Find out more (including the lineup and links to all the artists) over at www.anarchyinthegarden.orgTracks included in this podcast include: Snap Dragon, Rhubarb, Pink Peony and The Lion Dreams of Hunting by Gabi Schaffner who can be found ov

Invitation to Dream

Feb 15th, 2022 1h 28m

Please note: There is no audio branding or intro in this episodeIf you enjoy this content, please consider joining our Patreon! Link below.Another immersive track for closed eyes, inviting you to slip into dreams or a meditative state. Perfe

Overnight Dreaming Part 2

Feb 8th, 2022 2h 55m

This two-part overnight dreaming mini-series invites you to listen as you sleep! Let these ambient, vocal sound waves soothe through the night, or any time you want to relax and find some deep chill. Designed around 1 and 1/2 hour cycles to mim

Overnight Dreaming Part 1

Feb 8th, 2022 3h 46m

A Winter's Soundwalk

Dec 24th, 2021 47m 39s

We break our long silence in the podcast feed with a very special episode for the solstice holidays. An immersive, imaginary sound walk through a wintery, landscape - complete with stops at market sound stages, through bustling train stations p

Drones, Part 3

Jun 25th, 2020 1h 31m

Part three (at last!) is the opposite of a deep dive – it’s a flight upwards through the night sky exploring the power of drones as medicine. We go into a bit of the reasons why drones have such a physical effect, with excerpts from an article

Drones, Part 2

May 12th, 2020 54m 11s

Part two of our deep dive into drones—exploring how we experience sustained and resonant frequencies in the body, altering our moods and perceptions of the world. Advocating for listening as a whole-body activity and echoing the call of Deep Li

Drones, Part 1

May 6th, 2020 44m 58s

This week we go deep, deep down to begin an exploration of the musical phenomenon of drones. Beginning with an invitation to listen, deeply, to some drones created by your host using some recent instrument libraries released free from Spitfire

News from the Nest: Quarantine Edition

Apr 20th, 2020 1h 25m

Sounds Curious Listeners - here's a crossover episode from our Patreon feed from The Willows Nest. This is a personal little audio postcard with two fantastic new musical pieces that have graced the tiny little stage here and some lovely binaur

Failure

Apr 10th, 2020 1h 9m

Look, we can't all be William Shakespeare and knock out King Lear while we're stuck at home. Most of us are lucky to put on pants at some point in the day. So in this episode we ponder one of my favorite topics, failure, and the beautiful thing

Long Time Gone

Mar 2nd, 2020 1h

This time we celebrate the launch of the new Echozoo project (www.echozoo.org) that imagines the sounds of extinct species in their habitats, my composer and sound artist Michael Riley https://mikronesia.bandcamp.com/ We ponder the sounds of

Spooky Yule: The Goodwood Ghost

Dec 20th, 2019 25m 41s

Celebrating an old tradition a new way: telling a spooky story at Yuletide, a Victorian ghost story, complete with some sound installation from field recordings by artists around the world. Celebrating the wonderful atmosphere that field recor

New From the Nest Crossover 2: Koka

Dec 14th, 2019 23m 4s

This bonus episode of Sounds Curious, a set by indie singer-songwriter Koka, is a little Patreon episode we're releasing into the podcast feed as a little holiday postcard from Berlin! Enjoy a few soulful songs shared on a warm night back in N

Season's Dreamings

Dec 7th, 2019 33m 14s

This week kicks off a series of episodes using field recordings in creative ways to revel in the sonic details that emerge through some old-fashioned analogue processing techniques drawn from the early days of electroacoustic music. To start,

An Autumn Ramble

Nov 18th, 2019 1h 5m

Today's episode goes back to some musical basics, with several live recordings with global artists from my home to yours. Opening with the glorious Aristarain & Lewkowicz Duo of Sophia Aristarain and Javier Lewkowicz, who rocked the house last

ASMR and Acoustic Intimacy (Part Two)

Nov 12th, 2019 1h 2m

After a long absence! Finally - thanks to everyone for your patience waiting for part 2! Want to help me dedicate more time to the podcast and less time to getting freelance work? Please support our home! www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest – hom

ASMR and Acoustic Intimacy (Part 1)

May 22nd, 2019 1h 1m

Sounds Curious: ASMR and Acoustic IntimacyPlease support our home! http://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest – home of the Sounds Curious podcast, and so much more. Every contribution, no matter how large or small, is greatly appreciated. There

News From the Nest (a crossover episode)

May 5th, 2019 2h 1m

To celebrate the launch of our new Patreon for the home of Sounds Curious - The Willows Nest in Berlin - I am releasing this first audio digest created for our Patreons to the Sounds Curious podcast. It has been quite a journey bringing this n

Voices Found (Part 2)

Mar 11th, 2019 1h 25m

The second part of our deep dive into contemporary "sound singing" or extranormal singing or whatever we're calling it these days with Dr. Chris Tonelli with Gabriel Dharmoo Ute Wassermann, David Moss and Tomomi Adachi.Sound installation (un

Voices Found (Part 1)

Feb 2nd, 2019 56m

Sounds Curious S3, E4: Voices Found, Part 1This week we surf the sound waves of improvised vocal performance, through the practice of five diverse improvisers from all over the world. Introducing his soon-to-be published research, Dr. Chris

Yesterday's tomorrow, today

Jan 7th, 2019 52m 14s

This week we take our curious listeners on a little tour through and underappreciated moment in musical history: “space-age” music, or lounge music, or whatever term floats your boat. We trace the relationships between this “exotic” moment in

Solstice Dreaming

Dec 15th, 2018 51m 55s

This week we take a deep dive into the long dark night to find music inspired by dreaming. Featuring composer/sound artists Michael Reiley McDermott James Perley, and a bit by yours truly, we celebrate dreams and dreaming and all that they hav

A New Adventure

Dec 11th, 2018 1h 32m

Field recordings (intro): All from Radio Aporee, http://www.aporee.orgNatalia Borissova “Alexanderplatz, Tunnel under the s-bahn tracks.” David Rogers “Alexanderplatz.”udo noll “Berlin Ostkreuz: station ambience, steps on stairs.”“John H

Hearing (Natural) History

Apr 21st, 2017 39m 59s

Recorded on April 6th, but late to the feed! This week we take a sound walk through the archives over at The British Library, celebrating the vanishing sounds of the natural world. We were led there through a blog interview with the curator o

Convolution Revolutions

Mar 29th, 2017 51m 52s

This week we explore the spaces of sound talking about convolution reverberation and how it can recreate the sound of real spaces. From La Scala in Milan to underground cisterns in Washington state, we dive deep to listen to space, and find th