A handful of my favourite sound recordings made by Chris Watson, a legend in the field.

Chris Watson Favourites

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Take Away 21

Albums de culte : 10-10_6

Some people capture images, while others capture sound. Inspired by Taylor Deupree’s One Sound Each Day project, we set off on an aural journey to document our lives. Here are a few selected Field Recordings, Auditory Portraits and Creative Phonography from some of our favorite musicians, created exclusively for Headphone Commute.

For more info and detailed descriptions of each entry, please visit headphonecommute.com

Dustin O'Halloran - Berlin

Taken from the upcoming album 'Punish, Honey'.
Released Sept 15th via Tri Angle Records.
2xLP, CD & Digital. 

Vessel - Red Sex

New Ikonika, due out on Hyperdub on Vinyl EP and Digital 25th of August

Preorder from Itunes

Ikonika - Praxis (Taken From Position EP 25/08/2014) Hyperdub

'The Grit In The Pearl' is a new song from eponymous 'Clark' LP out Nov 3rd on @warp-records, available to pre-order from Bleep - http://smarturl.it/clark-bleep

Clark live shows have been announced in New York and LA, including a support show with Massive Attach at The Greek. For the complete tour listing go to http://bit.ly/clark-us-tour

'Clark' available on CD, 2x LP and digital formats from,
Bleep - http://smarturl.it/clark-bleep
iTunes - http://smarturl.it/clark-itunes
Amazon - http://smarturl.it/clark-amazon

http://throttleclark.com/
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Clark

Buy at Bleep.com

The Grit In The Pearl

James Ginzburg & Yair Elazar Glotman - Nimbes - Eric Holm Version (clip)

Whilst recently digitising my tape archive I came across this one from Geff/John Balance of Coil, with whom I frequently exchanged music. It features this one solitary track which I believe he gave me to play out at my Electronic Lounge club that I ran at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London in 1994.

The other side features remixes of the band Stabbing Westward tune 'Lies' but don't believe this has anything to do with Coil. I just think Geff was recycling a tape that was lying around in the studio. This seems to be an alternative mix of ELpH - Static Electrician, longer than the released version.

I share it with you out of respect to the memory of great people no longer with us, and ask that you don't try to profit by making money out of this. Gift culture can make others happy :-)

Coil - For Robin

Taken from 'At The Dam' LP by Mary Lattimore, out March 4, 2016.

Pre-order at The Ghostly Store: http://www.theghostlystore.com/collections/music/products/at-the-dam
Or at the retailer of your choice: https://Ghostly.lnk.to/mary-lattimore-atthedam

At The Dam

Mary Lattimore - Jimmy V

Pour Madame X

Naïve derviche

The Drummer EP

Sundog

The Bones Of What You Believe

Gun (KDA Remix [Bonus Track])

Chicago born, Brooklyn based DJ, synth builder and electronics artist Antenes explores beats and abstractions in our latest podcast.  Antenes’ eclectic DJ sets reflect her early and current musical influences, and her live sets also vary from intricate polyrhythmic techno to ambient/experimental.  Her work is featured in the 2013 documentary I Dream of Wires: The Modular Synthesizer Documentary.  Her 2015 solo production debut, The Track of a Storm EP on L.I.E.S. was named to the best-of 2015 lists of Fact Magazine and Juno Plus, and she is currently collaborating with Moog Music in modifying and enclosing their analog circuits into a new instrument using her switchboards, to be performed at the forthcoming Moog Fest in Durham, NC in May 2016. Keep an eye on her and read more in the following links:

synth construction/telecom :www.meridian7.net   
DJ/production focus: www.antenes.net      
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/antenes 
Facebook artist page: https://www.facebook.com/lesantenes/  



Track list:

1: ADMX-71 - Virtuality Continuum - L.I.E.S.
2: Black Rain - Now I'm Just A Number - Blackest Ever Black
3: Raica - Satmor - Further Records 
4: Antenes - sea/thistle experiments -  unreleased   
5: Sigha - 14.5 - Avian
6: Orphx - Apparition - Sonic Groove 
7: Zen Paradox - Dutigalla 1994 - Nova Zembla
8: Mike Dred - Macrocosm - R & S
9: Donato Dozzy - Quadra Nove - The Bunker New York 
10: Atom Heart - Lightfast - Rough Trade Records GmbH 
11: Polar Inertia - Major Axis - Dement3d Records 
12: Ciarra Black - Rewound - unreleased 
13: Kangding Ray - Amber Decay - Raster-Noton 
14: Further Reductions - Beyond Time - Cititrax 
15: DJ Overdose - Brain vs. Heart - L.I.E.S
16: Martial Canterel - Windscreen - Wierd

Phormix Podcast #44 Antenes

Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963 - 1972)

Southern Man

Taken from his forthcoming album 'Spells' out June 10 on Erased Tapes.

Pre-order the LP/CD/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP085
iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/spells Spotify: http://snip.ftpromo.net/goldentimes
Bandcamp: http://snip.ftpromo.net/spellsbc or any other good record store worldwide

"A soothing piece of delirious sound" – Clash
"Strangely upbeat nocturnes" – The Wire
"It's just incredible" – Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

‘Spells’ merges programmed piano pieces with live instruments, combining the controllable technical world and the often unpredictable aspects of live improvisation. In some ways it continues where his underground debut ‘Gravity’ left off, though a lot of weight is lifted, making room for a lighter and more energetic listen. Friend and fellow Erased Tapes artist Nils Frahm mixed and mastered both albums. Ben is not a master pianist like his dear friend, but his sound collages are so meticulously designed that after hearing the result an impressed Nils declared: “from now on, if anyone asks – this is a real piano”. 

His intricate, humanised programming – enhanced by drummer Achim Färber, cellist Anton Peisakhov and harpist Lara Somogyi, and a considerate selection of echoes, delays and compressors – has been used to create a hybrid sound that intends to deceive, question and challenge existing listening habits. Utilising the contrast between reduction and decoration, ‘Spells’ can be seen as a quest to find out how much or how little composition is required to constitute a song. Why the ear can and should be deceived about the authenticity of instruments. What significance these instruments have within this process, and why the personal perception of balance and sound exclude ultimate truths. 

Linking the two albums are the four movements of ‘Nocturne’, an ever-developing conversation that on occasion flirts with the grandeur of compressed rock drums. The first single, ‘Golden Times 1’, received a world premiere by BBC 6 Music’s Mary Anne Hobbs, proclaiming it as "incredible." An alternative version of ‘Sleepers Beat Theme’ – composed for the soundtrack to a short film about the Trans-Siberian Express – opened Jon Hopkins’ Late Night Tales album from 2015, who noted “I thought it was such a calming and sensitive piece that sounded to me like the beginning of something...the warmth and depth of the sound entrances me every time”. 

Though ‘Spells’ and ‘Gravity’ are his first albums recorded under his own name, as acclaimed electronic producer HECQ he’s released nine albums since 2003, exploring everything from ambient to breakcore. He has simultaneously established himself as a trusted composer and sound designer, working for a wide array of clients including Amnesty International and Marvel Comics; composing for feature films, games, art installations and convention opening titles.

After embracing this demanding line of work, in 2010 Ben felt the need to explore his roots and early education, which inspired these albums under his own name. Born in 1981 as the third child of opera singer Deirdre Boysen and actor Claus Boysen, his classical music training on piano and guitar began when he was seven years old; the works of Bruckner, Wagner and Bach laid an important foundation. Rediscovering this music shared with his parents – united with the sounds of Autechre, Cristian Vogel and Jiri.Ceiver to Pink Floyd and Godspeed You! Black Emperor – brought back an understanding of why he wanted to write music in the first place.

“Finding my views understood, reflected and welcomed by Erased Tapes was an encouraging experience, crowned by the offer to release ‘Spells’ and re-issue ‘Gravity’ with them. Through many caring conversations with Robert I felt that there’s no better home for the existing ideas and no better cradle for new ones.”  – Ben Lukas Boysen

Spells

Buy LP/CD/DL

Ben Lukas Boysen – Nocturne 4

Renowned natural history sound recordist and 2014 Handel Foundling Fellow, Chris Watson, worked with young care-leavers recording the sounds of the dawn chorus on the site of the original Foundling Hospital. Inspired by the genetic link today’s birds have with those that sang here for the eighteenth and nineteenth century foundlings, Watson’s sound piece links past and present through a poetic meditation on the importance of place.

Dawn Chorus by Chris Watson

25 Years

Different Trains: America—Before the war

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter LVII. The Endless by Antenes. 
Cover photo courtesy of Candace Price.

Soundtrack from a liminal space. Unscripted moments. Watching planes, scattering light. Listen to the quiet voice. 

Antenes performs live at Mysteries V, Friday October 14.

Tracklist:
1. Brian Eno - Matta // )))))) Chicago Midway Airport, long ago )))))
2. Ital - The Citadel
3. Electric Indigo - 109_47 degrees (live excerpt)
4. SETI - Fragment.01
5. Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - Hidden Refuge 
6. The Fires of Ork - Gebirge 
7. Clinker - Provody
8. Rob Hood - The Exodus
9. Zoviet France - Static Fields 
10. Sun Electric - Point X (Ed. 2)
11. Peter Benisch - Precious 
12. Dicabor - III.
13. Zen Paradox - Subterranean Rise 
14. Klaus Schulze - Crystal Lake 
15. Shxcxchcxchsh - Ss  // ))))) ))))) ))))
16. Atom Heart - (Holon) Slo Motion
17. Plecid - Leaves

https://soundcloud.com/antenes

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast Chapter LVII

Mysteries of the Deep LVII - ANTENES | THE ENDLESS

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

Mullholland

Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire for an Aquatic Life

The Better Angels of Our Nation

She came with true alliance
When I was lost in the dark
Whispering hope
And wielded me with light
The sword of truth is reforged
Shining bright
The ring of trust
Remade
Regained it´s spark

Podcast

Hydrangea

In St Cuthbert's Time

Lechten

El Tren Fantasma

El Divisadero

Winter

Weather Report

The Lapaich

Vatnajokull

Ol-lool-o

Seventh Heaven EP

Seventh Heaven

'Short Stories' is the debut album by japanese artist Shuta Yasukochi. The album comes in a 6-Panel CD.

Written and Produced by Shuta Yasukochi. 
Mastering by Rob Small. 
Archives39 // ArchivesCD020 
Archives / 2017

Buy CD/Digital

Shuta Yasukochi - Short Stories  (Album Snippets)

Irradiance is Joachim Spieth’s first full length album, to be released on his own imprint Affin. It reflects a cycle of realignment in a carefully realized emotional journey. A constant motion through the layers of the tracks shape the sonic landscape, while evolving atmospheres provide a cohesive feel with shimmers of optimism.

The release will be available as a double 12” and digital, mastered by Artefacts Mastering. The album release coincides with Affin's 10th anniversary.

Artist: Joachim Spieth
Title: Irradiance
Format: Vinyl/CD/Digital
Cat: Affin LP 01 LTD
Release: 2nd November 2017
Mastered by Gio @ Artefacts Mastering Berlin
Artwork by Bjoern Stolpmann & Oliver Keil
Photo by Joachim Spieth
www.joachimspieth.de

re-issued on CD in 2023
https://affin.bandcamp.com/merch

Irradiance

Joachim Spieth - Irradiance

Apparat - Holdon

Locations, Processed (Blue TB7 Series)

Grand Central Terminal

Yohji Yamamoto ss 1992

Available in vinyl, cd , digital here :
http://eklektikrecords.bandcamp.com/album/yoggyone-canop-e

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YoggyOne - "Paper Airplane To Bestown"

Track 2 from the Tombs EP, released April 2014 on Denovali records

12" vinyl and CD available from here:

http://moonzero.bigcartel.com/

Recorded at St George in the East church, Shadwell October 2012
Mixed at The Moriaki Skyway, Limehouse



Endless Palms

Recover EP out now: http://po.st/Sm7Tvk

The Bones Of What You Believe out now. Standard: http://po.st/TBOWYB | Special: http://po.st/TBOWYBSpecial

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Recover EP

Recover (Cid Rim Remix)

Dawn Chorus is a beautiful sound installation that links past and present through a poetic meditation on the spirit of place. It was made for the Foundling Museum by Foundling Fellow, the renowned wildlife sound recordist, Chris Watson, and a group of young care-leavers from London.

Dawn Chorus with an introduction by Chris Watson

Multi-channel field recording of 12,000 Italian bees at Buckeye Creek Farm Cherokee GA.
The setup consisted of four wooden packages of bee's containing 3000 bees each stacked on top of each other creating a wall of swarming noise. 

 Captured with the Neumann RSM 191-A/S and DPA SMK 4060 omnidirectional miniature stereo microphones. Everything was recorded at 24-bit 96khz with the Sound Devices 744T and Mixpre-D. Free Download

Watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/63253584
http://buckeyecreekfarmga.com/