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    Reflections by Tarab -Eamon Sprod- * Having read many of the posts on The Field Reporter recently which might go under the heading of “debate” (although I have not followed the “discussion” elsewhere not being a facebooker etc) I am…

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    Boombana echoes. AKIO SUZUKI, LAWRENCE ENGLISH (Winds Measure 2012) Review by Patrick Farmer  In the august sense, to hear is always already to have heard: to take one’s place in the assembly of prior listeners and thus permit them once…

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    Systemic Collapse. JAY-DEA LOPEZ (Impulsive Habitat 2012) Review by Flavien Gillié Cet album de l’artiste australien Jay-Dea Lopez et paru sur le netlabel Impulsive Habitat nous donne à entendre une pièce de vingt minutes composée d’enregistrements de terrain recueillis vers…

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    Recordings of a crepuscular event. PHILIP SULIDAE (Impulsive Habitat 2012) Review by Daniel Crokaert What does one expect from the practice of “Field Recording”, a genre which seems to turn its back on the parameters of a musical industry based on…

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    Reflections on loudness

    Reflections on loudness by Yiorgis Sakellariou * The idea for this text was born from an online conversation about volume in field recordings and in music generally. Initially the discussion was focusing on a review by Frans De Waard at Vital…

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      split. MARK SO, PATRICK FARMER (Winds Measure 2012) Review by David Vélez Sitting And Listening by Mark So (A-side) Mark So’s piece s is a pretty unique work in terms of the use that it does of the musical notion of…