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A love letter from one forest to another

The first recording of the sounds of a forest, this one in France, has arrived and I'm eagerly awaiting more from forests and woods from around the world. I thought it would be nice for one forest to say "hello" to another. In the past there have been field recordings of swallows on a barn, padding ferries, an hour in the life of a fox and so on. So if you don't want to send in any music but can re it'd the sounds of a forest for a few minutes, then please send them to [email protected]

Thank You

a huge thank you to everyone who took part Scanner and Stephen Vitiello - http://www.scannerdot.com/scanner.shtml

TVO - http://ruaridhtvo.tumblr.com/

JD Twitch - http://www.optimomusic.com/

Kontour - http://www.kontour.co.uk/

Severed Heads - http://sevcom.com/

DJ Food - http://www.djfood.org/djfood/

Pye Corner Audio - http://pyecorneraudio.wordpress.com/

Erstlaub - http://erstlaub.co.uk/dfyans/

Cheryl Cole as remixed by Freelance Hellraiser - http://www.cherylcole.com/

Ebrat - http://soundcloud.com/ebrat

The Eccentronic Research Council - http://theeccentronicresearchcouncil.tumblr.com/

Gareth Jones - http://www.garethjones.com/

Martyn Ware - http://illustriouscompany.co.uk/distinguishing-features/martyn-ware

Mary Hill - http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Mary+Hill

Konx Om Pax - http://displaycopy.net/

Naum Gabo - http://www.naumgabo.info/

Guy Veale - http://www.brendworks.com/

Factory Floor - http://soundcloud.com/factory-floor

Antoni Maiovvi - http://antonmaiof.wordpress.com/antoni-maiovvi/

The Herbaliser - http://theherbaliser.tumblr.com/

Dave Graham - http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/author/dave-graham/

http://www.percussionlab.com/sets/dave_graham/selected_orchestral_works

The Outer Church - http://theouterchurch.blogspot.co.uk/

Cnut - http://www.myspace.com/cnutmusic/music

Jeff Noon - http://www.metamorphiction.com/

ATKHorses - http://soundcloud.com/atkhorses

Uschi No Michi - http://uschi.virb.com/

Brend / Big Ned - http://www.myspace.com/bignedwantsyou

Dayton Madison - http://daytonmadison.bandcamp.com/album/missing

Jim Jarmo - http://soundcloud.com/jimjar

Heate Rson - http://heaterson.bandcamp.com/album/im-good-now

Unknown Clothing - http://unknownclothing.bandcamp.com/

Love Without Sound - http://soundcloud.com/lovewithoutsound

John Chantler - http://inventingzero.net/home/

Regolith - http://regolith.bandcamp.com/

Anton Caligula Maiof - http://www.myspace.com/antonmaiof

Billy Fuller’s Jazz Holocause - http://beak.bandcamp.com/

Juxtagon - http://www.juxtagon.co.uk/

Tara Busch/I Speak Machhine - http://analogsuicide.com/

Wrong Island - http://soundcloud.com/wrongisland

The Strangest Pet on Earth - http://www.thestrangestpetonearth.com/

Laica23 - http://soundcloud.com/laica23

The Dead Heavys - http://www.thedeadheavys.com/

The Darkening Scale - http://mrsneff.wordpress.com/category/the-darkening-scale/

Colin Newman/Wire - http://www.pinkflag.com/

Blancmange - http://www.blancmange.co.uk/

Sommet -http://soundcloud.com/lexoclub/sommet-lhoste-face-lexo-remix

Datassette - http://datassette.net/

Eva Perouk - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

Wig - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

Art School Orchestra of Leeds http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

Dave Walklett - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

George Hinchliffe - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

Jackanory Puffcake School of Drawing - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

R. Richards - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

J. Boardman - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

Dave Ball - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

Kid ‘Congo’ Powers,* [not the Bad Seeds/Cramps/Gun Club one] - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/spreads/collations.htm

Diz Willis* - http://451f.org.uk.184-173-23-58.microlite11.com/plastiweb/dizweb/diz/diz.html

Sons & Daughters, by way of a Wrong Island remix - http://www.sonsanddaughtersloveyou.com/

Autodespair - http://autodespair.wordpress.com/

Christopher Umney - http://chrisumney.com/

Imogen Heap, - http://www.imogenheap.com/ by way of an unreleased mix by Adi Carter - http://soundcloud.com/adi

Jesse Hackett - http://www.africaexpress.co.uk/artists/jesse-hackett/

Soundhog - http://soundhog.blogspot.co.uk/

Dave Clark - http://soundcloud.com/djamesclark

Carter Tutti - http://www.chrisandcosey.com/

Matt Mercer- http://www.microfilmmusic.com/

Richard X - http://www.blackmelody.com/

Paul Haig - http://www.rolinc.co.uk/

Stewart Keith + Neil Campbell - http://soundcloud.com/astral-social-club/stewart-keith-neil-campbell

Early Hominids - http://astralsocialclub.wordpress.com/

Ghostradio - http://soundcloud.com/vintage909-ghostradio/ghost-rave-outside-in-the-dark

Dabba - http://www.kirkmoor.com/

Emphemetry - http://soundcloud.com/rjbirkin

Coefficient - http://coefficient-audio.com/

Joe Ahmed - http://security.bandcamp.com/

James Brooks - http://landobservations.blogspot.co.uk/

Russel.M.Harmon - http://www.russellmharmon.com/

Gazelle Twin - http://www.gazelletwin.com/

Rupert Lally/Espen J. Jörgensen - http://rupertlallyespenjjrgensen.bandcamp.com/

Simon Fisher Turner / Espen J. Jörgensen - http://mute.com/simon-fisher-turner/espen-j-jorgensen-noise-activity-official-video

Giant Paw - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Giant-Paw/15233480300

Art Trip and Static Sound - http://arttripandthestaticsound.bandcamp.com/

Pixieguts - http://pixieguts.com/

Curxes - http://www.curxes.com/

Alextronic (HIVE Collective) - http://www.thehivecollective.co.uk/

Future Pilot AKA - http://www.futurepilotaka.com/

Ahuva - http://soundcloud.com/ahuva

Blood Everywhere - http://soundcloud.com/iamwadey

Invisible Sports - http://invisiblesports.com/

Cult With No Name - http://soundcloud.com/cultwithnoname

Fragile Pitches - http://omnempathy.com/fragile-pitches/

Human Greed - http://omnempathy.com/human-greed/

Todd Snow - http://about.me/toddsnow

Orlit - http://www.handontheplow.com/

Medora - http://soundcloud.com/medora-music

Sheer Zed - http://soundcloud.com/sheerzed

Machines In Heaven - http://soundcloud.com/machinesinheaven

ShadowBox - http://shadowbox4u.net/

Gorg Prc - http://soundcloud.com/alanbenzie

The Witch and the Robot - http://www.thewitchandtherobot.com/

Speednoisemovement - http://www.speednoisemovement.com/

S.E.T.I. - http://www.lagowski.com/

Violet Tremors - http://violettremors.com

Mary Shelley & the Implicit Order - http://theimplicitorder.bandcamp.com/

Decadnids - http://www.opensussex.net/

X-Amount - http://soundcloud.com/x-amt

Anvil & Stirrup - http://iainarmstrong.net/

Akatombo - http://boomkat.com/cds/224800-akatombo-unconfirmed-reports

Atom Eye - http://www.atomeyemusic.com/home.cfm

Couch Boy - http://www.couchboy.co.uk/

Gaar Taylor - http://soundcloud.com/gaar-taylor

Jimmy Kipple Sound - http://jmmykppl.tumblr.com/

Opti - http://soundcloud.com/hello-opti

k-l-j-d-s-k-p - http://soundcloud.com/k-l-j-d-s-k-p

Komputer - http://mute.com/artists/komputer

Average Alien - http://soundcloud.com/average-alien

Synek - http://soundcloud.com/synekkkkk

AFH - http://www.afharrold.com/wordpress/?page_id=111

Culllt - http://soundcloud.com/cullllt

Black Tempest - http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/

Fini Tribe - http://www.myspace.com/finitribe

Charles Gershkovich - http://www.charlesgershkovich.com/_/enter.html

Tumsā Viens - http://soundcloud.com/tumsa-viens

Paul Marshall - http://soundcloud.com/infiltrate-music

Nicola Roberts - http://nicolarobertsmusic.com/

John Oswald - http://www.plunderphonics.com/

Fortress Central Park - http://geographytripping.blogspot.co.uk/

Hookers for Jesus - http://soundcloud.com/hookersforjesus/sets

Tom Middleton - http://www.tommiddleton.com/Home.html

Eon McKai - http://www.eonmckai.com/

Mark Russell -http://www.kbg48.dial.pipex.com/

Merckurie - http://www.jammesluckett.com/

Beckett & Taylor - http://www.handontheplow.com/

Nube Fenix - http://nubefenix.bandcamp.com/

Trish Keenan - http://warp.net/records/broadcast

Posthuman - http://posthumanmusic.wordpress.com/

Feral Five - https://www.facebook.com/FeralFive

Synthonic - http://soundcloud.com/synthonic

People Like Us - http://peoplelikeus.org/

Cool Tigers - http://soundcloud.com/cool-tigers

Dylan God - http://soundcloud.com/dylangodmusic

Sculpture - http://tapebox.co.uk/

Production Unit - http://dave.marciablaine.com/

Tonesucker- http://www.onoma.co.uk/tonesucker.html

Robert Marshall,

Liam Crichton - http://www.crichton-ross.com/

Peter Nagle - http://www.peternagle.co.uk/

Douglas Moreland - http://www.douglasmorland.com/index.htm

Robert Curgenven - http://www.recordedfields.net/

Den Haan - http://denhaan.blogspot.co.uk/

Grohs - http://radioolio.tumblr.com/

Saturate - http://angryrobotbooks.com/

Jane Pitt - http://soundcloud.com/jane-pitt

Steven Reynolds,

Margaret Nelson - http://www.peggynelson.com/

Earthling Originales,

aRSCHkRANKEmUSIK - http://soundcloud.com/arschkrankemusik

The Creeping Doubts,

Raimundas Paulauskas,

Eyes,

Megatron Man,

Alexander Peveritt - http://alexanderpeverett.com/

Ape Seed - http://laica.bandcamp.com/

Bedroom Studio Projects - http://soundcloud.com/dederimkantas

Hywel Da - http://soundcloud.com/hywelda

Soft Ocean Hotel - http://main.softoceanhotel.net/

Bitbasic - http://acidted.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/lets-go-somewhere-quiet-out-now/

Your New Machine - http://acidted.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/lets-go-somewhere-quiet-out-now/

Little Manitou - http://acidted.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/lets-go-somewhere-quiet-out-now/

Jon Monk - http://soundcloud.com/jon_monk

Pegasvs - http://pegasvs.tumblr.com/

Benge - http://www.expandingrecords.com/news.html

Zatapathique - http://electronictonalities.co.uk/

The Bookshop, Wigtown - http://www.the-bookshop.com/

Sudden Creation - http://suddencreation.co.uk/

Garrincha,

MagicVan - http://magicvan.bandcamp.com

Noma - http://www.kovoroxsound.com/

Jon Noad - http://www.therazorbills.co.uk/

Matthew & GodKNows,

The BooBot (Evie & Heather) who sung Faust. c/o their dad, Alextronic, listed above

Rosa Arruti aka Nad Spiro - http://spiro.mess-age.com/

Scopeboy - http://scopeboy.com/scopeblog/

Marginal Movements - http://www.williamneal.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=24

The Cochranes - http://www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk/bookshop_info.asp?businessID=22

Galactic Toad, http://m.soundcloud.com/innercitytoad/ http://soundcloud.com/dr-space-egg/

Speculum - http://soundcloud.com/speculum

Micah Stupak - http://soundcloud.com/laerm

Purple Maps - http://soundcloud.com/skukanu

David Piper and The Clerkenwell Kid - http://thepipermachine.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/filth-for-children.html?zx=657a04dcc8e1e24d

Magic Daddy - http://soundcloud.com/magicdaddy

PostHamster - http://soundcloud.com/posthamster

Elizabth Veldon - http://elizabethveldon.bandcamp.com/

PsychComm - http://psychcomm.bandcamp.com/

The Knockouts,

Team X - http://soundcloud.com/team-x-1/sets/team-x-demos-august-2012

The Razorbills - http://www.therazorbills.co.uk/

Chariots,

Kicks & Rock - http://www.myspace.com/kicksandrock

Plastic Animal - http://soundcloud.com/plasticanimal

I'm still updating this so don't feel left out (also send me the right link if I post the wrong one)

A Broadcast to the Trees

I'm being let loose for 24 hours with a(legal) FM Transmitter for this :http://www.thedarkoutside.com/index.php/radio-transmissions/ I'm asking people nicely if they have any unheard / unreleased music that they would like broadcast to a forest where possibly nobody will hear it, apart from the trees. Or Deer. Not sure about the goats. The broadcast to the forest will be around October 6th. I know it's very short notice but anything at all, regardless of length will be broadcast to a limited radius in the Galloway Forest. There will be no archiving or streaming and not a hope of it turning up on-line ( unless some madman brings a radio tape recorder to a forest ) Any length 5 seconds - half an hour will be gratefully received, transmitted and deleted. You really have to appear in the vicinity to hear it. We have several 'Yes!' confirmations and wonderful tracks from people you might know' A list will be finalised nearer the time. If you aren't musically inclined but still want to participate, please send us a recording of yourself reading out numbers a la Number Stations. Random numbers, Numbers that mean something to you, anything at all.

Send me your sounds

+++some people have been having problems with soundcloud's dropbox - either e-mail it to me at [email protected] or use yousendit.com or wetransfer.com or similar.+++

What started as me being asked to compose something commemorating the Voyager Space Probes has somehow ended up with me in charge of a transmitter for a day. (The area has been designated as a dark skies park because of the lack of light pollution and subsequent clear view of the stars. There are only a couple of dark skies parks in Europe.)

So far I've put together a 30 minute piece of music with one track from the Voyager golden Record as it's source and added 100 odd ham radio recordings and vlf recordings, The Shuttle missions, Apollo, The ISS, Sputnik, Soyuz and all manner of blips, crackles and static. Also managed to get tweets sent to a specific twitter account name converted to morse code to be broadcast as they come in. (open to all manner of exploitation, I know) - test footage can be seen here : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2713103/morse_test.swf The broadcasts on the Dark Outside will be running parallel with The Wigtown (where I live) Book Festival, which has a theme of Dark Skies this year. In true old-skool rave fashion, you might need this. 6th October 12 Noon to 7th October 12 noon - A712 - any of the laybys and carparks near to Murray's Monument You will be listening to The Dark. Outside. 87.7MHz FM http://thequietus.com/articles/10125-wanted-music-to-play-in-the-dark http://thewire.co.uk/articles/9822/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/mccall-smith-kicks-off-festival.19010597

and the facebook event page, just so we know how many sandwiches to make * https://www.facebook.com/events/285146938264958/

There is free camping at Talnotry (500m south of the monument) Bring a tent, a radio and some batteries.

View Larger Map Here is the list , so far, to everyone who has said yes to participating.

Scanner and Stephen Vitiello,

TVO,

JD Twitch,

Kontour,

Severed Heads,

DJ Food,

Pye Corner Audio,

Erstlaub,

Cheryl Cole as remixed by Freelance Hellraiser,

Ebrat,

The Eccentronic Research Council,

Gareth Jones,

Martyn Ware,

Mary Hill,

Konx Om Pax,

Naum Gabo ,

Guy Veale,

Gabe Gurnsey of Factory Floor,

Antoni Maiovvi,

The Herbaliser,

Dave Graham,

The Outer Church,

Cnut,

Jeff Noon,

ATKHorses,

Uschi No Michi,

Security,

Brend / Big Ned,

Dayton Madison,

Jim Jarmo,

Heate Rson,

Unknown Clothing,

Love Without Sound,

John Chantler,

Regolith,

Anton Caligula Maiof,

Billy Fuller's Jazz Holocause,

Juxtagon,

Tara Busch/I Speak Machhine,

Wrong Island,

SDFKT,

The Strangest Pet on Earth

Laica23,

The Dead Heavys.

The Darkening Scale,

Colin Newman/Wire,

Blancmange,

Sommet,

Datassette,

Eva Perouk,*

Wig,*

Art School Orchestra of Leeds,*

Dave Walklett,*

George Hinchliffe,*

Jackanory Puffcake School of Drawing,*

R. Richards,*

J. Boardman,*

Dave Ball, *

Kid ‘Congo’ Powers,* [not the Bad Seeds/Cramps/Gun Club one]

Diz Willis*

* These are all from the 1/4” tape archives of Wig who has given me

things to play, as a way of a contribution. If you haven’t heard Diz

Willis before, you are in for a treat.

Sons & Daughters, by way of a Wrong Island remix,

Autodespair,

Christopher Umney,

Imogen Heap, by way of an unreleased mix by Adi Carter

Jesse Hackett,

Laica,

Soundhog,

Dave Clark,

Carter Tutti,

Matt Mercer,

Richard X,

Paul Haig,

Exotic Pylon,

Jonny Mugwump,

Stewart Keith + Neil Campbell,

Early Hominids,

Ghostradio,

Dabba,

Emphemetry,

Coefficient,

Joe Ahmed,

James Brooks,

Russel.M.Harmon,

Gazelle Twin,

Rupert Lally/Espen J. Jörgensen

Simon Fisher Turner / Espen J. Jörgensen

Giant Paw,

Art Trip and Static Sound,

Pixieguts,

Curxes,

Alextronic (HIVE Collective),

Future Pilot AKA,

Ahuva,

Opensussex,

Blood Everywhere,

Invisible Sports,

Cult With No Name,

Fragile Pitches,

Human Greed,

Todd Snow,

Orlit,

Medora,

Sheer Zed,

Machines In Heaven,

ShadowBox,

Gorg Prc,

The Witch and the Robot,

Speednoisemovement,

S.E.T.I.,

Violet Tremors,

Mary Shelley & the Implicit Order,

Decadnids,

X-Amount,

Anvil & Stirrup,

Akatombo,

Kemper Norton,

Atom Eye,

Couch Boy,

Gaar Taylor,

Jimmy Kipple Sound,

Opti,

k-l-j-d-s-k-p,

Komputer,

Average Alien.

Synek,

AFH,

Culllt,

Black Tempest,

Fini Tribe,

Charles Gershkovich,

Tumsā Viens,

Paul Marshall,

Nicola Roberts,

John Oswald,

Fortress Central Park,

Hookers for Jesus,

Tom Middleton,

Eon McKai,

Mark Russell,

Merckurie,

Beckett & Taylor,

Nube Fenix,

Trish Keenan,

Posthuman,

Feral Five,

Synthonic,

People Like Us,

Cool Tigers,

Dylan God,

Sculpture,

Production Unit,

Tonesucker,

Robert Marshall,

Liam Crichton,

Peter Nagle,

Douglas Moreland,

Robert Curgenven,

Den Haan,

Grohs,

Saturate,

Jane Pitt,

Steven Reynolds,

Margaret Nelson,

Earthling Originales,

aRSCHkRANKEmUSIK,

The Creeping Doubts,

Raimundas Paulauskas,

Eyes,

Megatron Man,

Alexander Peveritt,

Ape Seed,

Bedroom Studio Projects,

Hywel Da,

Soft Ocean Hotel,

Bitbasic,

Your New Machine,

Little Manitou,

Jon Monk,

Pegasvs,

Benge,

J'ai des Rossignols,

The Bookshop, Wigtown,

Sudden Creation,

Garrincha,

MagicVan,

Noma,

Jon Noad,

Matthew & GodKNows,

The BooBot (Evie & Heather),

Rosa Arruti aka Nad Spiro,

Scopeboy,

Marginal Movements,

The Cochranes,

Galactic Toad,

Speculum,

Micah Stupak,

Purple Maps,

Zatapathique,

David Piper and The Clerkenwell Kid,

Magic Daddy,

PostHamster,

Elizabth Veldon,

PsychComm,

The Knockouts,

Team X,

The Razorbills,

Chariots,

Everything, All at Once, Forever,

Kicks & Rock,

Plastic Animal,

I will update this as more say yes. Thank you, each and very one of you.

We were asked by Colin Newman if we would like to try to remix something by Githead. We chose Lifeloops.

This is the backing track Innes Smith & myself used for our last performance at Optimo in 2001. Can't remember if there's really 101 stars in there - I'll try and work out what tracks are used. Feel free to play sample spotting too.

Sadly it seems all copies of the actual live performance have disappeared (apart from a couple of tracks lifted from it) although the more sensitive amongst you are spared the profanity and insanity of Innes' vocal performance. Beat poetry and plundered samples are a sadly neglected genre.