Category Archives: Field Recording & Soundscape

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

Ká ~ Pilgrims to the Kingdom of Heaven (Poutn​í​ci do Kr​á​lovství Nebesk​é​ho)

Pilgrims to the Kingdom of Heaven is an album about war and peace, past and present, fear and trust.  It is an album about faith, but it is also an act of faith.  The invasion of Ukraine has reopened young wounds

Ká ~ Pilgrims to the Kingdom of Heaven (Poutn​í​ci do Kr​á​lovství Nebesk​é​ho)

Pilgrims to the Kingdom of Heaven is an album about war and peace, past and present, fear and trust.  It is an album about faith, but it is also an act of faith.  The invasion of Ukraine has reopened young wounds

Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh ~ Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond

Oceans, lakes and streams get all the glory, but Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh are interested in ponds: specifically, the ways in which ponds offer their own take on the dawn and dusk chorus.  In Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond, hydrophones capture

Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh ~ Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond

Oceans, lakes and streams get all the glory, but Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh are interested in ponds: specifically, the ways in which ponds offer their own take on the dawn and dusk chorus.  In Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond, hydrophones capture

Marja Ahti Tender Membranes Album Cover

Marja Ahti ~ Tender Membranes

In a sign of what is to come, Marja Ahti’s album Tender Membranes begins with the striking of a bell, its decay manipulated and stretched to almost two minutes before it is abruptly cut off. The sound of rushing water

Marja Ahti Tender Membranes Album Cover

Marja Ahti ~ Tender Membranes

In a sign of what is to come, Marja Ahti’s album Tender Membranes begins with the striking of a bell, its decay manipulated and stretched to almost two minutes before it is abruptly cut off. The sound of rushing water

Aki Onda ~ Transmissions From The Radio Midnight

After acquiring a portable tape recorder with a built-in radio in 2006, Aki Onda’s cassette memory archive gained a new category. Thereafter he made a ritual of listening to the radio late at night whenever he was traveling, capturing interesting

Aki Onda ~ Transmissions From The Radio Midnight

After acquiring a portable tape recorder with a built-in radio in 2006, Aki Onda’s cassette memory archive gained a new category. Thereafter he made a ritual of listening to the radio late at night whenever he was traveling, capturing interesting