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    BEAST FEaST 2022: Resonances (Part 1)

    by 5:4 July 7, 2022 • 12:25
    July 7, 2022 • 12:25

    The key word, i think, is “feast”. There was something gloriously gluttonous about the quantity of music performed at BEAST FEaST 2022, though considering the festival was celebrating both the 40th anniversary of the founding of Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre and the recent 70th birthday of its founder Jonty Harrison,…

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  • CD/Digital releasesFree music

    Christopher McFall – A Starved-Strafe Lancing Machine; Siren

    by 5:4 January 25, 2022 • 16:38
    January 25, 2022 • 16:38

    US sound artist Christopher McFall first started putting out work in 2005, on a variety of netlabels, and his output since then has consisted of a pretty equal split between CD releases and a generous quantity of free music. However, the last decade has seen McFall’s output reduce considerably: just…

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  • CD/Digital releases

    Chris Watson – Notes from the Forest Floor / Georgia Rodgers – Line of Parts

    by 5:4 November 27, 2020 • 14:25
    November 27, 2020 • 14:25

    Considering it was released back in July it’s taken me far too long to get round to spending time with a split album featuring two field recording-based works by Chris Watson and Georgia Rodgers. Both works have their origins in installation pieces. Watson’s Notes from the Forest Floor began life five…

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  • Outside-In

    Outside-In: Cato Langnes

    by 5:4 June 30, 2020 • 09:05
    June 30, 2020 • 09:05

    It’s three months since i began the Outside-In project, responding to the lockdown by compiling submitted field recordings that could act as vivid reminders of, and virtual windows onto, the outside world during a time when we weren’t able to experience it first-hand. Thankfully, much has changed and improved from…

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    Outside-In: Luís Salgueiro

    by 5:4 June 23, 2020 • 12:54
    June 23, 2020 • 12:54

    This week’s addition to the Outside-In field recording project comes from Portuguese composer Luís Salgueiro. Here’s his introduction to the recording: In February, I found myself working a week in Stuttgart. This came on the tail end of an intense period of work and travel — and it was, in…

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    Outside-In: Monty Adkins

    by 5:4 June 16, 2020 • 13:13
    June 16, 2020 • 13:13

    Today’s addition to the Outside-In field recording compilation comes from Huddersfield-based composer Monty Adkins. Here’s Monty’s introduction The recording was made in February 2019 during a residency in Reims. The short soundscape charts the route from my apartment to the studio space in which I was working. Proceeding from the…

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    Outside-In: Ed Nixon

    by 5:4 June 9, 2020 • 11:52
    June 9, 2020 • 11:52

    Today’s contribution to the Outside-In compilation comes from Ed Nixon in Canada. His recording takes its starting point from the recent killing of George Floyd – specifically the now notorious length of time it took for that atrocity to happen. Ed writes: I suppose I wanted to know what eight…

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    Outside-In: Davíð Brynjar Franzson

    by 5:4 June 2, 2020 • 11:08
    June 2, 2020 • 11:08

    The latest field recording in my Outside-In project comes from Icelandic composer Davíð Brynjar Franzson. His recording was made a few days ago in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, and in contrast to the previous recordings i’ve featured, it’s something rather different, primarily because i think it’s fair…

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    Outside-In: Chris Legg

    by 5:4 May 26, 2020 • 09:49
    May 26, 2020 • 09:49

    The latest recording in the Outside-In project comes from long-term 5:4 friend and patron Chris Legg. His field recording was made in woodland not far from Halifax in Yorkshire, in the north of England. Chris says of the recording: It was recorded during lockdown (but the sounds are not lockdown-specific!), using…

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    Outside-In: Þóranna Björnsdóttir

    by 5:4 May 19, 2020 • 10:07
    May 19, 2020 • 10:07

    The latest contribution to the Outside-In field recording compilation is from Icelandic composer and sound-artist Þóranna Björnsdóttir. Þóranna has written the following introduction to her recording: In November 2017, I embarked on a journey to South Africa to participate in the 5th Annual Sonic Mmabolela workshop/residency. Conceived and directed by…

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    Outside-In: Kenneth Kirschner

    by 5:4 May 12, 2020 • 14:06
    May 12, 2020 • 14:06

    The next field recording in the Outside-In compilation comes from US composer Kenneth Kirschner. It’s another nocturnal recording, made on Block Island in the state of Rhode Island, off the east coast of the USA. There’s a lovely sense of calm permeating this recording. The first 90 seconds or so…

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    Outside-In: Ian Wilson

    by 5:4 May 5, 2020 • 11:38
    May 5, 2020 • 11:38

    The latest contribution to the Outside-In project, exploring diverse field recordings, comes from composer Ian Wilson. Unlike the previously-featured recordings, this one is nocturnal. Ian says this about it: The recording was made on 20th April in the heart of the south Serbian countryside, just outside the village of Međureč,…

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    Outside-In: Simon Cummings

    by 5:4 April 28, 2020 • 10:21
    April 28, 2020 • 10:21

    The latest addition to the Outside-In compilation of field recordings is one of my own. i’m sure i’m not alone in noticing how much more prominent birdsong has become during the lockdown, which is really wonderful. i’ve been fascinated by birdsong for many, many years, and lots of my field…

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    Outside-In: Jonathan Coleclough

    by 5:4 April 21, 2020 • 10:00
    April 21, 2020 • 10:00

    i’ve today added a new recording to the Outside-In compilation, this time by sound artist Jonathan Coleclough. If you’re not familiar with Coleclough’s work, i can’t recommend it highly enough; there are a couple of freebies available on Bandcamp, and beyond these i would cite two of his early works,…

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    Outside-In: JLIAT

    by 5:4 April 16, 2020 • 13:29
    April 16, 2020 • 13:29

    Being in a state of lockdown, as we currently are in the UK and in many other countries, i’ve recently found myself returning to the library of field recordings that i’ve made over the years, using them as a kind of ‘escape’ into the environment during a time when it’s…

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  • Lent Series

    Collin Thomas – April Triptych

    by 5:4 April 1, 2020 • 05:00
    April 1, 2020 • 05:00

    The penultimate work i’m featuring in this year’s Lent Series is both the longest and, possibly (depending on your perspective), the simplest. Collin Thomas‘ April Triptych was released nine years ago on the long-defunct, Berlin-based netlabel Resting Bell. There are a number of reasons why the piece is interesting, but…

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  • CD/Digital releases

    Gráinne Mulvey/Christopher Fox – Aeolus/untouch, John Wiggins – The Listened To Sound, Lee Fraser – Cor Unvers

    by 5:4 August 7, 2018 • 16:29
    August 7, 2018 • 16:29

    A new EP out on the Metier label brings together two works that each exist in an interesting relationship to real sounds. Irish composer Gráinne Mulvey‘s Aeolus, as the title suggests, takes its inspiration from the eponymous king of the island of Aeolia, names better known to us today via the…

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  • Comment

    Navigating the sounds of the cosmos

    by 5:4 August 7, 2012 • 13:44
    August 7, 2012 • 13:44

    It’s been with no little excitement that i’ve watched the Curiosity Rover landing on Mars this week. Astronomy has been a back-burner interest of mine since i was a boy and, not surprisingly, i’ve been especially fond of the sound recordings produced by NASA from the data received by Voyagers…

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  • CD/Digital releases

    “a hush, almost sacred”: Steve Peters – Here-ings

    by 5:4 February 12, 2009 • 00:59
    February 12, 2009 • 00:59

    As will have been obvious from my two “Best of” posts at the end of last year (here and here), i’m very taken with the work of sound artist Steve Peters. i’ve been spending a lot of time with his work of late, and one release has particularly impressed me…

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