Posts Tagged: Flaming Pines

ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

A huge congratulations to Manja Ristić, who appears on this chart three times, twice with collaborators and once solo.  We believe that this is the first time such an event has taken place; and these were not the artist’s only

ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

A huge congratulations to Manja Ristić, who appears on this chart three times, twice with collaborators and once solo.  We believe that this is the first time such an event has taken place; and these were not the artist’s only

ACL 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Ukrainian Music

As the war continues to rage in Ukraine, Ukrainian artists continue to make vital, vibrant music, often under the hardest of conditions.  Gianmarco Del Re has been chronicling their struggle in real time in his ongoing series, Ukrainian Field Notes,

ACL 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Ukrainian Music

As the war continues to rage in Ukraine, Ukrainian artists continue to make vital, vibrant music, often under the hardest of conditions.  Gianmarco Del Re has been chronicling their struggle in real time in his ongoing series, Ukrainian Field Notes,

V/A ~ Resistance | Compilation of experimental music from Ukraine

When Kaleidoscope, Igor Yalivec‘s initial compilation of experimental music from Ukraine, was released in 2019, it was an innocent, entry into a scene that many had not yet discovered.  When Liberty was released in 2022, everything had changed.  Two months earlier, russia

V/A ~ Resistance | Compilation of experimental music from Ukraine

When Kaleidoscope, Igor Yalivec‘s initial compilation of experimental music from Ukraine, was released in 2019, it was an innocent, entry into a scene that many had not yet discovered.  When Liberty was released in 2022, everything had changed.  Two months earlier, russia

David Vélez ~ Comfort Food

Comfort Food may be one of the cruelest albums ever recorded.  First, David Vélez plants vegetable seeds, then takes care of the cute little babies (pictured on the cover) as they grow.  He feeds them, waters them and plays sine waves and

David Vélez ~ Comfort Food

Comfort Food may be one of the cruelest albums ever recorded.  First, David Vélez plants vegetable seeds, then takes care of the cute little babies (pictured on the cover) as they grow.  He feeds them, waters them and plays sine waves and

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

Kate Carr ~ false dawn

When is a field recording not a field recording? The dawn chorus arises from silence in a soft drone, followed by the sound of footsteps on gravel.  Kate Carr is setting out in the forest, as she has so many times

Kate Carr ~ false dawn

When is a field recording not a field recording? The dawn chorus arises from silence in a soft drone, followed by the sound of footsteps on gravel.  Kate Carr is setting out in the forest, as she has so many times

ACL 2022 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music

December is the beginning of winter music season ~ not holiday music, but seasonal music, a soundtrack to the ice and snow.  The music sounds fitting all the way through the new year, as the temperatures plummet, the wind howls,

ACL 2022 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music

December is the beginning of winter music season ~ not holiday music, but seasonal music, a soundtrack to the ice and snow.  The music sounds fitting all the way through the new year, as the temperatures plummet, the wind howls,

The 40 Best Compilation Albums of All Time ~ Part One

 You may not think of compilations with the same nostalgia that you treat the first record you bought in a shop. But there is a good chance that your first opportunity of experiencing music in a physical form, be it

The 40 Best Compilation Albums of All Time ~ Part One

 You may not think of compilations with the same nostalgia that you treat the first record you bought in a shop. But there is a good chance that your first opportunity of experiencing music in a physical form, be it