another Richard, but I’d like

Gil Sansón ~ con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas)

Note to recording artists: when you include a staffer’s name in the title of your release, someone is bound to notice and smile.  con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas may have been written for another Richard, but I’d like