High Wire

I've always loved how field recordings can envelope you, take you to new locations. Right now it seems especially helpful to envision other ways of being, without retreating into fantasy, to plunge into other sound worlds, and Paris is an ideal place.

There's something called Paris Syndrome (apparently experienced largely by tourists from Japan) where the shock of arriving in Paris and finding that it doesn't quite cohere with your expectations causes severe anxiety, hallucinations, and/or dizziness. In this audio journey, I wanted to capture some diverse sides of the Paris experience - not quite Paris syndrome and not quite Amélie - to go beyond the stereotypes and make room for everything from the romantic to the utilitarian.

Bon séjour!

Demi-heure à Paris: Field Recordings

It's right on the cusp of autumn, and Florence is alive with laughter and music, the clatter of plates, and piétons reveling in the evening cool – An incredible mingling of voices and cultures. Passo d'Autunno moves through an exuberant city at a beautiful time of the year.

Passo d’Autunno: Field Recordings from Florence

Sounds of Maine / Pondicherry Park

Sounds of Maine / Snow Day, Portland

Sounds of Maine / Sewell Preserve

Sounds of Maine / Timber Point Trail

Sounds of Maine / Robinson Woods Preserve

Sounds of Maine / LaVerna Preserve

Sounds of Maine / Cliff Trail, Harpswell

Ombre 86

Lashed

Golden Hour

Tozan

Root System

Field recording of birds taken in the morning at Maine Audubon center, a nature preserve and science center in Falmouth.

Sounds of Maine / Maine Audubon

Sounds of Maine / Mount Megunticook

Dans le Métro 1

Rain in the Courtyard

Parc de Bercy

Raining in Rue Cler

Gare de Bordeaux

Birds dans les Jardins du Trocadero

Notre-Dame

Emerging from the Basilica

Playground, Piazza della Indipendenza

Via Maggio to Piazza Santa Trinita

some nice pretentious ambient fuzz, ideal for adding depth to meaningless moments in indie documentaries, etc

trains crossing

Sounds of Maine / Kettle Cove

Sounds of Maine / Scarborough Marsh Eastern Trail

Sounds of Maine / Smalls Falls

Ambient field recording of scenic overlook near Roxbury, Maine

Sounds of Maine / Height of Land

Field recording of a rainstorm captured in Portland, Maine

Sounds of Maine / Rainstorm, Portland

Ambient field recording of Rangely Lake State Park in Maine.

Sounds of Maine / Rangely Lake State Park

Field recording of Coos Canyon in Byron, Maine

Sounds of Maine / Coos Canyon

Ambient field recording of Bar Harbor Pier on Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Sounds of Maine / Bar Harbor Pier

Ambient field recording of Alamoosook Lake near Orland, Maine

Sounds of Maine / Alamoosook Lake, Evening

Sounds of Maine / Alamoosook Lake, Morning

Sounds of Maine / Burnt Cove, Deer Isle

Sounds of Maine / Crockett Cove Woods

Sounds of Maine / Exchange Street South, Old Port

Ambient field recording of a forest, falling pinecones, and birdsong in Wolfe's Neck State Park, Maine

Tadakichi

Pinned to spotlight

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