Noise: A Human History
Prof David Hendy presents a 30-part series exploring the role of sound, and listening, in the past 100,000 years of human history BBC Radio 4
Inside the world of a wildlife audio expert
Chris Watson, who has worked on Attenborough’s Frozen Planet and Life in the Undergrowth, shares a remarkable insight into sound recording, some exclusive clips – and his feelings about music in wildlife shows Full article
El Coyote
El Coyote, a great essay published by sound artist David Velez at The Field Reporter: ‘El Coyote’ is a sonic, visual and written essay based on my experience in the touristic complex of Bijao in Panama on January of 2013. In Bijao the tension between the ecosystem and the intrusive architecture was evident from the moment I arrived: this...
Andrew Roth, Audio Archaeologist
Andrew Roth has been hunting 19th-century sounds. A self-described “audio archaeologist,” this fall he tracked down and recorded the musical instruments, bawdy songs and period slang that made up the actual sounds of San Francisco during the Gold Rush, for a new exhibit called “Boomtown.” Full article
Insects
Nature Sound Recording Workshop 2012 : Insects in three locations from john grzinich on Vimeo.
Wildlife Recording Sweden
Steve Whetman has published a great post on his blog about a Wildlife Recording Workshop he attended. conducted by Chris Watson, Jez Riley French and Piers Warren. I love recording ambiences, wildlife, the wind, sea etc with as little noise pollution as possible for projects I work on and just because they are awesome to...
Japan + Colombia
Impulsive Habitat has released a collaboration I did with Darren McClure called Medsumoto, a composition based on field recordings of Matsumoto (Japan) and Medellin (Colombia). Medsumoto is the first release where Impulsive Habitat in a curatorial exercise gathers two artists and promotes them to conceive a concept of mutual interest and articulate it through a...
An Audio Guide to Britain’s Nocturnal Species
Sounds of the Night, new audio book by The Brititsh Library. Eerie screams, quiet snufflings, and snippets of song are just some of the wildlife sounds that can be heard after dark. While some animals turn in for the night, others are getting ready to begin their ‘day’ and for some species, such as the...
Whisper of the Wild
Fantastic article at NYtimes featuring sounds from Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Read & Listen Via Field Mic
Sounds from Yosemite’s Frozen Lake
Composer Cheryl E Leonard, who you may remember from the great interview Nathan had with her here at Sonic Terrain, has published a very interesting post about the sounds she captured at Yosemite’s frozen lake, including some ambiences and also internal sounds from the lake, recorded with hydrophones. Read and listen at Music from the...