Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh ~ Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond
Oceans, lakes and streams get all the glory, but Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh are interested in ponds: specifically, the ways in which ponds offer their own take on the dawn and…
Noel Meek & Mattin ~ Homage to Annea Lockwood
The delightfully snipped Bandcamp description reads, “Homage to Annea Lockwood is housed in a hand …” Having met the artist, we believe that she would be amused by the image. To…
Natasha Barrett ~ Reconfiguring the Landscape
The last time we reviewed Norwegian soundscape artist Natasha Barrett, she was playing with ping-pong balls – a lot of ping-pong balls – on Heterotopia, which encouraged listeners to ponder the “otherness” of…
Tom White ~ Medina Vibrations
Medina Vibrations is a diverse collection of sound works that include an exhibition, an installation, a live piece and a studio work. Together they paint a sonic picture of an active…
Martina Testen and Simon Šerc ~ Ekodukt
Martina Testen and Simon Šerc‘s Biodukt is one of the finest field recording works we’ve ever covered, making our overall Top 20 in 2020. Earlier this year, we included the album…
Jana Winderen ~ The Blue Beyond
While spinning The Blue Beyond, I couldn’t help but hope that Jana Winderen and Manja Ristić might one day meet and become friends, if they haven’t already. The distance from Oslo to…
Mark David Hadley ~ Flight Paths
Sheffield’s Mark David Hadley has been making field recordings for a while, benefitting recently from an equipment upgrade. Flight Paths is his most realized project to date, due to its theme, narrative structure…