Three field recordists and a cinematographer walk into a forest.  What comes next is not a punchline, but a story.  Earlier this year, Yii Kah Hoe, Nigel Brown and Yannick Dauby, along with William Kok, visited the Borneo village of Bung Jagoi, and collected hours of pristine recordings.  They also spent time in the village, listening to the stories of Juis Migan, and returned with two hours…

Marc Namblard and Yannick Dauby engage with contrasting soundscapes in the split set Brownsberg and Other Topographics.  Dauby’s dérive (an urban walk) mirrors the “drift” of being lost in an urban environment.  Namblard’s composition, recorded in Suriname, restores the connection with nature. Recorded in Taiwan and Tokyo, Dauby’s “Other Topographics” reinforces the idea of an aimless, rewarding…