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this edition of framework:afield, entitled mean sea level, has been produced in the uk by julian weaver. producer's notes:

Combining field recordings with live and found sounds, scientific experiment and more, Mean Sea Level elaborates on literal, imaginary, and complex foreshores emerging around the mainland of the UK. […]

in this edition recent sounds from a perpetual favorite of recent years, manja ristić's sargassun aeterna is composed from field and hydrophone recordings from portugal, scotland, croatia and serbia, along with violin, synths, and shells. from here we await dawn, with 3 dawn recordings from various wildlife sanctuaries and forests […]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in finland by isto rahkila. producer's notes:

I have long been interested in what is found between sounds or shapes and I think it has at least as much influence on what can be perceived by seeing or hearing. So to speak, it [...]

a dig into 2 of the 3 recent anthologies of location recordings by post-orientalism music, based in washington dc and curated by iranian-born composer and theorist ehsan saboohi. also the latest batch of soundwalkscapes by viv corringham, who describes the process thusly: take a walk each month, make recordings en route […]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in the united states by dAs, purveyor of fine sounds via UBUIBI and big city orchestra for over 30 years. this piece is entitled alameda ether walk. producer's notes:

A lot of my source material comes from chance or transitory events.

- piezo's & hydrophones […]

2025 was declared the international year of glaciers’ preservation by the united nations: “this is an opportunity to raise global awareness about the critical role of glaciers, snow and ice in the climate system and the hydrological cycle, and the economic, social and environmental impacts of the impending changes in […]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in scotland by fletina. producer's notes:

This collection of non-musical soundscapes I've compiled for this edition of framework:afield features abstract works from artists I admire that utilize field recordings in strange, fascinating and innovative ways that challenge the ears and mind. This (nearly) […]

it seems like we've been hearing a lot of fletina releases in the the show recently, but actually we haven't heard one in a regular edition since october last year. this will apparently be their last release "for a few months", which is the kind of hiatus some of us […]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in toulouse, france by mathias guilbaud. for more on his work see https://mathiasguilbaud.fr. producer's notes:

This edition features extracts from recordings that I made during this past four years around construction sites in my city. A reconstruction of multiple streets, atmospheres, machines, ruins […]

a ruminating, introspective show this week, featuring some spoken word: the most recent release by annea lockwood, featuring recordings of the 'peace lines', the walls separating catholic and protestant areas in belfast, and a collaboration with composer and percussionist vanessa tomlinson. also an experimental audio memoir by umi shu, that […]