Chris Watson – The Colour of Sound
Great video from Swedish television featuring Chris Watson. (Thanks Magnus!)
Video Diary with Simon Whetham
I had the honor of collaborating with Simon Whetham during his recent visit to my city, Medellin (Colombia) and also enjoyed the wide variety of activities and experiments he presented at the Museum of Antioquia University, where he did installations and workshops dedicated to explore found objects, ancient instruments, spaces and of course, field recordings....
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
Lecture: Francisco López (London, 2012)
Internationally recognized as one of the major figures of the sound art and experimental music scene, Francisco Lopez has developed an astonishing sonic universe over the past 30 years. Having realized hundreds of concerts, field recording projects, workshops and sound installations in over 60 countries, pieces of his extensive catalog have been released on over...
Kickstarter Project: In Pursuit Of Silence – A Documentary Film
In Pursuit of Silence is a meditative feature documentary about the value of silence, our relationship with sound, and the implications of living in such a noisy world. From the monastic traditions of the world’s religions to the universal practice of the “moment of silence” as an act of mourning, humanity has had a long fascination...
R. Murray Schafer – WFAE 2011 Lecture
R. Murray Schafer’s keynote speech at the 2011 World Forum for Acoustic Ecology in Corfu, Greece. Vía Sonic Studies
Why Birds Sing
Inspired by musician and eco-philosopher David Rothenberg’s book of the same title, this documentary explores the intriguing, charming, complex and often conflicting theories on why birds sing like they do and why humans are so attracted to the sound. The film features contributions from musicians including Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker and Beth Orton; enlightening and...
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
The winds of Ocean Breeze lament Staten Island’s dead
The winds of Ocean Breeze lament Staten Island’s dead from finitor on Vimeo. There’s this unfinished building on Staten Island’s east shore, intended to eventually house an indoor track. When the wind blows strong, the metal strutwork and roof skin resonate to create this haunting music, like something one of those austere Nordic composers like...
Insects
Nature Sound Recording Workshop 2012 : Insects in three locations from john grzinich on Vimeo.