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Mountain upon a phosphorescent sky. JAMES McDOUGALL (Impulsive Habitat 2010) ‘Mountain upon a Phosphorescent Sky’ has to be one of my favourite releases from netlabel Impulsive Habitat. Recordist James McDougall has excelled at combining field recordings made across Australia’s D’Aguilar Mountain…
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3pr(iii)2ses. LUIS ANTERO, ANTON MOBIN, MZ-N710 (Earsheltering 2010) 3pr(iii)2ses is the second volume of field recordings from Earsheltering, a French netlabel that provides free access to high quality soundscapes. This compilation is described as falling somewhere “between abstraction and documentary”…
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A Tapestry of British Bird Song. VICTOR C. LEWIS (EMI 1964) ‘A Tapestry of British Bird Song’ was the first long-playing (LP) record to be released in the UK that focused solely on the sounds of birds. Issued by E.M.I.…
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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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Frick pond. DAVID MICHAEL (Fieldcraft 2011) Frick Pond is a fine collection of three natural soundscapes recorded in Willowemoc Wild Forest, New York State, by American-based field recordist David Michael. Situated on the southern side of the Catskill Mountains, Willowemoc…
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The Birth of Wildlife Sound Recording research by Cheryl Tipp PART V Identification Guides The sole function of the earliest published wildlife recordings was to entertain and amaze the listener and this general purpose was sustained until the early 1930s when…