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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 …Read the Rest

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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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2011 in Inverse Proportion

24/12/2011
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Technique: grab some stuff from the Raw Audio folder, all from 2011; line it up; export. Voila!

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Raven Wood on the Winter Solstice

21/12/2011
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Went off to Raven Wood today. It’s an interesting place, coniferous woodland on sand dunes, with the Irish Sea on one side and reclaimed mudflats on the other. In here you have tons of Greenland white-fronted geese, curlew, rooks, snipe …Read the Rest

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