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Neural [music review]"... The collection is a solemn tribute to the incomparable ability of the sound artist to capture ...
31/08/2023

Neural [music review]
"... The collection is a solemn tribute to the incomparable ability of the sound artist to capture the genius loci of distinct and engaging environments. Take, for example, the extraordinary song of a flock of birds in flight, the wind beating against..."
The London Sound Survey – From Dusk Till Dawn

Neural [music review]
"... The collection is a solemn tribute to the incomparable ability of the sound artist to capture the genius loci of distinct and engaging environments. Take, for example, the extraordinary song of a flock of birds in flight, the wind beating against..."
The London Sound Survey – From Dusk Till Dawn
CD – Persistence of Sound
(review in the first comment)

11/08/2022

A composed soundscape created from sounds recorded on location at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden and the surrounding areas.

This album is an adaptation of a longform radio piece produced for SSW’s radio station Lumsden Live in 2021.

As well as the rural environment, recordings of various machines, equipment and processes from the workshop feature heavily.

'Performed' by Eden Jolly sound sources include the copper guillotine, furnaces, extractor fans, electrical saws, drills, the furnace, welding torches, anvils, hydraulic jacks, sanding machines, grinders and electric hoists.

08/08/2022
Available now to pre-order, the new CD/DL from Mark Vernon."A World Behind This World" is a composition in 4-parts deriv...
08/08/2022

Available now to pre-order, the new CD/DL from Mark Vernon.
"A World Behind This World" is a composition in 4-parts derived from field recordings made in Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

There's a rich interplay between the rural environment and industrial processes - the perennial dialogue for field recordists everywhere of the natural vs the man-made.
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Mark Vernon and Natasha Barrett, live in London 23rd July, 3pm
16/07/2022

Mark Vernon and Natasha Barrett, live in London 23rd July, 3pm

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A composed soundscape created from sounds recorded on location at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden and the surrounding areas. This album is an adaptation of a longform radio piece produced for SSW’s radio station Lumsden Live in 2021. As well as the rural environment, recordings of various machines, equipment and processes from the workshop feature heavily. 'Performed' by Eden Jolly sound sources include the copper guillotine, furnaces, extractor fans, electrical saws, drills, the furnace, welding torches, anvils, hydraulic jacks, sanding machines, grinders and electric hoists.

Out now: Huellas Entreveradas, by Beatriz Ferreyra
Out now: Huellas Entreveradas, by Beatriz Ferreyra

*Sound on!* New vinyl / download album from electronic music pioneer Beatriz Ferreyra featuring new pieces from between 2001 and 2018, including one made for Bernard Parmegiani's birthday. https://www.persistenceofsound.co.uk/huellas-entreveradas

'Thames' by The London Sound Survey
'Thames' by The London Sound Survey

Thames by The London Sound Survey, download and pre-order vinyl at persistenceofsound.co.uk

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Persistence of Sound is a new independent record label celebrating musique concrète and field recordings

This label is a recognition of the place field recordings have found in our culture, both in their raw state and as compositional inspiration. The work of composers Luc Ferrari, Beatriz Ferreyra, Pierre Henry and Pierre Schaeffer are an inspiration to us, along with the sound recordists Chris Watson, Bernie Krause and Jana Winderen.

Persistence of Sound is also a celebration of pan-EU collaboration and cultural exchange, its first release drawing solely on sounds recorded by a partnership of six museums across Europe.

The first three releases explore the power of location sound as a trigger for emotion and memory, the music within the everyday sounds around us, and how musique concrète tape techniques – transforming concrete sounds from the real world – are being used today. These albums are complementary in their modernism – united as products of particular places and times.