Program 733: World Listening
KALW Broadcast Date: March 19, 2023 | Host: Liam Herb
On this Music from Other Minds, field recordings from around the world. Tune in to hear sound documents originally captured for KPFA’s World Ear Project (1970-1987) by Charles Amirkhanian, Pauline Oliveros, Martin Koenig, and Randy Magnus. Also on the program, two recordings by Formant (Henry Birdsey and Austin Larkin) that utilize multiple high powered microphones placed in large PVC tubes pointed at sound sources, leading to abstracted phonographic impressions of the locations in which they were taken.
Program Audio
30-Second Spot
Track Info & Links
Recording: Osaka, Japan (from a second story window)
Date: 1971
Sound Recordist: Pauline Oliveros
Title: Motorcycles (New England)
Sound recordists: Henry Birdsey and Austin Larkin
Recording Title: Site Cosms
Record Label: N/A
Recording: Bull Frogs at Terry Riley’s House (Northern California)
Date: 1982
Sound Recordist: Charles Amirkhanian
Recording: Villagers Talking (Ruski Krstur, Yugoslavia)
Date: 1969
Sound Recordist: Martin Koenig
Recording: Trains, Cars, and Cicadas (Outside Amarillo, Texas)
Date: 2019
Sound Recordist: Liam Herb
Recording: High School Basketball Game and Power Saws
Date: 1985
Sound Recordist: Randy Magnus
Recording: Singers in Lisbon, Portugal
Date: 1970
Title: Mill River Falls (Vermont)
Sound recordists: Henry Birdsey and Austin Larkin
Recording Title: Site Cosms
Record Label: N/A
