Field Recording

  • Rainforest Listening

    Rainforest Listening

    Created by artist Leah Barclay, Rainforest Listening is a project using augmented reality and geolocated field recordings to expose nature soundscapes and generate ecological awareness towards critical sonic environments from the Amazon rainforest. The process consists on planting sounds across certain…

  • Cathedrals: Pietro Riparbelli Audio Archive Project

    “I have always been fascinated by sacred places and by the atmosphere of contemplative peace and I have always listened to and recorded their acoustic environments. At some point I felt the need to transform this passion of mine into…

  • A Field Recording Gear List, Based on Interviews with 26 Recordists

    Paul Virostek has been doing a very nice interview series at his site Creative Field Recording, talking with several field recordists, mostly about the gear they use and their processes, techniques, etc.  There’s also another two posts from there: a roundup…

  • The Threat to Female Field-Recorders

    The Threat to Female Field-Recorders

    Pitchfork has published an article by Lucy Jones where she explores if women practicing field recording are exposed to certain risks or vulnerability, determining what are the feelings and possibilities during recording situation in different environments. “[…] I wondered whether…

  • infinite grain 12: lawrence english

    infinite grain 12: lawrence english

    [infinite grain is a series of interviews inspired on microsound procedures, exploring a wide variety of topics in dialogue with artists who work with sound on installation, composition and improvisation] Sound is the soul of every ritual. Listening, rather than…

  • Sonic Postcards by ‘Architect of Sound’

    Sonic Postcards by ‘Architect of Sound’

    What if when someone gives you a postcard of a certain place, you would be able to also listen to that spacetime spot? Many people is used to take pictures when traveling, in order to crystallize a memory, a feeling,…