Radio Lento

177 Summer meadow woodland edge
^{40:43 | Episode: 181 | July 22nd, 2023}

You find yourself, suddenly out. On the other side of the wood. The edge, of a wide open empty field. A meadow. Tall elegant trees, given way to a high, bright sky. 

176 Early morning below Nothe Fort
^{36:53 | Episode: 180 | July 15th, 2023}

The soundscene is of a smooth, sunrise sea, heard from a tree, growing up out of a bundle of boulders, close to the water’s edge. It’s early April, and just after daybreak. The Lento kit is in the tree, capturing the wide spatial quiet of this place with nobody about, right beside Nothe Fort in Weymouth on the south coast of England. Ahead, looking south, the sea. West is Portland. East is Weymouth, then Durdle Door, near to Lulworth Cove. 

175 Night train sleeper (sleep safe)
^{01:00:59 | Episode: 179 | July 8th, 2023}

174 Where cool woodland meets the summer sea (an afternoon snooze)
^{38:43 | Episode: 178 | July 1st, 2023}

At the far end of the long sandy beach at Tenby there’s an area of cool, shady woodland. From the distance and under hot summer sunshine, it looks idyllic. Inviting. A shady promontory on the horizon that curves and blurs down into the sea. 

173 Deep forest time (long & sleep safe)
^{01:19:14 | Episode: 177 | June 24th, 2023}

This is a blend of intimate wide spatial quiet, captured as it happened from beside an old oak tree, in a remote spot in the Forest of Dean. The time is 3:30am and the microphones are recording alone. It’s 90 minutes to dawn.

172 Heatwave thunderstorm that washes and cools (panoramic, made for headphones)
^{27:26 | Episode: 176 | June 17th, 2023}

Have the back streets faded to silent?

171 Sunrise birds in sea washed air
^{32:47 | Episode: 175 | June 10th, 2023}

Sunrise over Tenby. Blue sky. Scudding clouds. 5am, and nobody about, except for the birds in the murmuring air of a seaside town.

170 Night murmuring in Tenby (sleep safe)
^{01:00:00 | Episode: 174 | June 3rd, 2023}

Tenby. A seaside town on the South coast of Wales. End of May into early June. Late sunsets, followed by warm, springtime nights. It’s 1am and the mics are recording alone. Capturing the atmosphere of Tenby, in the dead of night.