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Field Experiments: An Exclusive Interview with Richard Devine
You probably already heard about Richard Devine, electronic musician and sound designer known not only for working on music, but also on doing sound for short films, videogames, websites, sound libraries, synthesizers, samplers, and more. A big part of those…
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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…
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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
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Alan Lamb Interview
Chris Watson interviews Alan Lamb for The Wire, BBC Radio 4. Download The Music of the Wires: wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson is captivated by the extraordinary sounds of the wind and the weather as they play on vast lengths…
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An Interview with Hildegard Westerkamp
Hildegard Westerkamp is a composer, radio artist and sound ecologist. She is a pioneering figure within the field of soundscape studies and sound ecology and an integral member of the World Soundscape Project. She presents soundscape workshops, performs, writes and…
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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…