http://www.chriswatson.net/ Chris Watson is a sound recordist specialising in natural history. His work as a wildlife sound recordist includes both work for film and television documentaries, and experimental musical projects. en Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:29:18 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Date: Wednesday 09.04.2008 19:00 Location: Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zurich. contact email fo reservations etc: info@cabaretvoltaire.ch / +41 43 268 57 20 website: http://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch you can find an announcement in German here Programme 1900 Chris Watson presents... 1945 Mike Harding Presents Touch 2030 Chris Watson Live]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_at_the_cabaret_voltaire_zurich_9th_april_2008.html http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_at_the_cabaret_voltaire_zurich_9th_april_2008.html left Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:29:18 +0000 ]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_in_the_radio_times_250308.html http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_in_the_radio_times_250308.html left Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:41:19 +0000 ]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_in_lexus_car_magazine.html http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_in_lexus_car_magazine.html left Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:45:36 +0000 Qwartz Awards, Paris 2008
Touch has entries in 12 nominations for the Qwartz Awards 2008 and will be appearing live for these awards. A special edition of Touch Tone 25 has been manufactured for this event, with the kind permission of the artists. April 3rd: Black venue: Maison des Métallos, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris 75011 (Metro Couronne). Before Blixa Bargeld speech/performance: Rosy Parlane | Fennesz April 4th: Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione: 110 rue Amelot, Paris 75003 (Metro Filles du Calvaire). 1 hour after Blixa Bargeld, Max Mathews, Jean-Claude Risset and Beatriz Feyrrera [Qwartz d’Honneur attributions] from 23h to 1h30, with Radio France [France Musique] direct retransmission, Qwartz's official sponsor. Chris Watson | Philip Jeck | BJNilsen Free entrance
Chris Watson Live at Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich April 9th Date: Wednesday 09.04.2008 19:00 Location: Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zurich. contact email fo reservations etc: info@cabaretvoltaire.ch / +41 43 268 57 20 website: http://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch you can find an announcement in german here: http://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/aktuell/aktuell.php?ID=99]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/new_projects_current_activities_april_2008.html http://www.chriswatson.net/new_projects_current_activities_april_2008.html left Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:15:38 +0000 Broadcast's 'Hot 100' hottest names currently working behind the scenes in TV. Chris Watson has worked closely with two of the most high-profile natural history presenters in the business, David Attenborough and Bill Oddie. He is Oddie's favourite sound man and the TV veteran says of Watson: "I don't know anyone who is so intense yet so splendidly frivolous." Watson became a sound recordist in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television and is now widely regarded as one of the most creative sound artists in the business. His credits this year include the hugely popular Springwatch and Autumnwatch, and he received the Wildlife Film Asia Award for the BBC's Galapagos: Born of Fire. Watson also creates for the radio, with credits including Soundscape: The Sea Swallow, Watersong and The Estuary all for BBC Radio 4. He states his interests as recording animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world.]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/broadcast_nominates_chris_watson_in_hot_100.html http://www.chriswatson.net/broadcast_nominates_chris_watson_in_hot_100.html left Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:43:56 +0000 'Weather Report' is named in The Guardian's '1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die' List... Chris Watson Weather Report (2003) Watson is one of the world's leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena, and here he edits his field recordings into a filmic narrative. 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. This album is now back in stock in the TouchShop]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/weather_report_named_in_the_guardians_1000_albums_to_hear_before_you_die_list_211107.html http://www.chriswatson.net/weather_report_named_in_the_guardians_1000_albums_to_hear_before_you_die_list_211107.html right Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:42:06 +0000 Touch Sevens 02 7" vinyl only Pacificus Oceanus Chris Watson A. 3m B. 10m The voices and rhythms of the Humboldt current around the Galapagos Islands recorded April 2006 using a pair of Dolphin Ear Pro Hydrophones onto a NAGRA ARES-Pll digital audio recorder Locked grooves... Cut by Jason at Transition 7th August 2007 Now available from the TouchShop here]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/pacificus_oceanus_touch_sevens_02_7_vinyl_only.html http://www.chriswatson.net/pacificus_oceanus_touch_sevens_02_7_vinyl_only.html right Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:02:51 +0000 ]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/photo_of_chris_watson_by_kate_humble_iceland_2007.html http://www.chriswatson.net/photo_of_chris_watson_by_kate_humble_iceland_2007.html left Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:11:55 +0000 Jana Winderen have both contributed recordings to the new Sigur Ros movie, 'Heima'. This movie is to be premiered at the Electric Proms in London on October 24th 2007. An extract from 'Vatnajökull', from the album 'Weather Report' as well as other unreleased Icelandic recordings he has made. A trailer of the movie, with a clip of 'Vatnajökull', can be viewed here]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/sigur_ros_heima_film.html http://www.chriswatson.net/sigur_ros_heima_film.html right Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:50:04 +0000 Jana Winderen & Mike Harding visited Holystone in Northumberland. A full report of this trip, including photos and recordings can be found here]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/holystone.html http://www.chriswatson.net/holystone.html right Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:48:24 +0000 ]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/photos_images.html http://www.chriswatson.net/photos_images.html right Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:56:04 +0000 Touch Music [MCPS]. His work is also released on Touch, one of the most influential independent labels based in the UK [founded 1981/2]. Chris has contributed 3 pieces to TouchRadio, which are detailed below...]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_on_touchradio.html http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_on_touchradio.html right Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:27:09 +0000 here, for Star Switch On here, and for Number One here]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/discography.html http://www.chriswatson.net/discography.html right Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:01:18 +0000 - note: please open in a separate tab by right-clicking or control clicking the link]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/downloads.html http://www.chriswatson.net/downloads.html right Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:44:27 +0000 Natural History Unit, based in Bristol, England. ]]> http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_on_bbc_radio_4.html http://www.chriswatson.net/chris_watson_on_bbc_radio_4.html right Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:52:52 +0000