{"title":"Chris Watson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Richard \"Chris\" Watson is a Sheffield-born British musician and sound recordist specializing in natural history. He is a former member of Cabaret Voltaire and The Hafler Trio, and has worked on numerous TV and radio documentaries for BBC. Watson has also released solo and collaborative records on the Touch label, which are derived from his location recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a passion for capturing the sounds of nature, Chris Watson's work as a sound recordist has taken him to various locations around the world. His expertise in recording natural environments has been showcased in his collaborations with renowned artists and musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his contributions to television and radio documentaries, Watson has released several albums that offer listeners an immersive experience into the beauty of our planet's diverse landscapes. These records, often released through the esteemed Touch label, feature meticulously crafted compositions using field recordings captured by Watson himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"el-tren-fantasma","title":"El Tren Fantasma","description":"\u003cp\u003e'el tren fantasma', (the ghost train), is chris watson's 4th solo album for touch, and his first since 'weather report' in 2003, which was named as one of the albums you should hear before you die in the guardian. a radio programme was broadcast on bbc radio 4 on saturday 30 oct, 2010, produced by sarah blunt, and described as \"a thrilling acoustic journey across the heart of mexico from pacific to atlantic coast using archive recordings to recreate a rail passenger service which no longer exists. it's now more than a decade since fnm operated its last continuous passenger service across country. chris watson spent a month on board the train with some of the last passengers to travel this route. as sound recordist he was part of the film crew working on a programme in the bbc tv series great railways journeys. now, in this album, the journey of the 'ghost train' is recreated, evoking memories of a recent past, capturing the atmosphere, rhythms and sounds of human life, wildlife and the journey itself along the tracks of one of mexico's greatest engineering projects.about the author... chris watson is one of the world's leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena, and for touch he edits his field recordings into a filmic narrative. for example. the unearthly groaning of ice in an icelandic glacier is a classic example of, in watson's words, putting a microphone where you can't put your ears. he was born in sheffield where he attended rowlinson school and stannington college (now part of sheffield college). in 1971 he was a founding member of the influential sheffield-based experimental music group cabaret voltaire. his sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined tyne tees television. since then he has developed a particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world. as a freelance recordist for film, tv \u0026amp; radio, chris watson specialises in natural history and documentary location sound together with track assembly and sound design in post production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50435504243019,"sku":"345779","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a8995be0-f8d8-4960-8679-2c5c61a5729d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726904576"},{"product_id":"oxmardyke","title":"Oxmardyke","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilip Jeck sadly passed away at the end of March 2022. But before he died, he was able to work on some audio files sent to him by Chris Watson, who writes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 2017 I was recording along the north bank of the Humber estuary and one morning driving back from Faxfleet I was stopped at the Oxmardyke rail crossing. The gates were down. After setting up a microphone array by the tracks for a passing freight train the signalman shouted an invitation to climb up into the gate box to make some more recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the following weeks I made several return trips to Oxmardyke and gathered a broad palette of recordings. I discussed the sounds, stories and history of the site with Philip after a show and we were both excited by the potential of making a work together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip was drawn to the ancient history of the area from 6th century Anglo Saxon times to the Knights Templar and how the sounds, rhythms and textures from those periods may still inhabit the contemporary landscape. My thoughts took inspiration from 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens and the painting 'Rain, Steam and Speed' by Joseph Turner. We agreed to share ideas and exchange tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOxmardyke gate box has now passed into history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI sincerely hope that my contributions may frame Philip's exceptional work.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touch","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50483047104843,"sku":"2026484","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki-1_9673fccf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727560383"},{"product_id":"locations-processed-blue-tb7-series","title":"Locations, Processed (Blue TB7 Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eChris Watson – originally the keyboard player of Cabaret Voltaire, then a sound recordist for Tyne Tees Television, and founder member of The Hafler Trio, but now perhaps best know for his BAFTA winning location recording for Sir David Attenborough, Birdwatch, Tweet Of The Day and range of BBC Radio programmes. Here Chris creates an all new sound journey in honour of Bob Moog via a series of his own location recordings subtlety processed through The Moog Sound Lab’s System 55. Almost a return to theprinciples that birthed Cabaret Voltaire’s earliest experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moog Recordings Library","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50497910964555,"sku":"1040456","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50497911980363,"sku":"1040457","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f88b82d1-4dfa-4d16-b467-4e115a5aa758_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727734899"},{"product_id":"in-st-cuthbert-s-time","title":"In St Cuthbert's Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sound of Lindisfarne and the Gospels To celebrate the exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels at Durham Cathedral in July 2013, award-winning wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson has researched the sonic environment of the Holy Island as it might have been experienced by St. Cuthbert in 700 A.D.The Sound of Lindisfarne and the Gospels To celebrate the exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels at Durham Cathedral in July 2013, award-winning wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson has researched the sonic environment of the Holy Island as it might have been experienced by St. Cuthbert in 700 A.D. Track listing: 1. Winter2. Lencten3. Sumor4. Haerfest \"A 7th Century Soundscape of Lindisfarne Throughout human history artists have been influenced by their surroundings and the sounds of the landscape they inhabit. When Eadfrith, the Bishop of Lindisfarne, was writing and illustrating the Lindisfarne Gospels on that island during the late 7th C. and early 8th C. he would have been immersed in the sounds of Holy Island whilst he created this remarkable work. This production aims to reflect upon the daily and seasonal aspects of the evolving variety of ambient sounds that accompanied life and work during that period of exceptional thought and creativity.\" Chris Watson - sound recordist - www.chriswatson.net With thanks to Professor Veronica Strang, Executive Director, Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University Notes: St Cuthbert Cuthbert was an Anglo Saxon monk, bishop and hermit who became prior of Lindisfarne in c. 665. In later life Cuthbert felt called to be a hermit and moved to the nearby island of Inner Farne to begin fighting the spiritual forces of evil in solitude. Cuthbert became associated with the birds and other animals on the island and gave special protection to the Eider duck which is still known locally as Cuddy's duck.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touch","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50509763117387,"sku":"365993","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/acdbe788-0e1c-4a7c-b023-1d0d1d703076_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727868074"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_4f906f35_thumbnail_4096_875f3033-1972-485f-8df7-262ef15bb392.jpg?v=1726904558","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/chris-watson.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}