March 2012
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Rio douro. VIRGILIO OLIVEIRA (Green Field Recordings 2012) Last year I stumbled across Green Field Recordings, a Portuguese netlabel that focuses on works derived from pure field recordings. This chance encounter led me to a wonderful selection of publications from…
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The Field Reporter Radio #4 “F-I” piece composed by Darius Ciuta [bandcamp track=3569256666 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=venti]
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How Loud is a Slithering Snail?
How loud is a slithering snail and what’s the footfall of a centipede? Jem Stansfield takes an assortment of creepy crawlies and sound recordist Chris Watson to a very very quiet room to find out. Shhh!
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Gryphaea. CHRIS WHITEHEAD (Obs 2012) “Gryphaea” is the newest release by english sound artist Chris Whitehead responsible for the work “Estuary” that on this journal Hiroki Sasajima highlighted as one of the remarkably interesting works of 2011. “Gryphaea is a genus of extinct oysters, marine…
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An Audio Guide to Britain’s Nocturnal Species
Sounds of the Night, new audio book by The Brititsh Library. Eerie screams, quiet snufflings, and snippets of song are just some of the wildlife sounds that can be heard after dark. While some animals turn in for the night,…
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Madal öö. JOHN GRZINICH (Engraved Glass 2012) “The region of Põlva county in Southeast Estonia has a relatively low population density, which allows for an open terrain of landscapes mainly covered by forests, fields and peat bogs with a scattering…