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Field Recordings: The Sound of 2023
Eleanor McDowall (UK 2023)
Eleanor McDowall (UK 2023)
57 min
A slow weave of some of the past year’s Field Recordings, from a church in Vilnius to a floating choir in Copenhagen. As 2024 begins what do we remember of the past year? Let these sounds lull you into the new year away from the noise.
Orthodox Christmas service, Catholic Church of St. Johns, Vilnius, Lithuania on 7th January 2023 – by Vaida Pilibaitytė
Whistling wind rattling the windows, inside the library, London, UK in January 2023 – by Siddharth Khajuria
Summer dusk with birds near Vedia, Buenos Aires province, Argentina in January 2023 – by Joaquín Conde
The bells at St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday 13th February 2022 at 4.43pm – by Barny Smith
Sounding stairs, Kaunas, Lithuania on 19th January 2023 – by Marta Medvešek
Goose night, Eskdalemuir, Scotland, UK on 24th January 2023 – by Geoff McQueen
Crows, Vancouver, Canada on 27th January 2023 at 4pm– by Martin Zaltz Austwick
Thawing ice, Tammisalo canal, Helsinki, Finland on 4th February 2023 by Miia Laine
Department of Education, Westminster, London, UK on 15th February 2023– by Tash Walker
Walking in the snow, Vancouver, Canada on 25th February 2023 at 11.30pm – by Martin Zaltz Austwick
Underwater, Førdefjord, north of Bergen, Norway in February 2023 – by Jay Richardson
Woodpeckers in Wandle Park, London, UK on 3rd April – by Andrew Strangeway
Pigeon in the cinema, London, UK on 15th April 2023 – by Sam Clements and Louise Owen
Argentino Lake shores in front of Spegazzini Glacier, Santa Cruz, Argentina in April 2023 – by Joaquín Conde
Emergency alert system test, Oxford Circus, London, UK, around 2.58pm on 23rd April 2023– by Anthony Ing
Jack in the Green procession, Hastings, UK on 1st May 2023– by Jorge Stride
A rickshaw journey through Bengaluru, India, at dusk, as heavy rain begins to fall on 1st May 2023 – by Siddharth Khajuria
Musical cacophony pouring through the open windows of practice rooms, London, UK on 18th May 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall
Whistling wind, Reykjavík, Iceland on 20th May 2023 – by Agnieszka Czyżewska Jacquemet
Eider ducks in the glacier river lagoon (Jökulsárlón) as rain falls, Vatnajökull National Park, south coast of Iceland on Friday 26th May 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall
Outside the Black Lion in Plaistow, London, UK, at 7.45pm on Thursday 8th June 2023, for the passing of the open top bus following West Ham’s victory in the Europa Conference League Final – by Alan Hall
Spanish Point (Rinn na Spáinneach), County Clare, (Contae an Chláir), Ireland on 8th June 2023– by Kalli Anderson
Chair lift to the Wolzenalp, Switzerland, on Saturday 10th June 2023 – by This Wachter
Thunderstorm, Abney Park Cemetery, London, UK on 12th June 2023 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK on Saturday 17th June 2023 at 1.30pm
Mountain goats, Kefalonia, Greece, in June 2023– by Tash Walker
Carillon, Sint Janskerk, Gouda, Netherlands in June 2023 – by Paul Ridout
Frogs of Lac Labelle at 1am, Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Quebec, Canada on 4th July 2023 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Competing fireworks, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, New York City, USA on 4th July 2023 – by Jon Moskowitz
Loons of Lac Forbes at Sunset, Mont-Tremblant National Park, Québec, Canada on 19th July 2023 - by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Demonstration at the Italian Embassy, London, UK on 2nd August 2023- by Lisa Hack
Delta del Tigre, Argentina on 4th August 2023 by Eva Moeraert
Tywardreath ringing the bells of St Barts, Lostwithiel, UK on 9th August 2023 – by Celia Robbins
Electrical storm, East London, UK on 18th September 2023 at 1am – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
Gaggles of geese, River Thame, England, UK on 23rd September 2023– by Paul Ridout
Midnight Soundscape, Sedona, Arizona, USA on 5th October 2023 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
Palestinian Solidarity March, London, UK on 11th November 2023
Chimes outside the monastery, Stanstead Mill Stream, after dark on Sunday 10th December 2023- by Eleanor McDowall
Edith purring, Glasgow, Scotland in December 2023 – by Steve Urquhart
Santa Lucia kayak parade, Copenhagen, Denmark on 13th December 2023 – by Kara Oehler
Produced by Eleanor McDowall
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CoMute 6
Phaune Radio (FR 2023)
Phaune Radio (FR 2023)
18 min
Daydreams are easier than it steams between two stops, letting ideas grow between the lines, keeping track.
Glide happily from station derailing time and then getting back on track.
From platform to platform, we glide through these daydreams following a thread thanks to a cat helping to choose the right path. Have you forgotten anything?
Listening with headphones recommended • Binaural recordings
Produced by Phaune Radio
Featuring: Gaston Bachelard.
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Field Recordings: The Sound of 2022
Eleanor McDowall (UK 2022)
Eleanor McDowall (UK 2022)
57 min
A slow weave of some of the past year’s Field Recordings, from a clock repair shop in January to snow falling in December. As 2022 comes to a close, what do we remember? Let these sounds lull you into the new year away from the noise.
Clock repair shop, London, UK on Saturday 22nd January 2022 at 11am – by Andrew Strangeway
Trumpeter Swans, Sauvie Island Wildlife Area Portland, Oregon, USA on 28th January 2022 – by Jason Hovatter
Transmission Tower, Portland, Oregon, USA on 8th February 2022 – by Jason Hovatter
The bells at St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday 13th February 2022 at 4.43pm – by Barny Smith
Ironbark Gorge, Victoria, Australia in the early morning on Sunday 20th February 2022 – by Anouk and Camilla Hannan
Woodpeckers by the water, Buckinghamshire, England, in March 2022 – by Paul Ridout
Night train, Vedia, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina in April 2022 – by Joaquín Conde
In the gloaming, Eskdalemuir, Scotland on 19th April 2022 – by Geoff McQueen
Creaky trees at Rannoch Moor, Scottish Highlands, Scotland on 23rd April 2022 – by Steve Urquhart
Stream in a forest glade, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK in April 2022 – by Geoff Marsh
Rain on the sea, Camber Sands, East Sussex, UK on 23rd May 2022 – by Sam Clements and Louise Owen
Parsley frogs at night, Lérouville, Lorraine, France on 5th June 2022 – by Colin Hunter
Lake swim at sunrise, the morning after midsummer, Groß Köris, Germany in June 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY, USA in June 2022 – by James T. Green
Bells on sheep, east of Rome around 7pm on 26th June – by Cosmin Sandu
Pondweed bubbles, Raglan Castle moat, Wales, UK in the afternoon on 16th July 2022 – by Paul Ridout
Sitting in the dark, by the fan, reading and writing emails, London, UK on 19th July 2022 – by Siddharth Khajuria
8pm, rural village garden, Suffolk, UK on 19th July 2022 – by Melissa Harrison
Takapou Bay, South Island, New Zealand in August 2022 – by Martin Zaltz Austwick
Katydids in the moonlight, Bearsville, New York, USA on 20th August 2022 – by Joe Dobkin
Cow chorus in the middle of the road, near Te Kao, New Zealand on 30th August 2022 – by Helen Zaltzman
Thunderstorm through skylight, London, UK at 11.20pm on 5th September 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall
Muffled Bells, Cuddington, Buckinghamshire, UK on 19th September 2022 – by Paul Ridout
Binaural bells, St Pauls Cathedral, London, UK on 19th September 2022 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
Enough is Enough National Day of Action, Outside Kings Cross Station, London, UK on 1st October 2022
Dusk chorus, Ewingar, New South Wales, Australia on 16th October 2022 – by Jaye Kranz
Heavy rain, North West London, UK in October 2022 – by Alex Micu
Winter Bees, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, UK in November 2022 – by Julian Higgs
Westminster Bridge, London, UK on 5th November 2022
Woman, life, freedom, Iran solidarity protest in Trafalgar Square, London, UK on 26th November 2022
Inside the bell tower, All Hallows, Twickenham on the morning of 16th November 2022 – by Alan Hall
Koliada singers rehearsing for the Christmas season, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, Québec, Canada on 30th November 2022 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Bells (church and cow) in the hills of Flüeli-Ranft, Switzerland in the evening of 6th December 2022 – by Charlie Shackleton
Crackling fire and chimes, London, UK on 9th December 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall
Snow falling on the canal, London, UK, near midnight on Sunday 11th December 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall