Stereo soundscapes recorded in and around my neighbourhood of Grandpont, just south of the centre of Oxford. This playlist will evolve over time as I define and redefine my relationship to this place, but it is my attempt to create portraits of the signature sounds of this area: the geese on the river Thames, the trains, the ever-present roar of the ring road, the blackbirds and crows...

Grandpont

GREEN-SUN

Chillout remix for Pachelbel Canon in D major

Green Sun - Canon in D re-work (chillout)

Green Sun - The Last Battle

Crows At Hogacre Common

My local neighbourhood, rowdy crows. This is the longest continuous recording I've managed to get of them so far as they tend to only hang around in one spot for a minute or two at a time.

Grandpont Crows

Place Of Wild Strawberries

City Woodland, Two Trains

Bin Men In The Rain

Green-Sun

Green-Sun-Digital-Oasis

Green-Sun-Page-Of-Life

In August 2020 there was a few days of some intense thunderstorms across the UK. On this particular day I put my microphone rig out under the cover of a large hedge outside my flat and recorded for several hours. For most of the recording the hedge was inhabited also by a robin, who sang softly throughout most of the storm. 

This is a short excerpt from that longer recording where I like the density of the rain, and where the song cuts through just enough. It was the middle of the day so you'll hear some traffic and other sounds of activity from where I live, at the edge of a city.

Soft Robin Song In A Thunderstorm

Stereo soundscape recordings. Sometime nature, sometimes people, sometimes machinery. Sometimes quiet things like a single branch creaking in the wind on Dartmoor, sometimes odd moments in the city. Mostly local, but sometimes travelling. 

Soft Robin Song In A Thunderstorm

Douglas Langley