Asia-Pacific Field Recording Forum

Sean Art O'Brien

field recordings from the asia-pacific region. a long-term on-line project for the documentation of urban, rural, & natural environments. tracing change, subtle & dramatic. presenting soundscape podcasts, short films, image galleries & essays for encountered sounds, cultures, people, places & moments. an evolving network of creative exchange, regularly updated for public viewing. facilitated by sean art o’brien. inviting contributions.

  • 8 minutes 27 seconds
    Sleepy Bay, Tasmania
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    Light surf on pebbles, on-shore wind, kelp garden
    4 December 2009, 12:13 am
  • 5 minutes 24 seconds
    Toorale
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    "Toorale" homestead dates from 1895. It sits on the banks of the Warrego river, amongst mulga scrub in the arid country of far west New South Wales. Constructed from timber and iron, the homestead was abandoned by the early 1970s, and is now a home to swallows, decaying gently along with its contents, including a ruined piano.
    3 December 2009, 11:55 pm
  • 5 minutes 35 seconds
    Mekong Delta Blues
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    Mekong delta, twilight, approaching rain, close insects and frogs, distant singing, distant boats, passing motorbike
    2 June 2008, 7:26 am
  • 1 minute 45 seconds
    Jade Temple OK Cyclo
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    Jade Temple, Saigon/HCM City, exterior, cyclo driver, motorbikes, courtyard insects, children, water feature
    15 December 2007, 8:09 am
  • 2 minutes 47 seconds
    Jade Temple Walk
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    Jade Temple, Saigon/HCM City, Vietnam. Bells. Prayers. Clock. Rainy season.
    15 December 2007, 7:58 am
  • 3 minutes 3 seconds
    Stone Country
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    Stone Country : Karulkiyalu ngurra. Upper western NSW. Gundabooka is one stop of many that Baiame made when creating this country. In the old days the people would travel on foot along creek lines from place to place. Recording made in rock overhang, on the side of the creek bed/gorge. Light wind gusts blowing along the gorge. Headphone listening recommended.
    1 December 2007, 11:54 pm
  • 3 minutes 28 seconds
    Angkor, market, wat, evening chanting
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    Recordings from the field, Cambodia August 2007. In and around Siem Reap, the temples and forests of Angkor, and the hills of Kbal Spean. Tracing the presence and activity of local people in this environment. Kids that work in the grounds of the Wats, monks and novices, guides, and musicians. Moving further away from people into the forest to record frogs, insects, running water, rain.
    23 August 2007, 5:54 am
  • 5 minutes 33 seconds
    Angkor dusk, frogs, people, horse, traffic hum, distant chanting
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    23 August 2007, 5:43 am
  • 2 minutes 57 seconds
    Orchestra at Banteay Srei, land mine victims
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    23 August 2007, 5:25 am
  • 2 minutes 12 seconds
    Girls in Preah Khan, chatting and laughing, radio
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    23 August 2007, 5:00 am
  • 2 minutes 24 seconds
    Boys collecting wood, Angkor forest
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    23 August 2007, 4:46 am
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