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 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music

At A Closer Listen, we make a clear distinction between winter music and music that is released in winter.  Winter music is evocative of the season and latitudes in which snow and ice take up permanent residence.  The catch is that some

Philip Samartzis ~ Atmospheres and Disturbances

Sitting somewhere at the crossroads between researcher, activist, scholar, composer, and recording engineer, Australian sound artist Philip Samartzis seems preoccupied with sound as both a natural and artificial phenomenon. While it would be easy to categorize Samartzis’ previous electroacoustic collaborations