Particle Count, by Various Artists

Particle Count

by Various Artists

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wndfrm a sobering meditation on sound, place, and displacement.

Derek Walmsley Compelling collection of opaque and swirling recordings. Dystopian rather than blissful, unfortunately of course, but there is character and texture and layers to these recordings you don't get with every bucolic recording project Favorite track: Voice ll Imprint.

lucaforcucci Great initative for the environment by great artists

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1.	Faith Coloccia - Voice ll Imprint 09:32	buy track
2.	Jonathan Snipes - Watch that Rock There 03:52	buy track
3.	Geneva Skeen - Paramount Ranch 04:52	buy track
4.	Ian Wellman - Four Scenes from the Angeles Forest 07:58	buy track
5.	Cheryl Leonard - Lyell Canyon Autumn Pines 05:47	buy track
6.	Burke Jam - Pseudotsuga Menziesii 05:18	buy track
7.	Andy Martin - Sinlahekin Valley Dawn Chorus 2019-04-22 10:00	buy track
8.	Christopher Fleeger - MosquitoBass 03:33	buy track
9.	Bethan Kellough - Valley Breeze 06:51	buy track
10.	Simon Scott - The Wave Organ 05:15	buy track
11.	Patricia Wolf - Sauvie Island Wilderness Area 09:28	buy track
12.	Norman Long - Hill Trail 07:58	buy track
13.	Tim Kahn - Ripplebrook 09:34	buy track
14.	Yann Novak - Bracing for the Cascade 04:36	buy track
15.	Marcus Fischer - Paulina Lake Deschutes National Forest 02:29	buy track
16.	Tim Nielsen - Single Redwood Forest Frog 01:02	buy track

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From Ian Wellman
Field recordings can be a sonic document of the characteristics of a space and time. A capsule for the memories of a place.

For this project, I had asked artists to send archival recordings of spaces affected by the recent fires on the West Coast. As our loved forests begin to heal and neighborhoods rebuild, these recordings give us a positive place to visit and remind ourselves of how they once sounded.

Given the entire west coast of the United States was affected very hard this year by the wildfires, it felt best to find artists who live in or have spent meaningful time in these spaces. For me, it was best to bring together artists with a large range of backgrounds, from experimental music groups, composers, sound artists (some of whom are massive pillars of support for their communities), and sound designers for film and audio.

All of these artists mutually bring much inspiration from these areas that were devastated by the wildfires. Andy Martin repeatedly told me Sinlahekin Valley is his favorite place. The funds from this compilation will go towards Latino Community Fund's Norcal Wildfire Relief Fund, Direct Relief's Wildfire funds, and GoFundMe's Wildfire Relief Fund.

I extend a massive thanks to the artists whose generous spirit and keen ears make this project possible and also to Lawrence and Room40 for helping pull it all together.

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released October 2, 2020

Curated by Ian Wellman
Mastered by Lawrence English

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