Podcast Episodes

Nip nap

The sound that I was allocated for this track was described as a Zande drinking song, from a collection of wax cylinder recordings of Zande songs, d…

3 months, 1 week ago

How I learnt to live with ghosts

I chose this recording - an orchestral Korean recording from Seoul, 1972 - after initially earmarking another sound, but this one spoke to me with i…

3 months, 1 week ago

Zande drinking song

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of wax cylinder recordings of Zande songs, dance…

3 months, 1 week ago

Yeyi

Hearing the vocal music of the BaAka for the first time was a powerful, emotional experience for me. This led me to explore some of the other sounds…

3 months, 1 week ago

V4-4

This track is based on the recording of Metimbo of the Aka tribe in the Central African Republic playing the Bubulu (Potbowl). I chose this recordin…

3 months, 1 week ago

Bayaka women singing yeyi in the forest

Bayaka women singing yeyi (polyphonic song) in the forest.

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a l…

3 months, 1 week ago

Bayang song

This was one of the more difficult pieces I’ve worked on, although it was enjoyable working through the process. I struggled quite a bit at the begi…

3 months, 1 week ago

Metimbo playing the bubulu (pot bow)

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

Kinnaur calling

Created in collaboration with Kinnauri filmmaker Himanshu Negi Regesoi, this piece is a meeting of old and new, bringing a sonic archive to life fro…

3 months, 1 week ago

Women singing

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of reel-to-reel recordings of music and spoken l…

3 months, 1 week ago