Listen on iTunes: What I Leave Behind I Bring With Me
Developed as part of Metal Culture Remote Residency
Walking and recording became a daily activity during lockdown. It became a way of listening more deeply to where I lived, listening to newly uncovered sounds. Without the veil of traffic noise, there was an unexpected space to hear the environment in more detail, hidden reverbs, tonalities, echos. Sounds from outside became amplified in the silence, bringing the outdoor ambience into the inside through open windows, more noticeable than ever. I have always been interested in how the sound of a place can make you feel, and I feel recording binaurally, with nowhere for me to hide, creates a more immersive and exposing sonic picture.
I became interested in the difference in the sound of spaces, their resonance, how as a recordist sounds are made, and how I listened differently through the act of recording whilst walking. I am interested in how the body and voice becomes part of the field recording, a self-surveillance of unconscious actions and improvised routine, and how these sounds can be used within a composition.
What I leave Behind I Bring With Me is a collection of binaurally recorded daily encounters with our sonic landscape, an exploration of how we listen and walk, combining field recordings, voice, chance encounters, sometimes woven into compositions, sometimes generating new meanings. Through this performative and exploratory process I explored what sound can reveal, from nature, our imprint and our place within it. Use headphones in a quiet space for the best listening experience.
Recorded and produced by Laura Campbell with production support and artwork by Adam Sloan.
Developed as part of Metal Culture Remote Residency