ds106: ds106 Field Report – Peaches for sale

It’s quite common in South Korea for fresh fruit and vegetable merchants to drive around suburban streets in their mini-trucks spruiking their wares over a loudspeaker. This is the sound of a merchant who specialises in peaches. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/22765735″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700″ width=”100%” height=”81″]

ds106: ds106 field report – The sound of Korean cicadas

This is the sound of a late Korean Summer. The sound cicadas or 매 미 (meh-mee) fill the air with their wall of sound. 매 미 sound different to Australian cicadas, which I guess is no suprise. Their sound seems to come in waves, unlike their Australian counterparts who have more of a constant drone. …

ds106: ds106 Field Recordings – Friday night roadside ambience

It’s the end of another working week. I’m waiting outside the local pizza shop on a Friday night. I hear some nice roadside ambience. I hit record. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/19551834″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Pizza shop interior and roadside ambience without commentary. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/19548752″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ]

ds106: My first live ds106radio broadcast – AE & me

So, I just signed off from my first live broadcast on #ds106radio. It was a short 20 minute set made up of songs released by Autechre between 1994-1995. I called the set AE & me. AE being an abbreviation for Autechre.  I’m not a fickle fan who likes their old stuff better than their new …

ds106: ds106 radio – Field recordings of inner city and suburban Melbourne

Yesterday, I wandered around inner city and suburban Melbourne. Here are some field recordings from my adventure. Listen to ds106 Field Recording 007 Crown Casino ambience Listen to ds106 Field Recording 008 Southbank Listen to ds106 Field Recording 009 Eureka Tower (Skydeck) Listen to ds106 Field Recording 010 Fitzroy Gardens Listen to ds106 Field Recording …

ds106: Radio ds106 – Station IDs

DS106 now has a streaming radio station!  The radio station streams content uploaded by ds106 participants. Pretty cool. Inspired, I decided to make a few station IDs. Something short and sharp that would hopefully shed a little light on exactly what the listener was hearing. Something to fill ‘the space between the gaps’ of each song. …