Field Recordings

Field Recordings

A podcast where audio-makers stand silently in fields.

  • 2 minutes 6 seconds
    Crystal Palace Band playing at the Crystal Palace Christmas Tree lights turn-on, London, UK on 29th November 2025 – by Alan Hall
    4 December 2025, 9:53 am
  • 1 minute 30 seconds
    First big snow of the season, Pittsburgh, USA on 2nd December 2025 – by Dennis Funk

    “This first big snow was really dreamy. It started late in the night after I’d gone to bed, and had already stopped by morning. When I woke up there was the shock of a white, white world and a few inches on the ground. I got lost in the stillness of the day, and watched little heaps tumble from branches when a breeze rattled through.”

    3 December 2025, 8:21 pm
  • 4 minutes 33 seconds
    An aspen grove in the Jarbidge Wilderness, Nevada, USA in Autumn 2019 – by Fil Corbitt
    30 November 2025, 4:42 pm
  • 1 minute 35 seconds
    UK farmers tractor protest on the day of the budget, Rupert Street, Soho, London, UK at 14.29 on 26th November 2025 – by Clare Lynch

    “16th century Soho fields being ploughed in protest by 21st century musical tractors.”

    27 November 2025, 12:23 pm
  • 2 minutes 4 seconds
    Cows grazing in the fog, Cerro, on the Lessini Mountains, North of Verona, Italy in late November 2025 – by Davide Erbogasto

    “I happened to be visiting my family home in Italy this past week and some cows were grazing in the field opposite, regardless of the rain, fog or snow. Their bell kept me company through the week.”

    24 November 2025, 12:07 pm
  • 4 minutes 42 seconds
    Inside a rainwater collection tank, London, UK on 10th November 2025 – by Cesar Gimeno Lavin

    “It had just stopped raining and the tank was about two thirds full. The water was still dripping into the tank making a fantastic sound. Although the microphones were inside the tank they managed to pick up the occasional car passing by.”

    24 November 2025, 12:00 pm
  • 1 minute 51 seconds
    Bells heard through a window, Vilnius, Lithuania in the morning on 26th May 2025 – by Eleanor McDowall
    17 November 2025, 2:43 pm
  • 10 minutes 25 seconds
    Large Old Boat moored near Greenwich, London, UK on 8th November 2025 – by Cesar Gimeno Lavin

    “The tide was very high and the river was flowing fast. The boat was furiously moving around, even hitting the concrete pier. Meanwhile life went by as usual, with people strolling and jogging past the boat.”

    17 November 2025, 2:30 pm
  • 2 minutes 47 seconds
    2 minutes silence from the rooftop of St Paul’s Cathedral, Rememberance Sunday at 11am, 2025 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte

    “Rather than a traditional pure recording, here’s 2 perspectives carefully mixed together. The recording features 11 strikes of St. Paul’s Cathedral clock bell to mark the 11th hour and the 2 minutes silence as heard from the rooftop of the cathedral together with sounds from ground level.”

    11 November 2025, 10:44 am
  • 12 seconds
    Democratic Socialists of America election night party, Bushwick, NY as Hell Gate NYC livestream called the race at 9.44pm on 4th November 2025 – by Kalli Anderson
    5 November 2025, 11:36 pm
  • 30 seconds
    New York Mayoral Election Results, Paul’s, Brooklyn, NY, USA on 4th November 2025 – by Brian Pester
    5 November 2025, 9:22 pm
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