Episodios

  • Spirited away

    Spirited away
    Jun 17 2025
    "I initially wanted to pick a sound from nature to work with, but the Reitaisai Festival grabbed my attention as soon as I came across it. I didn’t want to manipulate the recording too much so I kept the clip I worked with intact and didn’t chop it up to keep to a certain tempo. I wanted to preserve the energy of the recording and for it to feel as if I was joining in spirit, swooping in to play with my friends and then floating away again.

    "We sometimes slightly fall away from each other rhythmically and then come together, as you would do if playing and chanting through the streets. I used keyboard, synth, hammered dulcimer and tongue drum to play along from afar.

    "At the end I imagine going into a house, running up the stairs and opening a window onto the streets below, getting a last burst of the crowd chanting “Reitaisai” before retreating back through whichever portal I came through."

    Reitaisei festival, Tokyo reimagined by Jess Bryant.

    IMAGE: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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    8 m
  • Camargue serenade: flamingo nuptial dance

    Camargue serenade: flamingo nuptial dance
    Jun 17 2025
    Immerse yourself in the enchanting soundscape of the Camargue, a region in southern France renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and iconic wildlife. This recording captures the mesmerizing nuptial dances of flamingos during their reproduction period, as they perform an intricate ballet of courtship rituals.

    The distinctive calls and gentle murmurs of these majestic birds create a symphony that is quintessentially Camargue. The sound is instantly evocative of this unique region, where white horses roam free, black bulls graze in the marshes, and pink flamingos add a touch of vibrant color to the landscape.

    Recorded by Colin Hunter.
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    4 m
  • What grandmother taught

    What grandmother taught
    Jun 17 2025
    "I used the field recording of the flamingos to inspire my composition. I mimicked their clatter and calls with rattle, whistle and drum. Over the top of this I added one of my older poems, a triolet titled: What Grandmother Taught.

    "I brought the flamingos recording in at the end, merging the two pieces into one song – as my bit faded the flamingos take over."

    Flamingoes in Camargue reimagined by Allis Hamilton.
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    2 m
  • Reitaisei festival, Tokyo

    Reitaisei festival, Tokyo
    Jun 17 2025
    Reitaisai is an important festival held by Shinto shrines in Japan. People from the town where the shrine is located gather and carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) as they parade through the streets. This is a recording capturing the mikoshi approaching and then moving away.

    Recorded in November 2024 by Miyu Hosoi.

    IMAGE: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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    15 m
  • Irregular ellipsoid

    Irregular ellipsoid
    Jun 17 2025
    "The natural sounds were highly rhythmic in a complex almost unsettling way. I pulled key elements from the soundscape and highlighted them as percussive and rhythm sections.

    "These play along with the entire unaltered original soundscape, as a highlighter to particular aspects of its own patterns. I also added bells and bass to serve as tour guides."

    Jellybean Pool, Australia reimagined by Heather Spence.
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    1 m
  • Cicadas at the Jellybean Pool

    Cicadas at the Jellybean Pool
    Jun 17 2025
    Cicadas at the Jellybean Pool, Blue Mountains, Australia. Recorded by Richard Watts.
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    1 m
  • The earth and I spring at each other

    The earth and I spring at each other
    Jun 16 2025
    The original field recordings is symphonic in its beautiful showcase of nature at its finest, with birds, frogs and insects interweaving in the atmosphere of a spring evening - a perfect recording to choose as part of the annual Spring Project.

    Wanting to keep that feeling of the natural soundscape being a live performance, this composition is also a live performance, with various different synth and instrument parts laid down onto a Torso S-4 sampler, then performed live in response to the natural sounds. Its aim is to embellish and sit alongside the natural sounds, and to create an immersive nine-minute experience in which the listener can lose themselves equally in the natural or the synthesised sounds (and their interaction).

    The title comes from this wonderful Tomas Transtromer poem:

    In February life stood still.
    The birds refused to fly and the soul
    grated against the landscape as a boat
    chafes against the jetty where it’s moored.

    The trees were turned away. The snow’s depth
    measured by the stubble poking through.
    The footprints grew old out on the ice-crust.
    Under a tarpaulin, language was being broken down.

    Suddenly, something approaches the window.
    I stop working and look up.
    The colours blaze. Everything turns around.
    The earth and I spring at each other.

    Spring soundscape in Terranova, Italy reimagined by Cities and Memory.
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    9 m
  • Terranova

    Terranova
    Jun 16 2025
    The soundscape captures the vibrant symphony of a late spring evening. The serene ambiance unfolds with the rhythmic calls of frogs resonating across a nearby pond, blending harmoniously with the melodic chirps of evening birds. Crickets add a delicate, persistent undercurrent, enriching the texture of the soundscape.

    In the distance, the low, rumbling echoes of an approaching storm introduce a sense of anticipation, subtly intensifying the atmosphere. This recording encapsulates the interplay of nature's voices, evoking a profound connection to the shifting moods of the evening landscape.

    Recorded by Martina Testen & Simon Šerc.
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    10 m
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