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two new releases (actually one new, one upcoming) that i'm really excited about this week: first, the latest work by irish composer karen power, who stunned us with her album …we return to ground… a year or two back; this one is a collaboration with vocalist loré lixenberg, whose voice […]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in germany by felix birke.

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a collage of enviromental field recordings and electro-acoustic soundworks with different idea and approach, from different corners of the globe.

all pieces are yet unreleased material with kind permission by the artists.

curated by felix birke 2026

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great sounds this week from old favorites éric la casa (with seijiro murayama) and maggi payne, and new(er) favorites giselle and franki wals (with chang deng-yao). éric and seijiro tour paris making short vocal interventions and capturing the results. giselle documents her local nebraska environment with field recordings, scattered instruments […]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in berlin by italian artist manuel carbone. producer's notes:

The eerie stillness of the Phlegraean Fields slowly dissolves into the reassuring chaos of the streets of my hometown, Naples. From the silence of a ghostly hotel room in Milan to September’s acqua alta […]

after taking a break for our aporee soundmaps segment to end the year, we made up for it in this show, celebrating the start of 2026 with a collection of recordings from the maps made either on new year's eve or on new years day. so, yes, lots of fireworks […]

so here it is, folks, the last show for 2025. 41 shows this year, if i've counted correctly, which is precisely 2419 minutes of framework radio, 1209.5 per ear. that's how it works, right? at this time of year, we hope to appeal to our listeners' generous (or perhaps slightly […]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in canada by anna friz and absolute value of noise. producer's notes:

Water Line / Estuary Almanac

At the mouth of a river, salt meets sweet water. Tides fluctuate. The river floods and dries with the seasons. The muddy delta shifts position over centuries. […]

this week's sounds are somehow so warming, so comforting, they seemed right for the onset of winter. although there's no longer any snow on the ground here, it's been grey and rainy forever and we haven't seen the sun in weeks. meanwhile the days, for the next few weeks, are […]

this edition has been produced in the united states jimmy peggie. producer's notes:

This show is a (freeform) sound collage made up of various field recordings from the desert areas of the Southwestern USA.

We hear a myriad of sounds constantly, through our lives - every minute, every hour, every day […]

several contrasting strategies in this week's show: we hear pristine unaltered (but skillfully organised) natural sounds by martina testen and simon šerc, whose nocturnal forest recordings were gathered over 10 years in slovakia and italy; memory-driven collages of human activity by the great brunhild ferrari, who tells us: “this piece […]