Stepping Into the Dark

by Chris Watson

Stepping Into the Dark cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 April 1996
  • Label: Touch
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 59:40
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, Chris Watson presents a collection composed entirely of raw, untreated environmental recordings captured across the globe. The album operates without traditional instrumentation, offering highly immersive, pristine documents of specific acoustic ecologies and wildlife.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, natural, instrumental, ambient, minimal, conceptual, experimental, long-form, nature, birds

Tracklist

  1. Low Pressure (3:46)
  2. Embleton Rookery (4:24)
  3. The Crossroads (5:02)
  4. River Mara at Dawn (6:27)
  5. River Mara at Night (4:59)
  6. A Passing View (1:51)
  7. Bosque Seco (9:03)
  8. Sunsets (5:02)
  9. The Blue Men of the Minch (4:51)
  10. High Pressure (5:13)
  11. Gahlitzerstrom (4:05)
  12. The Forest Path (4:52)

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