We’re starting to think about another series of Ventures and Adventures in Topography on Resonance fm so I’ve been sorting through some of the field recordings from walks from the first two series.
The first recording here is a reading from the introduction to The Fringe of London – this is the credo that inspired our walks.
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Blackbird in East London by Fugueur
Field recording of a bird singing at 9pm in the back garden. Aside from the passing planes turning over Wanstead Flats for their final approach into Heathrow you can hear the sound of the recent rain falling onto a carpet of ivy leaves.
The bird wasn’t actually in my garden but somewhere nearby.
I’ve assumed this is a blackbird, I know precious little about birdsong but my father, who is an old Chilterns man, was saying that “you always get Blackbirds in these London gardens”.
Lee Patterson recording in Dunadd, West Scotland, 2007
Wire magazine panel discussion about field recording with Justin Bennett, Peter Cusak and Lee Patterson
Later, after the gig at the Hippodrome and a pint I descended Christmas Steps at midnight with my edirol in hand
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