this edition of  framework:afield, entitled  track, has been produced in germany by  marcus beuter . for more information about his work see  http://www.marcusbeuter.de. about the program:

track is a travel from germany to nagorno-karabach. what are the differences, what the similarities in the acoustic environment on a travel across europe? what changes in my reception the longer the travel lasts? which significant [...]

this is our 3rd edition of  framework:ephemera, our new occasional series of shows featuring selections from the personal collection of an artist who has invited us into his or her home or studio. in this edition we visited  ernst karel in boston, who selected some great sounds for us: a release on  smithsonian folkways ‘ archival series from another [...]

this edition of  framework:afield, entitled  diamonds and hoofoil , has been produced in the scottish borders by  james wyness . notes from the producer: Diamonds and Hoofoil is an ethnosonic investigation into equestrian culture in the Scottish Borders. As part of a wider collaborative project, Fetlock Deep, in collaboration with Claire Pençak, Catriona Taylor and Caroline Adam, I spent several months [...]

this edition of  framework:afield has been produced in the uk by regular contributor  felicity ford . for more information see her website at  http://www.felicityford.co.uk. from the producer:

This radio show was produced as research/preparation for a forthcoming presentation by Prof. Paul Whitty, Dr Felicity Ford and Andrea Zarza Canova at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology’s forthcoming annual conference. Their joint [...]

hands to – cicuye many self-released works this week, one re-release, and one cd from the always-impressive  23five label, who this time brings us the very-appropriate-for-radio-broadcast work  areal by  richard garet , constructed from radio frequency recordings. the re-release, on the net label  yugen art , is from  jeph jerman’s project  hands to , a cassette which originally appeared on his own animist recordings [...]

this edition of  framework:afield has been produced in the united states by  john f. barber , and is entitled  tell me a story about meditation . for more informationon his work, see his website at  http://www.nouspace.net/john. or to see this show  on his site, see  http://www.nouspace.net/john/sound/storyaboutmeditation.html. from the producer: Tell Me A Story about Meditation revisits two earlier works, Tell Me A Story and Meditation to [...]

the framework:seaonal series of fund-raising audio releases continues with a very special issue #3 – the great chris watson , who, we’re sure, needs no introduction amongst framework listeners, has donated a single-take, 2.5 hour field recording from the rainforests of borneo, recorded and published at its full length at higher-than-cd audio quality. this stunning recording has never before been [...]

we begin a new experiment with this edition in the form of a more long-term and direct collaboration with  radio aporee and their great soundmaps: as a regular contributor,  framework is anyway in the habit of listening to new sounds as they arrive on the map, so with this edition we have chosen a few favrorites from the [...]

this edition of  framework:afield has been produced in the uk by  felicity ford , using interviews and field-recordings collected during the course of the  sonic wallpaper project that she has been working on with the  museum of design and architecture . from the producer: I’ve been working on Sonic Wallpaper with the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture for a year, and [...]

welcome back to new  framework programming! we’ve returned from our annual summer holidays in full stride, with a long list of longform single-track works, one piece per artist, that have all been waiting patiently for airwaves for some time: great compositions from longtime regular contributors  keith de mendonca and  luís antero , returning contributors  kim walker , cedric anglaret (with his duo  danse [...]

This is our last regular edition before our usual summer break – we’ll be taking the month of august off from new programming, but of course we’ll be lining up shows from the archives to fill in while we’re away, so you won’t be left soundless. there will be one more new edition of  framework:afield, next [...]

a baltic heavy edition this week, with  john grzinich (estonia),  sala (lithuania), a work by  auvikogue constructed from recordings made in latvia, and a work by  jez riley french featuring recordings made in estonia. phew. i actually mistakenly announced that auvikogue  was latvian during the show, but that was a mistake – the source material for  diena nakotne was recorded there [...]

this edition of  framework:afield has been produced in canada by  john f. barber . for more information on his work, see  http://www.nouspace.net/john, or for this piece, see  http://www.nouspace.net/john/sound/contact.html. notes from the producer:

“Contact” is a radio sound art narrative focusing on the proclivity throughout human history to seek connection and communication with the spirit spectrum, parallel dimensions, or alien worlds beyond [...]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced by alan dunn and chris watson in collaboration with students from the school of art, architecture and design at leeds metropolitan university. Markets to maggots Leeds Metropolitan University, Alan Dunn & Chris Watson Download ‘Markets to maggots’ is a selection of field recordings made by students from the School of Art, Architecture [...]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced by alan dunn and chris watson in collaboration with students from the school of art, architecture and design at leeds metropolitan university. Markets to maggots Leeds Metropolitan University, Alan Dunn & Chris Watson ‘Markets to maggots’ is a selection of field recordings made by students from the School of Art, Architecture [...]

textures that somehow match the season this week – when we were mixing this show it was warm and sunny, and now, a few days later, the skies have opened up and we are swimming in spring rain. so sounds this time around that are maybe a little less calm, maybe to catch you off [...]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced by  marc behrens . for more information, see http://www.marcbehrens.com. a few words from the producer: THAIPUSAM presented by Marc Behrens “Documentary recordings made at Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, on February 5-7, 2012. You will hear, in this order: the surroundings in Kuala Lumpur Chinatown * music at the Mariamman Temple * the Thaipusam 2012 [...]

a great collection this week – we were pretty overwhelmed by the beauty of emmanuel holterbach’s collection of resonant recordings, not to mention the beauty of the accompanying book/packaging. we don’t know how available these are, but if you can track one down, check it out. we also dipped back into the stack of jeph [...]

here it is, folks: our first shiny new we-have-entered-the-21st-century (albeit a little late) playlist mailing! we think we’ve got it all working now – automatic subscriptions forms are online at our website (at the bottom of the sidebar on each page) and on our facebook page (the ‘email signup’ button just below our profile picture). [...]

this is our final edition of our  spring fundraiser and focus on the  framework:seasonal #2, spring 2012 release, featuring the last 3 tracks from the compilation by  camilla hannan , pali meursault , and  lasse-marc riek , and reminding you loudly, frequently and incessantly: we need you!  framework is not free to produce, but it  is free to hear, and therefore we rely on your [...]