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For the biggest artists to the most underground, field recordings have become the vital spark of electronic music. Whether documenting nature, sampling the city or capturing the atmosphere of archaeological sites, musicians are using found sounds to make sense of our world. Ears To The Ground explores the relationship between electronics, landscape and field recordings in the UK, Ireland and around the globe, discovering how producers and artists evoke the natural world, history and folklore through sampled sounds, and features interviews with Leafcutter John, KMRU, Ultramarine, Kate Carr, Erland Cooper, Proc Fiskal, Flora Yin-Wong, Langham Research Centre, Claire Guerin, Toshiya Tsunoda, Lawrence English, Heinali, Oliver Ho and many more.

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9781913231521

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"""Recording or celebrating 'place' in art and music feels increasingly relevant, as our environment faces more serious threats than ever before, and Ears To The Ground is a timely examination of this development."" Ultramarine"

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Obsessed with hip-hop from the age of 12, Ben Murphy caught the music bug early and started collecting records of all kinds as a teenager. Immersing himself in club culture, drum & bass, techno and trip-hop, he voraciously consumed music magazines, and set his sights on becoming a writer, specializing in electronic and dance sounds. After writing reviews and features for blogs and online fanzines, he became news editor at DJ Magazine, and eventually editor-in-chief at the title. He has been writing about music for over 20 years and has contributed to The Guardian, Crack and Time Out.

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