KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ World Ear Project: Series 2, April 22, 1985, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Other Finds

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

WEP.1985.04.22.A

Program Series

World Ear Project

Program Length

118 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1985-04-22 | broadcast
| 1985-04-22 | created

Description

This program is the third in a new series of ambient field recordings from around the world. The original World Ear Project series was broadcast on KPFA in the early 1970s, as the portable cassette recorder first made such an ambitious undertaking economically affordable. In this, the second series, the idea of collecting sounds from unique and unusual environments from all over the world remains the same, however the advances in field recording technologies, including digital recording, make for a much higher quality experience. In this program Charles Amirkhanian, and Richard Friedman, present tapes recorded in San Francisco, and other locations.

Genres

Field recordings

Musical Selections

[thunderstorm, San Francisco, California, Sept. 19, 1984] / Paul Cardier (sp?) -- [desert wilderness] / John Sunier -- [Oak woodland] / John Sunier -- [Chinese New Years Parade, San Francisco, California, 1985] / Melody Walker -- [Lefty O’Doul Bridge, San Francisco, California] / Ty Allison -- [windchime garden in San Francisco, California] / Melanie Walker -- [raindrops falling?]

Subjects

Ambient sounds
Field recordings
Nature sounds
Birdsongs
Animal sounds
City sounds
Windchimes

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Friedman, Richard
Amirkhanian, Charles
Sunier, John
Walker, Melanie
Allison, Ty