Author: fieldreporter
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Velvet. SIMON WHETHAM (Taâlem 2011) Simon Whetham’s Velvet [24:00] is released on taâlem. The label’s stated aim is to explore the different sides of ambient music through 3″ cd-r’s I don’t know what ambient music is, any more than I…
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Hear one near and think of the other. MIMOSA | MOIZE (Dragon’s Eye 2011) “A moment remembered is a moment anew.”. This is the first sentence on the text for Hear one near and think of the other a release by Mimosa|Moize a project…
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Vacío retórico. DAVID VELEZ (Audio Gourmet 2010) Quest heavy and formidable.., ..a subterranean rumble of wind conquered by solid movement giving rise to a crackling with slightly hesitating dragging… We enter a passage. Like a hole being dug into a…
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Anáádiih. MATHIEU RUHLMANN & BANKS BAILEY (3LEAVES 2011) Navajos were able to measure the months by the phases of the moon. The Moon is referred to as “waning” when, in the northern hemisphere, the right side is dark and the…
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Il segno del posto. CARLO GIORDANI (Green Field Recordings 2011) Over the past years the sound recording equipment has become more accesible just like it happened in the past with video and photography equipment and with software licensing. On a sound…
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Under Review – Field Recording Works in the Spotlight. essay by Simon Whetham I think it’s only happened this year, but I have noticed some odd comments regarding work that features field recordings… it began with some not-too-favourable reviews of compositional…