From a dawn chorus on a remote Scottish island to Brian Eno's haunted Suffolk coast.
In February 2020, former VF editor, writer and researcher Anton Spice rented a cottage on the Isle of Muck in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. When the pandemic hit, they stayed for six months and Spice embarked on a project with his field recorder.
In Sonic Landscapes, Spice shares what came out of that period, not just the recordings he made, but a broader obsession with sound and place that developed. Across the session at the Listening Room in 180 Studios, he plays a programme of field recordings, folk music, ambient composition, and spoken word, talking through each piece and what drew him to it.
From a dawn chorus he recorded on Muck at 5am, to Gaelic psalm singing recorded in a church on the Isle of Lewis, to work from theorist Mark Fisher and ambient legend Brian Eno, Spice's Sonic Landscapes is a special session that highlights sounds across Britain that belong to the world beyond orthodox music.
Watch Sonic Landscapes above now. Explore the full Listening Room archive here.
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