Polar Force (ROOM 40 RM4154) is an unusual item documenting what happened when Australian field-recording guy Philip Samartzis went out
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Tag: field recordings
crawlspace: a soundtrack of the space in a stormwater drain through its echoes, reverberations and ambience
Eamon Sprod & David Prescott-Steed, crawlspace, Belgium, Unfathomless, U76 limited edition CD (2022) Armed with their microphones and recording equipment,
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The City does not tell its Past
Excellent phonography / sound art piece by Paula Schopf. Her Espacios en Soledad (KARAOKE KALK ESPACIOS EN SOLEDAD) isn’t just
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Ràithean: sweeping cinematic atmospheric black metal immersion lifts you up but casts you down as well
Uamh, Ràithean, United States, Fiadh Productions, FP32 cassette (2022) A solo atmospheric black metal project based in Montana, in the
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There Came Down Fire from Heaven
Another release from Aperus, the American sound artist who brought us the very fine Archaic Signal record in 2020. Aperus
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Indoor Outdoor Living Space
Portuguese composer Vitor Joaquim found time to reflect and develop an inner peace when staying at the Casa do Paço
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Goat Meadow: warm summer meadow universe imagined by noise and dungeon synth
Meadowgoat, Goat Meadow, United States, Realm and Ritual, limited edition vinyl LP (2022) Originally released in 2019 in two tape
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Trips to the Edge of the World
Three otherwise unrelated items from the Room40 label that were inspired by or influenced by the global lockdown situation, all
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Sunday is Green
Highly unusual record of vocal music by Kust on their self-titled record (UNZIPPED FLY / RADICAL POLISH CULTURE RP06). A
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Suicide Social: soundtrack to a personal descent into hell, in a society of forced and false happiness
Broyeur d’Enfance, Suicide Social, France, Acid Vicious, AVCD33 CD digipak (2022) Living in a society where pursuing happiness, comfort and
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