Friday Music Selection - Sound Artists

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Some contemporary music selections today -

First recommended by everville340 -

John Luther Adams - Sila: The Breath of the World

Watch a full performance of "Sila: The Breath of the World" by 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner John Luther Adams, which premiered at Lincoln Center July 25, 2014. The work was commissioned by Lincoln Center Out of Doors and Mostly Mozart Festival.

Pauline Oliveros - Bye bye butterfly (1967)

Deep Listening Band - Phantom

With accordion, trombone, didgeridoo, and other instruments along with recording equipment they were lowered 14 ft into cylindrical cistern made of concrete. The Reverberations last 45 seconds. the cistern had held 2 million gal of water.
Cage said of this piece, ".. its evident that everything is harmonious."

Alan Lamb - Meditation On Spring 8

Plus an interview with Alan Lamb -

Alan Lamb & Chris Watson - BBC Radio 4 Interview ( Spoken / Field / Experimental)

Alan Lamb Interview by Chris Watson on BBC Radio 4. with classic Alan Field recordings / Experimental soundscapes in the background.Two legends and pioneers of natural sound engineering , both active from early 70's.

Alan Lamb - Night Passage

Another documentary -

Chris Watson - The Colour Of Sound

Watson is one of the world's leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena, and for Touch he edits his field recordings into a filmic narrative. For example. the unearthly groaning of ice in an Icelandic glacier is a classic example of, in Watson's words, putting a microphone where you can't put your ears. He was born in Sheffield where he attended Rowlinson School and Stannington College (now part of Sheffield College). In 1971 he was a founding member of the influential Sheffield-based experimental music group Cabaret Voltaire. His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. Since then he has developed a particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world. As a freelance recordist for film, TV & radio, Chris Watson specialises in natural history and documentary location sound together with track assembly and sound design in post production.


Chris Watson - Vatnajokull

Enjoy,