Conversation between David Toop and Lawrence English.
Lawrence started by talking about short-wave radio and electromagnetic mics and how these can another form of field recording and listening to our environment. Short-wave radio gives you a wide access to all sort of frequencies, but it allows you to narrow down the frequency to receive specific information. He compares this to the practice of deep listening.
“Field recordings can be sound photographies”
During their conversation there many mentions on how technology helps us understand our environment in new ways, it allows us access information that we didn’t had previous access. An example given by David was he mentioned how elephants communicate through infrasound, and how we managed to understand it with sound visualizers.