sound

  • Spinning On Air: An Interview with R. Murray Schafer

    Spinning On Air: An Interview with R. Murray Schafer

    Fascinating interview with R. Murray Schafer for WNYC radio show Spinning On Air. Composer R. Murray Schafer will inspire you to listen to the music of sound. His 1977 book “The Tuning of the World” is full of original, evocative…

  • The Sounds of Sewage

    The New England Phonographers Union find music in the most unlikely place: Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant. By Scott LaPierre New England Phonographers Union

  • R. Murray Schafer: “I have never seen a sound”

    R. Murray Schafer: “I have never seen a sound”

    Inspiring talk by R. Murray Schafer on the World Forum of Acustic Ecology at the Fonoteca Nacional, Mexico (2009). The audio starts in Spanish but Murray’s conference is in English (starting at 4:30). Listen here. Via @tesladream

  • The Sound of Steam Locomotives

    The Sound of Steam Locomotives

    Very detailed and interesting article at Sonic Fields about recording a steam locomotive from 1930s. I must admit to having a love for live steam, so it came as a bit of a shock when I realised that I have only captured a…

  • Loudest Animal Sound

    Loudest Animal Sound

    This minuscule water boatman might be smaller than a drawing pin, but it’s also the loudest animal on the planet. Well, relative to its body size, at least. The male lesser water boatman, aka Micronecta scholtzi, can create mating calls as loud as…

  • Tokafi: Interview with Luís Antero

    Tokafi: Interview with Luís Antero

    Tokafi has published a great interview with composer and recordist Luís Antero. Globalism is often an illusion, with most of the traveling done on laptops. Within the field recording scene, on the other hand, there is a definite trend towards…