Sounds Alive present An evening with Chris Watson
Sounds Alive announce that they’ll be hosting an evening on January 31st with the world renowned wildlife recordist, Chris Watson, whose groundbreaking work has been heard on countless TV & Radio documentaries, including the BBC’s Frozen Planet & “The Life of...” series with Sir David Attenborough. This intimate evening will take place in the private cinema for the Ears, in Smithfield’s Generator Hostel, D1.
The audience will get the chance to listen to a selection of Chris’s work spanning 30 years which includes everything from the footfall of a solitary ant to the roars of lions across African plains, as well as hearing the remarkable story of how these sounds were captured.
Tickets are priced at 10e including booking fee and are on sale now via http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/sounds-alive-presents-chris-watson-tickets-9876930164.
For more info please e.mail [email protected] or call directly on 087 6436817. This event is possible with the kind support of AIRPI – the Association of Independent Radio Producers of Ireland who are also hosting a full day recording workshop with Chris in Dublin Zoo on Saturday, 1st Feb. For more info. e.mail [email protected]. Support also comes from Big Bear Sound, Ireland’s leading audio solutions provider – www.bigbearsound.com.
Chris Watson - Bio
Watson is one of the world's leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena, and for
Touch he edits his field recordings into a filmic narrative. For example, the unearthly groaning of
ice in an Icelandic glacier is a classic example of, in Watson's words, putting a microphone
where you can't put your ears. He was born in Sheffield where he attended Rowlinson School
and Stannington College now part of Sheffield College. In 1971 he was a founding member of
the influential Sheffield-based experimental music group Cabaret Voltaire. His sound recording
career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. Since then he has developed a
particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animal’s habitats and
atmospheres from around the world. As a freelance recordist for film, TV & radio, Chris Watson
specializes in natural history and documentary location sound together with track assembly and
sound design in post-production.
His television work includes many programmes in the David Attenborough ‘Life’ series including ‘The Life of Birds’ which won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ in 1996. More recently Watson was the location recordist with David Attenborough on the BBC’s series ‘Frozen Planet’ which won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ (2012).
Watson has recorded and featured in many BBC Radio Productions including; ‘The Ice Mountain, ‘The Reed Bed’, ‘Jules Verne's Volcano’, ‘The Ditch’, ‘The Listeners’ and ‘The Wire’ which won him the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Broadcaster of The Year Award (2012). His music is regularly featured on the BBC Radio 3 programme ‘Late Junction’.
Sounds Alive
Sounds Alive is a series of curated nights of listening and which have hosted evenings of sound & story in galleries, festivals and curious spaces throughout the city. Last year audiences were invited to the Freemasons Hall in Dublin for an evening of ghostly tales including Laura Sheeran performing a live score to a classic radio ghost story from 1942. The evening also featured the debut performance of a composition by David Kitt & Margie Lewis who were commissioned to re-imagine documentary maker, Colette’s Kinsella’s remarkable feature, Conversations in the Dark, solely through music. Sounds Alive is all about changing the way people experience stories told through sound and 2014 is set to be their biggest year yet. Visit www.soundsoutloud.com or follow @julesoutloud for more information on the next Sounds Alive event.
www.soundsoutloud.com
Sounds Alive announce that they’ll be hosting an evening on January 31st with the world renowned wildlife recordist, Chris Watson, whose groundbreaking work has been heard on countless TV & Radio documentaries, including the BBC’s Frozen Planet & “The Life of...” series with Sir David Attenborough. This intimate evening will take place in the private cinema for the Ears, in Smithfield’s Generator Hostel, D1.
The audience will get the chance to listen to a selection of Chris’s work spanning 30 years which includes everything from the footfall of a solitary ant to the roars of lions across African plains, as well as hearing the remarkable story of how these sounds were captured.
Tickets are priced at 10e including booking fee and are on sale now via http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/sounds-alive-presents-chris-watson-tickets-9876930164.
For more info please e.mail [email protected] or call directly on 087 6436817. This event is possible with the kind support of AIRPI – the Association of Independent Radio Producers of Ireland who are also hosting a full day recording workshop with Chris in Dublin Zoo on Saturday, 1st Feb. For more info. e.mail [email protected]. Support also comes from Big Bear Sound, Ireland’s leading audio solutions provider – www.bigbearsound.com.
Chris Watson - Bio
Watson is one of the world's leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena, and for
Touch he edits his field recordings into a filmic narrative. For example, the unearthly groaning of
ice in an Icelandic glacier is a classic example of, in Watson's words, putting a microphone
where you can't put your ears. He was born in Sheffield where he attended Rowlinson School
and Stannington College now part of Sheffield College. In 1971 he was a founding member of
the influential Sheffield-based experimental music group Cabaret Voltaire. His sound recording
career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. Since then he has developed a
particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animal’s habitats and
atmospheres from around the world. As a freelance recordist for film, TV & radio, Chris Watson
specializes in natural history and documentary location sound together with track assembly and
sound design in post-production.
His television work includes many programmes in the David Attenborough ‘Life’ series including ‘The Life of Birds’ which won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ in 1996. More recently Watson was the location recordist with David Attenborough on the BBC’s series ‘Frozen Planet’ which won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ (2012).
Watson has recorded and featured in many BBC Radio Productions including; ‘The Ice Mountain, ‘The Reed Bed’, ‘Jules Verne's Volcano’, ‘The Ditch’, ‘The Listeners’ and ‘The Wire’ which won him the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Broadcaster of The Year Award (2012). His music is regularly featured on the BBC Radio 3 programme ‘Late Junction’.
Sounds Alive
Sounds Alive is a series of curated nights of listening and which have hosted evenings of sound & story in galleries, festivals and curious spaces throughout the city. Last year audiences were invited to the Freemasons Hall in Dublin for an evening of ghostly tales including Laura Sheeran performing a live score to a classic radio ghost story from 1942. The evening also featured the debut performance of a composition by David Kitt & Margie Lewis who were commissioned to re-imagine documentary maker, Colette’s Kinsella’s remarkable feature, Conversations in the Dark, solely through music. Sounds Alive is all about changing the way people experience stories told through sound and 2014 is set to be their biggest year yet. Visit www.soundsoutloud.com or follow @julesoutloud for more information on the next Sounds Alive event.
www.soundsoutloud.com
