Field Recordings

I know field recordings kind of have a name for being really memey, but I think they're kind of interesting. I've just listened to my first field recording album, it was a strange collection of what I can only really describe as stuff. I came across it accidentally, I was just listening to some other projects Jeff Mangum had a hand in, and one was called "Curse of the Seven Jackals". I got it while mass downloading smaller NMH projects, and Jeff Mangum works. I ended up enjoying it. I struggle a lot to find "background" music. I generally like to have music be my main focus, and so when I am seeking something to just have as noise I find my self very bothered. It's always either too boring, or too noisy. I generally am annoyed by the idea of "avant-garde". I want emotion, I want something to sympathize with, I want something that explores new ideas, I don't just want a mess that ultimately did not come from an emotion or a thought, and instead just tried to be weird, and "different", or explore the same over-done pretentious concept over and over. "Modern art" I think there is a real possibility to go down this road with field recordings, and I'm sure it happens a lot, but I think there's also potential for a lot more. I'm not sure exactly what they were going for with Curse of the Seven Jackals, or if it's technically classifiable as field recordings, though I think it is. There are neat songs like "Main Theme". Main theme is very dark, soft, persistent, and calm. It doesn't get in the way, but is also interesting. It's something I could definitely listen to normally. The more I write about this, the more I realize this album has a lot of value beyond background sound. The singing saw in this song is really eerie. There are other tracks that are normal field recordings. The song titled "Karaoke" is just what the title says. It's a recording from a likely public place, like a bar. And some people are singing a few songs, such as "Summer Days" from Greece. There are a lot of strange field recordings on this album. Obviously Another one is titled "Bingo". It only just occurred to me that it is literally a man reading bingo numbers. Up until this point I didn't know what I was listening to. In the Background a machine is rumbling. The man's voice is calming, and there are other sounds from the room, though they are seldom, such as a woman's cough. Like all the audio from the album, it's very warm and calming. There's a lot more to explore with Curse of the Seven Jackals, and I don't intend to go through the full album here, just as I am sure no one cares for me to do so. The point is, it was an enjoyable, calming listen, and it's made me see value is such projects. What are some other interesting field recording albums? What do you guys like about them? Do many lains enjoy field recordings?

Have you checked out The Olivia Tremor Control's music? They are a band in the Elephant 6 Collective (the same that NMH is in) and Jeff Mangum played with them. Them mostly made psych pop music but it is often mixed with musique concrete/ sound collages. And a lot of their songs in Music from the Unrealized Film Script : Dusk at Cubist Castle are sound recordings. They actually realesed an album along side it called Explanation II: Instrumental Themes and Dream Sequences which is all sound recordings. I suggest you definitely check them out

What's this obsession people have lately for not wanting to admit they like something out of fear of appearing "memish" or whatever...

>>1153 It's kind of a new-millenium sense of irony, like if you do something that may be considered embarrassing, you have to admit how embarrassing it theoretically is. It's strange You see this a lot in recent literature; authors will try to make excuses for their own sincerity by having a character make a dismissive comment about it, etc.

>>1147 I know of them, and have heard a song or two, but I never sat down to a full album of there's. I'll make sure to do that, thanks for the rec, lain.

wow, an excellent opportunity to plug my own field recordings they're mostly about a minute long and i use my phone's voice memo app >https://soundcloud.com/karevaggio/tracks

>>1072 Can you share this album (Curse of the Seven Jackals)? There is no place on the internet to listen to it

When it comes to pure field recordings, I really like the album Nineteen American Waysides by Doug Haire. The recordings are really well put-together and evocative. It's on Soulseek iirc.

Any lains ever find "Curse of the Seven Jackals"? I found someone who had the old share link in a thread here but it's long DCMA'd: >http://e6townhall.com/showthread.php?21099-Curse-of-the-Seven-Jackals

>>1385 https://volafile.org/r/fq6yuawm password is lovelain

>>1387 >>1317

>>1387 And lossless to boot, thanks lain will check out tonight

>>1072 >>1385 Has anybody seen the film that accompanies the album? It has been quite a bit more difficult to find. Curse of the Seven Jackals 2001 Chris Jolly It sounds interesting, but I've had no luck.