#field-recordings

#field-recordings

From 1969 to 1979, a series of field recordings appeared on the Atlantic label under the title Environments. Song titles included "The Psychologically Ultimate Seashore" and "Dawn in New Hope, Pennsylvania" (which would have made a dynamite title for a Ween album), presenting painstakingly recorded sonic representations of places and the sound-worlds they produce. The marketing capitalized on the hippie counterculture, stressing both the transportive and relaxing properties of the sounds. "Better than booze, safer than pot," as a quote from Life magazine put it.