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293 Pools of Rye Harbour (sleep safe)
Episode 298
The Lento box records alone, tied to a tree, behind thickets of gorse. The night hours pass. The microphones capture the panoramic peace of this wild…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
292 Moorland trees in December gales - Derbyshire (sleep safe after owls at start)
Episode 297
Exposed moorland trees create a strong natural source of undulating white noise when shouldering the brunt of a winter gale. The sounds they produce …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
291 High tide turning - the Crouch Estuary in Essex (sleep safe)
Episode 296
The waves settle into wavelets. The wavelets settle to calm. Then it's just the pure sound of estuary emptiness, at night.
Following on from episode …
9 months ago
290 Night rain in the Pyrenees (sleep safe)
Episode 295
We love the ambience of Sant Llorence de la Muga, a small village high in the Pyrenees. It's a beautifully peaceful place but we know the sound of th…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
289 Dawn birds of rural Shropshire
Episode 294
Welcome back to Radio Lento and a new year of captured quiet from natural places. It's so good you are here.
To open 2026 we're heading back to rural…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
288 Tidal estuary at night (sleep safe with plane at 23m)
Episode 293
Tied to a railing, the Lento box records alone. It's about two in the morning along the river bank east of Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. Wind is blowin…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
287 Dusk on Boggle Hole beach - North Yorkshire coast
Episode 292
The still luminous sky above the sheer rock cliffs was turning an even deeper shade of blue, as we stepped down onto the wet sand of the beach at Bog…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
286 Night crickets of the Kent coast (long sleep safe + some soft overflying planes)
Episode 291
Capturing the sound-feel of real night quiet is special. It requires a lot of time and a location where quiet naturally occurs in more than just a fl…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
285 Late October on Chesil Beach (sleep safe)
Episode 290
The making of this high-definition sound photograph of Chesil Beach began thanks to the number 1 bus from Weymouth to Portland. As we stepped aboard,…
1 year ago
284 The wind of Long Mynd
Episode 289
Reaching the top of Long Mynd in rural Shropshire requires a good steady climb. The rocky footpath winds up and up, and so must you, if you want to g…
1 year ago