Name: Pratt Cannon Plaza - 2-24-017 Layered Compression 12 Soundscape by SummerClub NODE801 in Soundscapes, Soundscape Ecology, & Acoustic Ecology
Duration: 5 min

Soundscapes, Soundscape Ecology, & Acoustic Ecology

In today’s pop music, everybody is a composer. But what about the classics? The songs that last? In this program we survey African musicians reinterpreting each other’s songs, as well as songs from far outside their traditions. And we hear foreign takes on African diaspora music. From Louis Armstrong’s “Skokiaan” to Alpha Blondy’s “Whole Lotta Love,” it’s a journey of discovery and rediscovery. Produced by Banning Eyre. 

APWW #854

Afropop Cover Songs

This Hip Deep episode presents the stunning radio premiere of "Oh, David," the traditional song of the annual Easter Rock in Winnsboro, Louisiana. The Easter Rock is in fact a surviving ringshout—the oldest known form of African American music—but it's about 600 miles west of the ringshout's heartland in Georgia. It's located across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg in the Louisiana Delta, where they don't call it a "ringshout," but a “rock.” And it totally rocks. Producer Ned Sublette attends the Easter Rock ceremony and talks with Dr. Joyce Marie Jackson, a scholar and Louisiana native, who has been working with the Rockers for almost 20 years and confirms their tradition as a direct musical link to slavery days. In Athens, Georgia, Sublette visits Art Rosenbaum, producer of recordings by Georgia's McIntosh County Shouters, and more. 

Produced by Ned Sublette.
APWW #734

Black History Month: The Ring and The Shout

Moh Kouyate is a Guinean guitarist/singer/songwriter descending from a line of griots (jalis) in West Africa. As listeners heard in the Afropop Worldwide program Global Griots in France, he has lived in Paris since 2006, collaborating with a wide range of artists from genres far outside his traditional art. In this episode, Banning Eyre speaks with Moh about his adventurous life, and particularly, his ground-breaking, new acoustic album, Mokhôya. Also, fellow Guinean artist Natu Camara gives a shoutout about her upcoming visit to Camp Afropop, May 28-31, 2024 near Woodstock, New York.

Planet Afropop - Moh! Kouyate: A Conversation with a Global Griot

Science Friday

Revealing The Largest Deep-Sea Coral Reef In The World

If Termites Wore Stripes, Would Spiders Still Eat Them?

In the stillness of a Swedish forest, a solitary Mistle Thrush sings its melancholic tune. This recording captures the essence of the forest, a place where time seems to stand still and the beauty of nature can be fully appreciated.

Recorded 14.04.2023
Zoom F3 + Sennheiser MKH8020

Image courtesy of Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (Creative Commons)

Mistle Thrush - Öjesjöbrännan Ekopark, Västerfärnebo, Sweden

Original live recording for CBC Radio's "Touch the Earth"
prod. Paul Mills,  location recordist Tim Wilson
poster image from Cape Breton Fiddlers Association

Glendale Cape Breton Fiddle Festival 1977

Against the odds, a tiny Icelandic town speaks of a local Black ancestor. Geneticists and historians combine forces to uncover the man’s eventful life.

A Trail Gone Cold

Skype Interview with OTIS SAN ONOFRE St. Patrick's Day 2024 for Radio San Onofre located outside Madrid. They were in the midst of celebrating Beefheart Month on the radio station. Apologies for the audio which makes it sound like I was suffering from a bad cold that day, and thanks to all the artists I've collaborated with over the years and intend to collaborate with in future,

Interview with Gary Lucas on Spanish Radio "SAN ONOFRE" 3/17/24

In this episode, Planet Afropop’s Lagos correspondent Fay Fay profiles a unique multi-generational band on the Nigerian scene: Alternative Reflective Beats (ARB). True to their name, ARB's music embodies the vibrant rhythms of Afrobeat intertwined with a fusion of other genres. Their mission is to maintain their distinct musical identity while creating songs that appeal to both live audiences and streaming enthusiasts. By staying true to this vision, the band aspires to establish longevity in the industry.

Planet Afropop - ARB: Nigeria’s Alternative Reflective Beats

The first episode in a new series of podcasts looking at – and listening to – the sounds of the world around us. The forthcoming instalments will look at all aspects of our noisy cosmos and how we listen to it, the stories we tell about it, and all the ideas, inventions, discoveries, possibilities and ideas that live in the realm of the audible. Written and produced by Tim Hinman. Supported by B&O PLAY

We kick off with the ambitiously titled episode "The Sound Of Life Itself" where we meet field recordist, sound ecologist and musician Bernie Krause.

01 – The Sound Of Life Itself

Paulus and Annie take to the studio to fight through acoustic ecology jargon in search of a better way to listen. 

Photo credit: Joel Rogers

Soundscapes In Crisis: A Love/Break-up Letter to Acoustic Ecology

Recording of sounds at the Cannon plaza at Pratt Institute on February 24, 2017 between 3:30 and 4:40pm.  Actual recording 1 hour and 10 minutes and was divided into 5 minute segments, each segment is layered on the other to "compress" the recording into a total of 5 minutes. A total of 12 tracks were produced and layered. Minimal mixing and no effects.  
Approximate Location (via Google): 
40°41'25.0"N 73°57'53.3"W
40.690267, -73.964806
Example for use by my Sociology of Music/Sound/Noise course, Spring 2017 http://node801.blogspot.com/2017/01/description-for-new-course-sociology-of.html

Pratt Cannon Plaza - 2-24-017 Layered Compression 12 Soundscape

Composed radio documentary about ecological sound art, broadcast on Resonance FM on 23rd June 2015 as part of Critical Waves Radio.

Critical Waves

'Ecoacoustics' - composed documentary for Critical Waves Radio (2015)

Documentary commissioned by basic.fm. Newcastle, England.
A two-part documentary investigating the history and influence of the Acoustic Ecology movement started by R. Murray Schafer in the 1970s.

Documentary - A Short History Of Acoustic Ecology: Part 1

An audio documentary by Chris Wood, Camara Miller and Nathan Clarkson. Mastered at The Banff Centre by Magdalena Kasparek.

The programme is an overview of soundscape studies and acoustic ecology featuring new and archive interviews with Hildegaard Westerkamp, Barry Truax and researchers from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada alongside recordings from the World Soundscape Project.

A Short History of Acoustic Ecology was commissioned by Pixel Palace for Basic FM

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