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British Library Sound Archive: At The Water's Edge

13.12.18

These examples have been drawn from the library’s extensive collection of over 250,000 recordings that cover all sound-producing animals and habitats from all zoogeographical regions. Many of these recordings are being digitised as part of Unlocking our Sound Heritage, a major preservation and access project supported by a £9.5 m National Lottery grant. 

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British Library Sound Archive - Ju|’hoansi healing songs from the Kalahari

23.09.18

One hour of unpublished ethnographic field recordings featuring music and sound recorded on DAT tape by Emmanuelle Olivier during her ethnomusicological fieldwork with Ju|’hoansi people in the Nyae Nyae area of the Kalahari, Namibia, in ||xa|oba and ||auru villages. Healing dances are interspersed with initiation songs, instrumental music, and recordings of Ju|’hoan daily life.

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British Library Sound Archive - From Dusk Until Dawn

09.06.18

One hour of field recordings made between the hours of dusk and dawn, selected and mixed by Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife and Environmental Sounds Curator at the British Library.

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British Library Sound Archive - Anglo-Colombian Recording Expedition, 1960-1961

17.03.18

This programme is dedicated to all of the unnamed performers who appear in the following sound recordings and to the memory of Dr. Donald Tayler (1931-2012) who recorded and documented them.

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YL & Roper Williams - friendofafriend

26.01.18

NTS presents an exclusive premiere of 'friendofafriend', the new tape from resident host YL & Roper Williams...

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2 Days of David Bowie Inspired Radio Programming

16.11.17

NTS and Sonos present a full weekend of programming celebrating the everlasting influence of David Bowie, broadcasting direct from the new Sonos London store on Seven Dials in Covent Garden.

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Gregg Kowalsky - L'Orange, L'Orange

08.11.17

NTS presents an exclusive premiere of Gregg Kowalsky's first full length in eight years, titled 'L'Orange L'Orange'.

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British Library Sound Archive - Underwater Field Recordings

26.10.17

Following on from our debut programme of West African recordings, next in our series is one hour of continuous underwater field recordings selected and mixed by Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife and Environmental Sounds Curator at the British Library.

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Limited Edition BADBADNOTGOOD 7inch

12.09.17

Buy the new BadBadNotGood Autumn 2017 tour release now - sold exclusively online by NTS.

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British Library Sound Archive - West African Recordings

26.07.17

A small but carefully made selection of ethnographic field recordings from West Africa housed and preserved at the British Library... This programme is dedicated to all of the unnamed performers who appear in the following sound recordings.

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