Various Artists - Fieldwave, Vol. 1 (2020) [Hi-Res]

Non-Classical cast an ear over the expanding, contemporary wave of field recordists in a compilation to accompany the London event of the same name

Kate Carr yields a typcially transfixing piece in her recording of ‘Highway Bridge Drain Pipes, Saskatoon, Canada’, and Mark Vernon follows up the soundtrack to his ace-looking ‘Bait’ film with a alien sounds captured at ‘Risør Harbour’, while series coordinator Nick Luscombe offers enchanting documentary of ‘Tokyo Spring Birdcalls’, and D/BAM somehow gets a doomcore gabber track out of a ‘Mr Slush’ machine.

“The release reflects ‘a burgeoning area of sonic creativity that has gone from a very niche area of sonic art to something much more commonplace’.

It has been compiled by Nick Luscombe, Nonclassical A&R. Writing about Fieldwave, he says, ‘This rapidly expanding social phenomenon is exciting in that it both democratises the art of composition - with minimal barriers to capturing and creating new work “in the field”- and challenges how we view today’s role of a composer.’”

Tracklist:
01. Hojo+Kraft - The Hours Descend (02:50)
02. Tuulikki Bartosik - Crossing over Forest, Laho Lake, South Estonia (03:22)
03. Iain Chambers - The Regent's Canal (03:00)
04. Kate Carr - Highway Bridge Drain Pipes, Saskatoon, Canada (03:35)
05. For now - Yellow Flowers! (feat. Darren Hayman) (03:56)
06. Mark Vernon - Risør Harbour (02:19)
07. James Greer - Get Yer Kicks! (04:08)
08. Nick Luscombe - Tokyo Spring Birdsong (02:11)
09. D/BAM - Mr Slush (03:49)