Chris Watson
Musician
Altmusic is very proud to present Chris Watson...29 September 2009, 5:27 pm The Audio Foundation Presents An Altmusic Tour With Chris Watson Altmusic is very proud to present Chris Watson. Chris Watson is a heavyweight in the avante garde world for his work with field recordings. A... In this article: Chris Watson, David Attenborough, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Hafler Trio, Cabaret Voltaire, Cumbria, Christchurch, Art Gallery, and Inverness |
Quotes about Chris Watson
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February 22, 2009
The Australian
"I'm a sound recordist, that's what I do,"
says Watson, sitting in noisy Perth airport, where he observes that the metal roof sphere above us is acting as a giant amplifier."I don't call myself a sound artist, although I suppose that's what I also am,"
he says.Read more: Aural sex and the sounds of violence | In this article: Edvard Grieg, Cabaret Voltaire, Orchestration, Killer Whale, Zebra, Unemployment, Perth International Arts Festival, Academy Award, and Leeds College of Music
Quotes by Chris Watson
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February 22, 2009
The Australian
"You close your eyes and you're there; it actually changes you,"
says Watson, whose sound installation Whispering in the Leaves features in Perth International Arts Festival's visual art program.Read more: Aural sex and the sounds of violence | In this article: Edvard Grieg, Cabaret Voltaire, Orchestration, Killer Whale, Zebra, Unemployment, Perth International Arts Festival, Academy Award, and Leeds College of Music
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February 22, 2009
The Australian
"I'm a sound recordist, that's what I do,"
says Watson, sitting in noisy Perth airport, where he observes that the metal roof sphere above us is acting as a giant amplifier."I don't call myself a sound artist, although I suppose that's what I also am,"
Read more: Aural sex and the sounds of violence | In this article: Edvard Grieg, Cabaret Voltaire, Orchestration, Killer Whale, Zebra, Unemployment, Perth International Arts Festival, Academy Award, and Leeds College of Music
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February 22, 2009
The Australian
"We hear everything but we rarely take the chance to listen. They're two different things,"
observes Watson, over the din of airport announcements and conveyor belt rumble.Read more: Aural sex and the sounds of violence | In this article: Edvard Grieg, Cabaret Voltaire, Orchestration, Killer Whale, Zebra, Unemployment, Perth International Arts Festival, Academy Award, and Leeds College of Music
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February 22, 2009
The Australian
Whether sound installation, sonic art or just plain sound recording, says Watson,
"there's no point doing it unless you engage people. Just go and enjoy it, whatever it's called. Just think of it as a piece of music."
Read more: Aural sex and the sounds of violence | In this article: Edvard Grieg, Cabaret Voltaire, Orchestration, Killer Whale, Zebra, Unemployment, Perth International Arts Festival, Academy Award, and Leeds College of Music
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Chris Watson is a musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. His work as a sound wildlife sound recordist includes both work for television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations.
Christopher Richard Watson was born in Sheffield where he attended Rowlinson School and Stannington College (now part of Sheffield College). He was a founding member of two influential experimental music groups, Cabaret Voltaire and The Hafler Trio.
His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television.
He has released three solo albums of field recordings: Outside the Circle of Fire, Stepping into the Dark (which won an Award of Distinction at the 2000 Prix ARS Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria), and Weather Report. He has also released a variety of works in collaboration with other artists, including Star Switch On, a collaboration with Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic, Philip Jeck, Hazard, Fennesz, AER, and Biosphere. In 2007 he released Storm with BJNilsen. All of these recordings were released on Touch.
His television work includes Bill Oddie Back in the USA.
In 2006 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Technology degree by the University of the West of England "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to sound recording technology, especially in the field of natural history and documentary location sound".
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