The Thames at Hammersmith, a week after The Boat Race

13/04/2013
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Some rowers are on the river, some with a coach in a motor boat, some not; a river cruiser passes; and more. I spent half an hour recording with hydrophone and stereo mic, and have made this excerpt, combining the mono hydrophone and regular stereo mic, changing their relative levels along the way.

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Urban Reservoir one Sunday Morning

18/02/2013
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After two days at the In The Field symposium, I was woken early on Sunday by a sound that brought to mind two recordings we heard at the event: Swans taking flight, in-close, by Simon Elliot, and children playing in …Read the Rest

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Walks on Hampstead Heath

10/11/2012
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Simple field recordings, and me describing, some probably fairly ordinary sounds of Hampstead Heath Extension and the adjoining Sandy Heath.

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Antwerp Central Station Field Recording

22/09/2012
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Four minutes in the main hall of Antwerp Central Station in late August. The space is gorgeous to look at too!

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Comoonication

11/09/2012
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A silly little play-piece.

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White Cliffs of Dover

02/09/2012
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Another of those nature walks I do. If you’ve heard one, you’ll know that listening is a waste of your time. 1 August, 2012, and we’re walking from Folkestone about halfway to Dover.

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Being stopped in my tracks on Hampstead Heath Extension

31/07/2012
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Out for a wander with newly thrown-together microphone windshields to test, nearly leaving the Heath, where the National Grid has works underway on requiring temporary traffic lights on the road just nearby. Then also me turning around and stuff – …Read the Rest

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I wanted to settle down here

30/05/2012
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A radio feature, a travelogue. A version of an RTÉ Doc on One that I never made – despite help and support from them and Russell Finch, I got so far, and not all the way. Half a year later, …Read the Rest

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Joyous or sad

11/03/2012
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Generalising, but: features producers love radio that brings joy. A bit of a laugh. Comparative “outsiders” – writers, musicians, listeners – are moved more highly by desperately sad, gut-wrenching radio. Why the difference? Partly, I think, because in “the business” of …Read the Rest

Some listening

05/02/2012
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Catching up on more than a day of unheard listening is taking some time. It’s easy to go for the guaranteed hits – WireTap before work on a Monday, for instance. Some iPod blue dots take more courage to listen …Read the Rest

Off to Leipzig – Future of Radio in the Digital Age

26/01/2012
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Weeee! Off to Leipzig today, for the EBU/Prix Europa/Leipziger-Medienstiftung Think Tank on Radio in the Digital Age. Lots of good (and short) thought pieces to read on it here. Also had a look at the weather forecast. Flurries, and the …Read the Rest