Episodes
Field Recordings
A podcast where audio-makers stand silently in fields (or things that could be broadly interpreted as fields).
Episodes
Rattling corrugated iron roof and singing fisherman, Pilot Boat Station, Cobh, County Cork, Ireland on 23rd August 2023 – by Damian Drohan
“It’s a contact mic recording of a corrugated iron roof sheet rattling in the wind. There was a fisherman in a nearby hut singing and you can just pick him […]
Flag poles drumming in the wind, La Napoule, France on 15th April 2024 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Solar Eclipse, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Québec at 3.24pm on 8th April 2024 – by Suzie McCarthy
Wren and cathedral bells, Exeter, England, UK in early April 2024 – by Paul Ridout
“I was in Exeter last weekend and as I walked round the north side of the cathedral this wren was singing louder than the bells.”
Dawn, Chewton, Victoria, Australia in April 2024 – by Camilla Hannan
“I recorded this while Easter camping the other week at my friend’s place in Chewton, Victoria. Nothing like sleeping in a tent to get you up early! But this was totally worth […]
In the path of totality, Limerick Forest, North Grenville, Ontario, Canada on 8th April 2024 – by Laura Nerenberg
“It’s a park with marshes, trails and boardwalks. It was in the path of totality, so we traveled there to witness the total solar eclipse — about 45 minutes from […]
Singing extractor hood in an easterly wind, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland on Friday 29th March 2024 – by Damian Drohan
“…a singing extractor hood in my mum’s kitchen which makes this deep rumbling tone when the wind catches it from outside the kitchen window. It only happens with an Easterly […]
Micro Bats, Dularcha Railway Tunnel, Mooloolah, Queensland, Australia on 15th August 2023 – by Glenn Legge
“Micro bat (large footed myotis bat) sounds and voice reflections from inside the disused (since 1932) Dularcha Rail Tunnel, Mooloolah, Queensland, Australia. Audible sounds include: bat sounds, bird sounds, footsteps, […]
Westminster Palace Clockmaker’s Workshop on 14th November 2023 – by Andrew Strangeway
“The various heritage clocks belonging to parliament are serviced here. The sound of two clock movements on test after repair. Their ticks drift in and out of phase with each […]
Evening waves, La Napoule, France on 9th April 2024 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Partial eclipse, Morro Bay, California, USA at 11.11am on 8th April 2024 – by Rebecca Nolan
Two minutes before the total eclipse, McGill Campus, Montreal, Québec at 3.24pm on 8th April 2024 – by Cristal Duhaime
Mary Valley Rattler, Gympie Steam Train 967, Queensland, Australia on 22nd November 2023 – by Glenn Legge
“The sounds of a working steam tourist railway as engine 967 winds it’s way from Gympie to Amamoor in the Mary Valley, Queensland, Australia. Sounds include ambiences from inside the […]
Seashore, Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 2023 – by Joaquín Conde
“In August 2023, I participated as an editor in the 2nd “Encuentro Provincial de Bibliotecas Populares” in Chapadmalal, which brings together librarians, independent publishers, and officials from the province’s cultural […]
Air escaping from a wet, upturned jar on a drainer (on a windy day), Scotland on 20th February 2024 – by Katie Revell
Singing Escalator, Greenwich, London, UK on the morning of 7th March 2024 – by Alan Hall
“When we worked on Monument together in 1993 (the musicalised documentary that launched BBC Radio 3’s Between the Ears), my old friend Ian Gardiner was keen to capture what he called a Singing […]
Summer storm, Vedia, Buenos Aires, Argentina in January 2024 – by Joaquín Conde
“After nearly three consecutive years of drought (caused by La Niña phenomenon in the surface waters of the Pacific and exacerbated by increasing climate change), El Niño brought relief to […]
Birds, Northern Manhattan, NY, USA on 3rd February 2024 – by Jon Moskowitz
“This was recorded in a courtyard of a building on Fort Washington Ave., in Northern Manhattan, a few blocks south of Fort Tyron Park and The Cloisters. The birds sound […]
Palestina Libera فلسطين حرة Free Palestine protest, Rome, Italy on 28th October 2023 – by Cosmin Sandu
Heating pipes, Manhattan, New York, USA on 2nd January 2024 – by Jon Moskowitz
“This is the sound of some sort of building heating system that I encountered on a walk on Riverside Drive by Grant’s Tomb in Manhattan. It was a freezing cold […]
Sunday Afternoon Snores, Pittsburgh, PA, USA on 11th February 2024 – by Dennis Funk
Bow Bells, London, UK at 7.36pm on 17th January 2024 – by Eleanor McDowall
“Bow bells – absolutely going for it – folding off the walls of the buildings surrounding the church. Inside, a brass ensemble is starting to rehearse”
Sunday morning footballers, Oak Hill Park, Barnet, UK on 14th January 2024 – by Siddharth Khajuria
Capitola, California, USA in December 2023 – by Sara Maino
“Quite noisy rain on the ocean…”
Harbour market, Kep, Cambodia in August 2022 – by Oliver Young and Lauren Lai
Loch Lomond, Scotland, UK in April 2023 – by Joe Wilkins
“We’d arrived at our campsite in the evening and pitched our tent just as the A82 was being closed, we didn’t find out why but I decided to take advantage […]
Storm from the greenhouse, Sheffield, UK in June 2023 – by Joe Wilkins
“Our greenhouse had a few panes of glass missing as a result of recent weather, as another summer storm blew through I set up to record in a dry corner […]
Boxing Day cacophony, Hampstead Heath Fayre, London, England, UK, 2023 – by Jodie Taylor
“A cacophony of clashing sounds at Hampstead Heath fayre on boxing day. Standing among it felt both assaulting and weirdly hypnotic. Sounds of the fairground organ along with the thumping formless music […]
Moments after midnight on New Year’s Eve 2023, London, UK – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
“A party joyfully sings Auld Lang Syne whilst fireworks explode overhead. Recorded using DPA 4060 matched pair.”