If you can’t tell, I’m just a bit fascinated by the ability of creatively captured environmental recordings to convey profound emotion. With this mix I’ve compiled a collection of my favorite instances where a phonographer or composer has used unadulterated sonic vignettes to explore elements that may not have been present before, where the line between the objective reality of what’s being recorded and the much less identifiable, much more abstract presence of the music becomes blurred.

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00:00. Daniel Löwenbrück & Marcellvs L. – second untitled track from Stallgewitter (iDEAL Recordings, 2014)

03:54. Toshiya Tsunoda – “Seashore, Venice Beach_31 July 01” from Ridge of Undulation (Häpna, 2005)

07:13. HDL – “Laying Eggs in the Exhibits” from Whales Have Hind Legs (Sacred Tapes, 2018)

10:28. Yeast Culture – “IYS*” from IYS (Petri Supply, 1989)

15:20. Abby Lee Tee – excerpt of “Simulacrum I-VII” from Imaginary Friends I (Czaszka, 2018)

19:44. Joe Colley – “Icewater.05.02” from Desperate Attempts at Beauty (Auscultare Research, 2003)

22:35. Seattle Phonographers Union – fourth untitled track from Live on Sonarchy Radio (Accretions, 2003)

26:24. Lucas Norer – “Das Unerreichbare Dort” from Portbou (self-released, 2018)

30:20. Szara Reneta – “Cmentarz żydowski w Czarnym Dunajcu” from Dawne Cmentarze Żydowskie 2 (Szara Reneta, 2018)

37:04. Ola Saad – “Cairo-Rec1” from her Soundcloud page (self-released, 2019)