Today is
#HiroshimaDay, marking 80 years since the devastating atomic bombing. My song Paper Cranes documents an emotional visit to the peace museum and an encounter with a survivor. Today and every Aug 6, I’ll donate any profits to a Hibakusha charity.
https://sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/album/hiroshima-epNotes and audio clips from a recent field recording session with Dr. Marcus Headley — revealing the hidden electromagnetic soundscape and capturing the audible world with greater clarity and intention.
https://colly.com/journal/deep-listening-an-afternoon-of-advanced-sound-discovery
Deep listening: an afternoon of advanced sound discovery
My recent session with a field recording expert was truly ear-opening. If you’re curious how Greenwich sounds through shotgun mics, hydrophones, electromagnets, anti-radios, bat detectors and binaural buds, listen on!
NTS x Nottingham Contemporary: Your Ears Later Will Know to Listen 30th May 2025
Playing Spoken Word, Field Recordings, Folk. Nottingham Contemporary and NTS present Your Ears Later Will Know to Listen, a special broadcast reflecting the themes and work featured in the associated group exhibition and live programme which
Lost several hours to the new ’Your Ears Later Will Know to Listen’ exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary, which explores “how sound connects us with histories, places and identities”.
Experiments and tests on a rainy afternoon.
Tested several different cassettes in the 414 today. RTM won every time. Imagine if the made a Type II.
https://www.recordingthemasters.comFun with Oaka Instruments’ weatherised, water-resistant Tellus contact mic in the Pyrenees a couple of weeks ago. I like to capture unusual, earthy micro textures to play with later and use them to underpin songs about the place. The results are always interesting and, sometimes, eerily percussive.
Simon Collison
