In celebration of the ancient Roman god Terminus, god of boundaries, whose festival is 23rd February ... I walked the shoreline of my imaginary lockdown island - Contención Island (https://martinpeccles.com/other-sound-works/contencion-island/). Although I've waked this in sections before, I have never previously walked it in one go.
So, starting at about 05:50 I walked through the dawn and ended at 10:00 - four hours - the length of the shoreline was about 11 miles and the walk total was about 12 once I add in the distance from my house to the shore. Unsurprisingly, there wasn't much of a dawn chorus along the shoreline in February ... and it was quite windy ... force 4 to 5 gusting 6 to 7.

Terminalia: around Contención Island

The whole recording from myself and Mike's Easter Sunday throw down in Newcastle's premier Rave Boozer. Ambient through to some classic Detroit Techno. All vinyl, from myself and with a few bits I've never played before.

Thanks to Mike, for digging some fine music out and joining me. Always an education and thanks to Team Tanners, for allowing us to play what we do and for the fine hospitality

Enjoy!

Tony 586 Mike Signals Tanners 31.03.2024.MP3

This is the recording of my set at Star & Shadow in Newcastle, 30.03.24

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Star & Shadow, Newcastle

Recorded live on 13/04/2017 at Endless Window presents: Mary Ocher supported by Waskerley Way and Ship Canal @ the Old Police House, Gateshead.

All works in progress by Ship Canal/Daniel Baker

In remembrance of Mika Vainio

R.I.P

Live at the Old Police House, Gateshead, 13/4/2017 (For Mika Vainio)///Recording starts at 0.30

Totally unprocessed, no manipulation, just being in the right place. Broken fence, wind and a sight for opportunity. Recorded on iPhone

brb>voicecoil - Cramlington Fence 2

Ding Dong Tick Tock (Podcast Version)

ARMA PODCAST 203: Zoviet France

Dawn chorus field recording in 20 Pound Close Wood, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, UK.

For the last 4 years, on and off, photographer and researcher Michele Allen has been researching what might be a small area of ancient woodland in the middle of Team Valley Trading Estate in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. She discovered the wood's name - 20 Pound Close via the archives of The Natural History Society Of Northumbria. 

It's roughly the size of a couple of football pitches divided by a road. It predates the current industrial estate, which was built in the 1930s and Michele has found evidence that it existed as far back as the 1700s, pre-industrial revolution. 

https://www.michele-allen.co.uk

The wood is dense with Willow Trees, Ash, Birch , Sycamore, huge 150 year old Black Poplar and Wild Garlic. It's home to a lot of wildlife including the Redwing, Song and Mistle Thrush which are on the RSPB red-list of endangered species.

It's a really unusual site given its location. It feels hidden from the life of the industrial estate and for an inner city woodland is very clean and undisturbed.  TSS teamed up with Michele on Summer Solstice 2019 to record a dawn chorus. We started recording around 3.15am and bird song starts to really kick around 30 minutes in and peaks around the hour mark.

Thanks to Tim Shaw and Mareck Gabrysch for loan of the fancy kit.

Dawn Chorus 20 Pound Close Wood Team Valley Gateshead 22 June 2019

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Dawn Chorus 20 Pound Close Wood Team Valley Gateshead 22 June 2019

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