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A Century of Sounds on Battiti, Rai Radio 3, February 2026
A Century of Sounds feature on the Battiti show on Rai Radio 3 in Italy, broadcast on 26 February 2026.
Featuring:
- Drawn to the circle by Ana Habes…
3 months, 1 week ago
We sing together
When I first heard this recording of men gathered around a guitar, singing fragments of traditional songs and inventing lyrics on the spot, with wom…
3 months, 1 week ago
Nothing changes (a begging I will go)
This piece is built around a field recording from the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum of Berber beggars singing for charity.
Listening to…
3 months, 1 week ago
Sapeh (three-stringed boat lute)
"Sapeh (type of three-stringed boat lute) being played": the instrument was recorded in Sarawak by collector Leslie Bennett.
From the sound collectio…
3 months, 1 week ago
Beggars singing for charity
From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of reel-to-reel tape recordings of Berber (Ait H…
3 months, 1 week ago
Afternoon beneath a palm shelter
From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a large collection of cassette tape and digital audio tape re…
3 months, 1 week ago
To the land of the hornbills
I listened to the piece and researched any historical links between Plymouth, my home town and Sarawak, were the original recording by Leslie Bennet…
3 months, 1 week ago
The rainforest
The field recording that inspired this composition features a Bayaka musician playing the geedal, an instrument whose sound is deeply connected to t…
3 months, 1 week ago
Duet for conch shell and synthesisers
The recording I worked with was pure beauty. A simple, pure sound of a conch shell being played - according to my further research, these conches ca…
3 months, 1 week ago
Mwana wevhu
This project is inspired by a 1958 field recording of a Bamum girl singing a religious song in Fumban, West Region, Cameroon, recorded by Lois Mitch…
3 months, 1 week ago