The Sound of 2021

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The Sound of 2021

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Dec 6, 2021

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A slow weave of the past year’s Field Recordings, from sunset on the last day of 2020 to a gathering storm in Iceland at the end of 2021. Sunset on […]

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Dec 6, 2021

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A podcast where audio-makers stand silently in fields (or things that could be broadly interpreted as fields).

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First snow of the year, London, UK on 24th January 2021 – by Eleanor McDowall: Walking up the best local hill for sledding, the snow still falling. by Field Recordings
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Aquatic insects and plant photosynthesis, River Waveney, UK in May 2020 – by Tom Fisher: “This jungle of activity was recorded with hydrophones dropped into the River Waveney on the Suffolk/Norfolk border, on a very sunny day in May 2020.” www.actionpyramid.com www.instagram.com/actionpyramid by Field Recordings
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Rain and thunder, Boungingi, Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1994 – by Louis Sarno: “This recording of thunder and rain was made in Boungingi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1994, by musicologist Louis Sarno (born in Newark, New Jersey, 1954), who lived in […] by Field Recordings
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Standing in the yard, Lewiston, New York, USA in February 2021 – by Sean Johnson: “A cold and windy day in the yard with my dogs.” www.capturedsound.com by Field Recordings
5 min listen
Night barge on the Rhine, Mainz, Germany in February 2018 – by Neil Verma: “Some barges on the Rhine, recorded around 4:00 in the morning, February 2018. Recorded with a Sony PCM D-100 in XY mode. The photo is from Cologne, but the recording […] by Field Recordings
9 min listen
River Volga, Russia on 7th July 2020 – by Vladimir Kryuchev: “An outgoing middle-sized passenger liner trying to unmoor at the town of Myshkin on the River Volga.” by Field Recordings
12 min listen
Sefton Park at the dawn of a new Lockdown, Liverpool, UK on 5th January 2021 – by Flora Zajicek: “Living in the middle of a concrete, urban environment the news of another lockdown was bleak. I went at dawn on the first day to find stillness and a bit […] by Field Recordings
6 min listen
25 de Abril Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal in May 2020 – by Fabio Fusillo: “Waves, cars and metro.” by Field Recordings
1 min listen
Thunderstorm on a summer night, Frisanco, North-Eastern Alps, Italy in 2019 – by Jacopo Furlanetto: “Night thunderstorms can be both unsettling and relaxing, especially when heard from an old and tall stone house surrounded by the woods. Surely, the 11 o’clock bell towers’ voice echoing […] by Field Recordings
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Early morning, Piddlehinton, Dorset, UK on 20th December 2020 – by Nada Smiljanic: “One morning, during a visit to Dorset, I awoke to the sound of birds outside my window. I hadn’t left the city all year and don’t normally have much greenery […] by Field Recordings
1 min listen
Dawn chorus, Mallacoota, Australia in January 2021 – by Camilla Hannan: “The area was struck by massive bushfires in January 2020. Its starting to grow back in that amazing way that bushland does. There are still swathes of burnt bush, mainly […] by Field Recordings
11 min listen
Waves crashing the frozen shore, Lake Ontario, Wilson, NY, USA on 14th February 2021 – by Sean Johnson: “My wife and I took a ride along Lake Ontario today and I was able to get a short recording of the waves crashing the frozen shore. I would’ve liked to have […] by Field Recordings
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Enchanted Circus at the Rye Summer Carnival, Rye foreshore, Victoria, Australia on 17th January 2021 at 7:29pm – by Jaye Kranz: “Here is a field recording from me. From what really is a field, a sometime-grass, sometime-dirt, drought-depending foreshore in a small seaside town not far from here. Though one that becomes something else after […] by Field Recordings
2 min listen
Snow melt, Pearsall Avenue, Bronx, NY, USA on 5th February 2021 – by Ariana Martinez: “It was such a resonant, hollow sound, I started to hear it even before I reached the street corner. I sometimes forget that there’s this whole underground world of urban infrastructure […] by Field Recordings
2 min listen
Shingle Beach, Newhaven, UK in January 2021 – by Sam Care: “I recorded this one morning last week at high tide, underneath the cliffs on the edge of the Newhaven port, just beyond where ferries to and from France arrive and […] by Field Recordings
8 min listen
Sunset at Belmont Harbor, Chicago, Illinois, USA on 26th December 2020 – by Claire Tighe: “On the day after Christmas, I spent the afternoon walking along the lakefront in Chicago. As the winter sun went down, I stopped to witness the last hour of daylight […] by Field Recordings
6 min listen
Fireplace, West Coast of Ireland on 11th February 2021 – by Nick van der Kolk: “My favorite place in my house, at least sonically, is the fireplace. Its chimney was constructed in such a way as to pull sounds from the outside with both a […] by Field Recordings
3 min listen
Goblin Combe, North Somerset, UK on 13th February 2021 – by Mair Bosworth: “We drove a little way out of the city to buy logs and stopped at a nice wood called Goblin Combe for a walk. It was so cold I put […] by Field Recordings
1 min listen
Winter roost, Halesworth, Suffolk, UK in December 2020 – by Tom Fisher: “Recorded just after dark in a muddy wood, a day after solstice on the outskirts of Halesworth, Suffolk in December 2020. An awe-inspiring spectacle of thousands of corvids, mainly rooks […] by Field Recordings
4 min listen
Lone blackbird at dusk, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia on 22nd December 2019 – by Jaye Kranz: “A lone blackbird singing on the TV aerial, on the roof next door, at dusk. I had no idea they did mash-ups of their own song. Tiny, sonic motifs switched […] by Field Recordings
2 min listen
Lamp post, Shoreham Port, Sussex, UK on 18th December 2020 – by Simon James: “The tall lamp posts oscillate in the wind on this exposed bit of industrial coast, making the cables inside move rhythmically against the metal.” www.thesimonsound.bandcamp.com by Field Recordings
4 min listen
Waking up the neighbours, a dawn chorus in Glenshee, Scotland in June 2019 – by Neil Verma: “A dawn chorus of birds I recorded during Murmurations, a field recording retreat in Scotland in 2019 hosted by Jez Riley French and Chris Watson. Halfway through you hear a […] by Field Recordings
9 min listen
March 4 Justice, Melbourne, Australia on 15th March 2021 – by Michelle Ransom-Hughes: “More than 5000 women and allies gathered at Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens on Monday 15th March as part of a national day of demonstrations around Australia demanding action to end gendered violence. […] by Field Recordings
2 min listen
Labyrinth Walk, Franciscan Center in Tampa, Florida, USA on 28th January 2021 – by Theresa Collington: “About 60 people all walking/meditating/praying silently through our labyrinth, lit up with the full moon and small tea lights. The path is made of crushed shells so the crunch of […] by Field Recordings
1 min listen
Dreaming dog, the Wirral, UK on 26th February 2021 – by Caroline Crampton: “At the end of a long lockdown week, my husband, dog and I collapsed on the bed and dozed for a while. Morris, a Clumber spaniel who takes sleep very […] by Field Recordings
16 min listen
Thin ice, Salmon Falls River, on the border between Maine and New Hampshire, USA in February 2021 – by Katie Semro: “Here’s a recording from a few weeks ago. It’s taken on the banks of the Salmon Falls River (a tidal river) which forms the border between Maine and New Hampshire. […] by Field Recordings
1 min listen
Common Cranes at Dawn, Lac du Der, France on 10th January 2021 – by Colin Hunter: “At 48 km2, the Lac du Der is the largest artificial lake in Europe, built in 1974 to regulate the river Marne and help protect Paris from flooding. The lake […] by Field Recordings
4 min listen
Early evening, Jayuya, Puerto Rico on 18th February 2021 – by Daniel Guillemette: “This was recorded on a farm outside the mountain town of Jayuya in Puerto Rico. It was early evening and the coquí frogs were buzzing.” by Field Recordings
2 min listen
After the rainstorm, Texas, USA at 1.47pm on 29th April 2021 – by Jay Roff-Garcia: “The microphone and I stood in a small field near the geographical centre of the city as a rainstorm abates.” by Field Recordings
13 min listen
Calm morning at riverbed, Borneo rainforest in 2020 – by George Vlad: “It’s early morning at a dry riverbed in the Borneo rainforest. The soundscape is thick and piercing but not too busy. Gentle fog drip creates a subtle drawn-out rhythm while […] by Field Recordings
10 min listen

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Westminster Palace Clockmaker’s Workshop on 14th November 2023 – by Andrew Strangeway: “The various heritage clocks belonging to parliament are serviced here. The sound of two clock movements on test after repair. Their ticks drift in and out of phase with each […] by Field Recordings
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Partial eclipse, Morro Bay, California, USA at 11.11am on 8th April 2024 – by Rebecca Nolan by Field Recordings
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Two minutes before the total eclipse, McGill Campus, Montreal, Québec at 3.24pm on 8th April 2024 – by Cristal Duhaime by Field Recordings
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Mary Valley Rattler, Gympie Steam Train 967, Queensland, Australia on 22nd November 2023 – by Glenn Legge: “The sounds of a working steam tourist railway as engine 967 winds it’s way from Gympie to Amamoor in the Mary Valley, Queensland, Australia. Sounds include ambiences from inside the […] by Field Recordings
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Seashore, Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 2023 – by Joaquín Conde: “In August 2023, I participated as an editor in the 2nd “Encuentro Provincial de Bibliotecas Populares” in Chapadmalal, which brings together librarians, independent publishers, and officials from the province’s cultural […] by Field Recordings
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Air escaping from a wet, upturned jar on a drainer (on a windy day), Scotland on 20th February 2024 – by Katie Revell by Field Recordings
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Singing Escalator, Greenwich, London, UK on the morning of 7th March 2024 – by Alan Hall: “When we worked on Monument together in 1993 (the musicalised documentary that launched BBC Radio 3’s Between the Ears), my old friend Ian Gardiner was keen to capture what he called a Singing […] by Field Recordings
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Loch Lomond, Scotland, UK in April 2023 – by Joe Wilkins: “We’d arrived at our campsite in the evening and pitched our tent just as the A82 was being closed, we didn’t find out why but I decided to take advantage […] by Field Recordings
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