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 | | Description: | Weather Report by Chris Watson, released 26 June 2003, includes the following tracks: "Vatnajokull" and more.
This version of Weather Report comes as a 1xCD. - Repressing of Chris Watson's critically-acclaimed 2003 release, Weather Report. After working with Cabaret Voltaire and the Hafler Trio, Watson became a sound recordist for the UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He has since joined a film and video production company, working for BBC wildlife documentaries and occasional feature films. It is with this naturalist spirit and background that Watson applies his work, capturing sound footage that illustrates a deep understanding of silence, space, and ecological wonderment. Weather Report understands that the weather has created and shaped all our habitats. Clearly, it also has a profound and dynamic effect upon our lives and that of other animals. The three locations featured here - Kenya's Masai Mara, a Scottish highland glen and an Icelandic glacier - all have moods and characters which are made tangible by the elements, and these periodic events are represented within by a form of time compression. This is Chris' first foray into composition using his location recordings of wildlife and habitats - in his previous releases, he was concerned with describing and revealing the special atmosphere of a place by site-specific, untreated location recordings. On Weather Report, he constructs collages of sounds, which evolve from a series of recordings made at the specific locations over varying periods of time, distilling vast, diverse arenas of sound into pointillistic sound-poems. As Sasha Frere-Jones wrote in Time Out New York in 1999: "Listen to your world. It may be more interesting than all the things you buy to escape from it."Repress, with slightly altered artwork; digipak packaging.
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? 2008 & 2003 © Touch
Weather Report
The weather has created and shaped all our habitats. Clearly it also has a profound and dynamic effect upon our lives and that of other animals. The three locations featured here all have moods and characters which are made tangible by the elements, and these periodic events are represented within by a form of time compression.
Ol-Olool-O
A fourteen hour drama in Kenya's Masai Mara from 0500h - 1900h on Thursday 17th October 2002.
The Lapaich
The music of a Scottish highland glen through autumn and into winter during the four months of September to December.
Vatnajökull
The 10,000 year climatic journey of ice formed deep within this Icelandic glacier and its lingering flow into the Norwegian Sea.
"Weather Report" is an immersive audio journey on CD by renowned field recordist Chris Watson, released on the specialist label Touch. Rather than conventional songs, this work presents carefully composed soundscapes built from real-world environmental recordings. Across the album, Watson captures the shifting moods of weather in different locations - from delicate changes in wind and air pressure to dense storms and the subtle sonic textures of rain, thunder, and atmospheric resonance. The CD invites deep, attentive listening: details emerge gradually, revealing rhythms and layers that feel almost orchestral, yet are entirely created by the natural world. This makes "Weather Report" ideal for listeners interested in sound art, experimental audio, sound design, and meditative or contemplative listening.
Chris Watson is one of the most respected field recordists in the world and a key figure in contemporary sound art. A founding member of the influential industrial group Cabaret Voltaire, he later focused on environmental recordings and has contributed extensively to major film, TV and radio productions, especially in the field of natural history. His work is widely regarded for its technical precision and artistic sensitivity, bridging documentary and composition. On "Weather Report", Watson distils decades of experience into a coherent, atmospheric narrative that demonstrates how powerful and expressive unmanipulated environmental sound can be.
The CD format underscores the producer's attention to sound quality and sequencing: the album is conceived as a complete listening experience from beginning to end, with carefully judged dynamics and transitions between each piece. High-quality mastering allows subtle details - distant rumbles, fine raindrops, changing air currents - to be perceived clearly on a good sound system or headphones. As a physical object, the CD also appeals to collectors of experimental music and sound art, often accompanied (depending on the edition) by thoughtful artwork and liner notes that contextualise the recordings.
Touch, the label behind this release, is a long-established, artist-driven publisher with a strong focus on experimental, ambient, and audio-visual art. Known for its carefully curated catalogue and distinctive visual identity, Touch has worked with many influential sound artists and composers and has earned a reputation for high production standards and long-term collaboration with its artists. With "Weather Report", Touch continues its tradition of presenting works that explore the boundaries between music, sound art and field recording, offering a release that is both aesthetically refined and intellectually engaging. | | | No. of tracks: |
3 |
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CD 88340 |
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