Blackton Water nt014

Recorded in Northumberland, in the nature reserve situated around Blackton and Balderhead reservoirs. Many birds are featured from rich textures to singular events and bird calls, including curlews that circle over the water, oyster catchers, lapwing etc.

Wide views over the reservoir benefit from the atmosphere and the resonance of the cup shaped landscape, with birds flying overhead and water lapping at the edge of the reservoirs.

Over Balderhead, the soundscape is more mixed with several distinctive bird calls that makes the rich textural atmosphere of this unique environment.

Recorded on location, and mastered by hervé perez at nexTTime studios
©Hervé Perez 2019

nt014

released June 5, 2020

credits

hervé perez (field recordings) [recorded on a zoom H5 with Sennheiser MKH 416 stereo pair]

Postcards from Walney nt010

For a residency organised by octopus collective, I spent a few days on Walney island with cellist Maja Bugge and video artist Adam York-Gregory. During this time, we documented the place with sounds and video for the performance of ‘Northern’ that took place at Full of Noises festival 2018, and later at Manchester Jazz festival and Lancaster Jazz festival. Those performances were improvised with material we collected during residencies in those places and we interpreted our sense of place from a menu of field recordings and video clips.

Presented here is a selection of the recordings I used to produce samples for performance. These recordings were collected over three days at different key locations of the nature reserve and illustrate certain natural habitats and their sonic quality.

Recorded on location, and mastered by hervé perez at nexTTime studios
©Hervé Perez 2018