AudioSpaces #6
AudioSpaces
Hi everyone. It’s been a while since we’ve last poked our heads up here on Substack—three months to be precise. This has partly been down to personal life goings-on, moving, work, and so on.
But also let’s be honest, it’s been summer—in some places round the world at least—and when it’s sunny our listening ears are probably at their best drinking Guinness or some other creamy deliciousness outside, rather than inside reading newsletters. One thing we’re interested in with AudioSpaces is readjusting our relationship to our screens, and sometimes it’s just good to have a little break. We’ve missed you, though, and hope you’ve had a joyful mid-year wherever you are.
As a brief catch up, here’s some favourite AudioSpaces from June, July and August to preview. Judging by everything you’ve all shared on the map during this period, there’s been a lot going on. Some of these are pretty funny, others are in extremely, fascinatingly specific locations, while others are just textured treats for the ears. It also sounds like, amongst other sonics, it’s been a musical few months for a lot of you. Very nice!
As always, if you find yourself nearby one of the pinned locations, go find it in real life and open your ears to all its full-length auditory glory.
AudioSpace(s) of the mid-year
The sound of melting snow (Contact mic)by andrew backhouse
ok jamaica streetby craggyland
Summer solstice 2024Drums after sunriseby chiara
Enrique con el titoby anyaborbolla
La catedral de la CDMXby sebastian sw
Old Swedish folk musicby alexander
Santos com uma história de amorby otto
Han bakar några med socker påby oliver
Tyrol, Alpen, Austriaby roman rogner
sPARKlers ft. Train and vaseby joe
Doesnt get much better than Eastborneby rory baynham
Nieuwe Spiegelstraatby matt shenton
Rubem Farias trio kultur veckanby kerstin
Relaxing relentless monologue in supermarketby joe
What’s next?
I say it all the time, but we’re really damn pleased with the little ecosystem that’s formed around what we’re doing here—all your contributions to the map, our growing number of Collections, this newsletter, and all the lovely connections we’re making along the way.
We love how much you lot have taken on board the idea and ran with it in so many directions, carving out your own maps, building your own multiple audible archives, so many of which crossover and coincide in strange ways none of us had ever expected.
And if it ain’t broke, then it’s probably not worth fixing or changing anything just yet. As we go into our first autumn as a project, then, the idea is mostly to continue as we have been. Expect incremental app improvements, more commissioned Featured Collections, and these monthly round-ups here on Substack to keep everyone in the loop. Keep an eye out round town for our stickers, too.
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](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GJRX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F24c98e24-8eb9-4781-a7bc-245f3e689130_1536x2048.png)One new thing we’ll be releasing very soon is a new communication channel for us to share things as they come in quicker succession, whether that’s small app tweaks or tips, resources, or any other announcements. It will also be a free space for you to give us live feedback, and for any discussions anyone might want to have about sounds, spaces, memories, listening, recording and the like. Soon come the next monthly round-up.
On the original articles front, in the next few months I’ll be posting as much as I can but probably with a bit less regularity than earlier in the year—at least until I finish my thesis (apparently this will happen). We’re still keen to get anyone who wants to write or create something for us involved, which can be any wide number of topics that fit into the themes of AudioSpaces, as with our amazing and varied previous guest articles. Let us know!
And yes, of course, an Android version is still a top priority. As always, keep posted here for any updates on this. Glad to have you here. Dylan x x