Chris Watson - Oceanus Pacificus

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Warp Records (UK):

Amazing sound recordist and ex-Cabaret Voltaire member Chris Watson who's other job is working for the BBC Natural History Unit recording sound for Television and Radio does this very limited 7 inch record with extra lock-grooves for Touch. The two dense and beautiful recordings on this 7 inch are underwater recordings of the Humboldt current around the Galapagos Islands, recorded using a pair of Dolphin Ear Pro Hydrophones onto a NAGRA ARES-PII digital audio recorder. One is recorded at 3 metres the other at 10 metres. Needless to say as with all of Watson's recorded work it's spellbinding stuff and a real pleasure to listen to.

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That’s Chris Watson, formerly of Cabaret Voltaire and the Hafler Trio, who’s been doing field recordings with a remarkable ear for subtlety as of the past decade. Here we find two samples of the sounds of the Humboldt current, which surrounds the Galapagos islands, from three meters and ten meters deep, respectively. “3m” is busy, active sloshing of water, powered by a steady attack courtesy of the current’s pull. But “10m” is much darker, and actually sort of terrifying, the voice of the current imbued with a bassier, more claustrophobic presence that may as well be the sound of the weight of water. A remarkable piece of short, affecting natural sound, mercurially presented. Pro-printed cardstock sleeve with spine writing.

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