Sonic Landscapes - A Listening Session
Environmental sound, field recordings and the music of place explored in a special live listening session at 180 Studios in London.
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Memory, empathy and the sound of military drones with Maja Zećo
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An occasional round-up of new releases, books, exhibitions, films and other bits loosely connected to the world of environmental sound.
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The first Antarctic field recording
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The sound of an ice core
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Sound Recommendations: November 2024
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The gruesome prehistory of bat echolocation
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