Posts Tagged: Touch

ACL 2013: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

In compiling these field recordings, some artists traveled to distant lands, while others stayed at home.  Some added instruments, others computer processing.  Some of these releases are in love with certain places, but each one is in love with sound.

ACL 2013: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

In compiling these field recordings, some artists traveled to distant lands, while others stayed at home.  Some added instruments, others computer processing.  Some of these releases are in love with certain places, but each one is in love with sound.

Phill Niblock ~ Touch Five

A very interesting strain emerges from an interpretation of Phill Niblock‘s works as essays on organization, not only of sound but of people’s relations to it. In this sense, Niblock’s association to minimalism becomes relevant, not so much in its

Phill Niblock ~ Touch Five

A very interesting strain emerges from an interpretation of Phill Niblock‘s works as essays on organization, not only of sound but of people’s relations to it. In this sense, Niblock’s association to minimalism becomes relevant, not so much in its

BJ Nilsen ~ Eye of the Microphone

Does a field recording have to sound like its subject in order to be authentic?  BJ Nilsen ponders this question and concludes that “a pure field recording is not the most accurate representation of a place”.  As an artist-in-residency in London, he

BJ Nilsen ~ Eye of the Microphone

Does a field recording have to sound like its subject in order to be authentic?  BJ Nilsen ponders this question and concludes that “a pure field recording is not the most accurate representation of a place”.  As an artist-in-residency in London, he

Chris Watson ~ In St. Cuthbert’s Time

We usually recommend the physical copy due to its specific beauty, but in this case, we do so because of the liner notes.  Students of history, tradition, and religion will cherish the efforts made by the authors to place this

Chris Watson ~ In St. Cuthbert’s Time

We usually recommend the physical copy due to its specific beauty, but in this case, we do so because of the liner notes.  Students of history, tradition, and religion will cherish the efforts made by the authors to place this

Jana Winderen ~ Debris

Oslo-based sound artist Jana Winderen made her first splash on the international recording scene with the live album Heated, followed rapidly by Energy Field and the decapod-directed The Noisiest Guys on the Planet.  Winderen specializes in micro-music, which is an

Jana Winderen ~ Debris

Oslo-based sound artist Jana Winderen made her first splash on the international recording scene with the live album Heated, followed rapidly by Energy Field and the decapod-directed The Noisiest Guys on the Planet.  Winderen specializes in micro-music, which is an