Outside the Circle of Fire

by Chris Watson

Outside the Circle of Fire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 April 1998
  • Label: Touch
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 50:31
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Former Cabaret Voltaire founding member Chris Watson pivoted entirely into the realm of professional sound recording, presenting a stark, unedited collection of wildlife audio. Captured across various global habitats, the recording functions as an intense, highly immersive document of the natural world, presented without human intervention or musical accompaniment.

Genres

Descriptors: natural, animals, experimental, ambient, conceptual, nature, minimal, birds, archival

Tracklist

  1. Adult Cheetah (1:50)
  2. Southern Right Whale (0:13)
  3. Male Capercallie Display (5:55)
  4. Red Rumped Tinkerbird (0:14)
  5. Hippopotomi (5:48)
  6. Massed Knot Roost (3:49)
  7. Starling Song (1:14)
  8. Spider Monkeys (4:53)
  9. Lemon Rumped Tinkerbird (0:52)
  10. Corncake (2:30)
  11. Lioness Threatens Male (0:08)
  12. Vultures (3:22)
  13. Red Deer Stag Roar (0:26)
  14. Unidentified Pair of Birds (1:34)
  15. Mozambique Nightjar (2:57)
  16. Insect, Hidden (0:49)
  17. Kittiwakes (3:24)
  18. Woodpigeon (0:19)
  19. Elephants (4:52)
  20. Deathwatch Beetles (1:40)
  21. Tawny Owls (3:00)
  22. Spotted Hyena (0:31)

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