グラミーノミネートされたこともあるというスチュアート・ハイアット主導で、Matmos, Juana Molina, Mary Lattimore,Visible Cloaks等々さまざまなアーチストとのコラヴォレーションして、フィールドレコーディングをベースにした作品をリリースしてきたFIELD WORKSの最新リリース。当店初の入荷ですがこれ素晴らしいですね。10作目の作品「Stations」。地質学的、地球物理学的手法でアーススコープ実験に取り組む科学者チームとのプロジェクトだそうです。「Stations」には、Hanna Benn、Janie Cowan、Masayoshi Fujita、Laraaji、Qasim Naqvi、Brad Weberといったシンガー、ミュージシャンが参加していてフィールドレコーディングという域を超えた作品になっています。ダウンロードにはボーナスとしてAlva Note, Nathan Fake, Green-House,Deantoni Parks等々の仲間たちによるpeer reviews(リミックス的な音源のようです。)が収録されています。 (サイトウ)

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What does the Earth sound like? In Stations, the 10th volume in the Field Works series, producer Stuart Hyatt approaches that question with a team of scientists working on the EarthScope experiment. Using sophisticated ground recording devices, Field Works has created a new type of music in which human voices sing along with the actual voice of the Earth. Stations features an all-star ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists, including Hanna Benn, Janie Cowan, Masayoshi Fujita, Stuart Hyatt, Laraaji, Qasim Naqvi, and Brad Weber. The deluxe vinyl edition includes a bonus digital album of peer reviews by Deantoni Parks, Green-House, Olga Wojciechowska, Afrodeutsche, Nathan Fake, Ben Chatwin, Sophia Loizou, Amulets, Penelope Trappes, and Alva Noto.

What does the Earth sound like?

In Stations, the 10th volume in the Field Works series, producer Stuart Hyatt approaches that question with a team of scientists working on the EarthScope experiment. Using sophisticated ground recording devices, Field Works has created a new type of music in which human voices sing along with the actual voice of the Earth. Stations features an all-star ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists, including Hanna Benn, Janie Cowan, Masayoshi Fujita, Stuart Hyatt, Laraaji, Qasim Naqvi, and Brad Weber. The deluxe vinyl edition includes a bonus digital album of peer reviews by Deantoni Parks, Green-House, Olga Wojciechowska, Afrodeutsche, Nathan Fake, Ben Chatwin, Sophia Loizou, Amulets, Penelope Trappes, and Alva Noto.

The accompanying hardcover book, Stations: Listening to the Deep Earth is available through the Dutch publisher Jap Sam Books.
All Songs by Field Works

Download and Bonus Download tracks included via plastic Drop Card
Seismic data drawn from the remote seismic monitoring stations listed on each track.
Processed by Stuart Hyatt and Debi Kilb using SeisSoundm a custom Matlab script