BIRDSONG FROM DALBY FOREST

Birdsong recorded from the edge of Dalby Forest one misty morning in September.

The chief chorister is a robin, although there are lots of contributions from other

feathered singers and squawkers, and even a brief spell of bellowing from a huge bull

who was making his voice heard from a nearby field.

Gill Catton posted this analysis on the Wild About Britain bird forum...

As well as the robin's gorgeous atmospheric singing there are two crows

contact calling and a wren alarm calling (the rattling) which becomes two

birds alarm calling. Obviously something's upset them. A great spotted

woodpecker with a 'chip' call (01:10). Goldcrests with seeep seeep call

(might be a treecreeper - they have a similar contact call). Then a wood

pigeon comes in and a robin's alarm call can be heard (the tic tic tic call).

At 4:36 lots of swallow alarm calls.

Coal tit calls.(05:50 and just before). Then a chaffinch call (06:08)
 - some early on too but this one is clearest.

At least 2 if not 3 territorial robins.

100 BIRTHDAYS

100 Birthdays is a collection of four tracks

available to download for free here.

The title track 100 Birthdays concerns the movement of

people over, into and beneath the city of London.

Duodecimo Tome is a tribute to Rare and Racy, the best

shop in Sheffield. It was recorded in various bookshops

 and concerns paper, commerce and creaky floorboards.

Pannett is a fountain, a gallery and a playground. Hailstones

on copper beech trees and big girls on a small swing.

Tubal Flux is the sound of atoms audibly vibrating in

imaginary phantom tube stations.

The music was released on Ian Simpson's netlabel Electronic Musik.

Read more on the Electronic Musik blog.

VALENTINE ON RESONANCE 104.4FM

The Valentine EP was featured on framework radio on 14th November.

The programme went out on Resonance FM at 10pm.

It can be downloaded

as a podcast or listened to here...

framework radio had this to say about it...

'This edition was produced here in Nodar, Portugal,

during a two week residency at Binaural Media, as

part of their paivascapes project, that is now drawing

to a close.  It’s been a wonderful time here and i think

we’re all very excited about the project we’ve begun

– if you’re curious have a look here: http://www.paivascapes.org.

Meanwhile many patiently waiting discs finally got aired

this week, including one that’s been mistakenly waiting

over 2 years (sorry Miguel!) at my old address in London.

 

An edgy edition this week, including a great disc by

Dave Phillips, sounds from Jeff Surak’s Violet

project, a few trajectories by the duo of Colin Potter

and Phil Mouldycliff, and some free downloadable

sounds from Chris Whitehead. 

The next edition will be coming to you from

back home in Estonia, but then we’ll be 

 back on the road for a month in the states. 

We’ll be roaming around a bit on the east

coast, so if you’d like to plan a framework

appearance with us, get in touch!

VALENTINE

Valentine is available for free download here.

 Both  tracks were recorded on a freezing cold
Valentines Day, 2010.

Kettleness Flow involves the streams in the cliffs

above Sandsend and Kettleness as they rush headlong

towards the edge of the precipice, before plunging onto

 the rocks below. It was partly made using hydrophones

 manufactured by Jez Riley French.

Mulgrave Nightfall is the soundscape created
by pheasants and other birds as the cold February
night closes in around the trees. Their cries pierce
  the icy darkness as one bird is answered by
 another in a distant part of the forest.

Its released on Ian Simpson's Electronic Musik netlabel.

Read more on the Electronic Musik blog.