Interesting field recordings project

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droid

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Came across this site recently: Soundscape FM, which basically consists of an internationally compiled database of field recordings which are broadcast once a year in the form of a radio show (on FM) and also streamed online.

Best thing is, they have a shitload of decent quality field recordings of MP3s for download:

http://www.soundscape-fm.net/objects.php

Sitting in work all day listening to the likes of 'Ship-to-shore conversation captured with the 32m dish from the INMARSAT satellite communications network over the Atlantic Ocean.' or 'Everyday morning sounds of a court of a building of Hanoï, around Hang Giay.' is surprisingly soothing...
 
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Ness Rowlah

Norwegian Wood
Yeah Soundscape is nice.
I am really enjoying this From Webbed Hand at the moment
(free download or stream, but you can get the CDs if you like it)

"Far Afield: A Webbed Hand Compilation"

http://www.webbedhandrecords.com/wh055.html

Somewhere in the spectrum between Musique Concrete and Phonography, is a vast gray area that is disowned and disputed by either side. This compilation treats this no-man's land as its playground. Field recordings they are, with some processing, but not just walls of rhythmic noise. Sounds of nature, sounds of the city, using the non-instrumental rhythms and melodies of the source recording as the focal points, coaxing the music and beauty out of unplanned, un-orchestrated events. This 2-CD compilation was curated by Fred Yarm.
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droid

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Nice link! - I had the feeling that Soundscape might be well known. Has someone posted about it here before?

Somewhere in the spectrum between Musique Concrete and Phonography, is a vast gray area that is disowned and disputed by either side. This compilation treats this no-man's land as its playground. Field recordings they are, with some processing, but not just walls of rhythmic noise. Sounds of nature, sounds of the city, using the non-instrumental rhythms and melodies of the source recording as the focal points, coaxing the music and beauty out of unplanned, un-orchestrated events. This 2-CD compilation was curated by Fred Yarm.
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Some stuff in a similar vein can be found here:

http://dennismcnulty.com/audio.html
 
jenks

jenks

thread death
sometimes things arrive at just the right time

am in love with this

cheers for the link

shame it's not streaming but am having loads of fun with downloading all kinds of stuff - would recommend the jokhang roof gang work and that's just in the first curator's collection!
 
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Ness Rowlah

Norwegian Wood
droid said:
Nice link! - I had the feeling that Soundscape might be well known. Has someone posted about it here before?
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Just did an advanced search and "no" seems to be the answer although the word itself
has been used a handful of times.

There's also http://soundtransit.nl/ which I have not checked out yet.
 
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droid

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Ness Rowlah said:
Just did an advanced search and "no" seems to be the answer although the word itself
has been used a handful of times.
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nice one / thought it might have come up in that 'other' field recordings thread...

There's also http://soundtransit.nl/ which I have not checked out yet.
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That looks good! Even more stuff than Soundscape, and all at 192kpbs...
 
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michael

Bring out the vacuum
It's quite a different thing, but this compilation called The Noise & The City is a whole lot of free MP3s that sorta traces a map around the world. Each artist is from a different city and was asked to make a track using only sounds recorded around the city. Some of the results are really rhythmic and melodic, others are more lightly edited / processed field recordings.

Yes, this is spam. As a couple of New Zealanders, a friend and I were proud to represent Melbourne, Australia. ;)

In general, I think I was more excited about the photos and the text than the results. :| *sigh*
 
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droid

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Ness RowlahJust did an advanced search and "no" seems to be the answer although the word itself has been used a handful of times. There's also [url said:
http://soundtransit.nl/[/URL] which I have not checked out yet.
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This is defo the place to be! There seems to be a bit of crossover with soundscape, but theres a lot more stuff here. Im currently leeching it dry...

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Yesterday I listened to a field recording of a train on my way home - by train.

For once I've done a little writeup (with a couple of more links) on the stuff we post here
on dissensus with a short Nessie article on these finds (and a few more) (with credit).
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Good stuff! I listened to that webbed hand LP on the way home on the bus yesterday. Nice sounds, but its just a bit too sequenced... i kept expecting some drums or melody to come in ala Doctor Rockitt/Herbert...

On a semi-related note - everyone knows about Earlabs, and all its free electroacousic/musique concrete downloads at this stage - right?
 
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