Accounts of field recording trips, audio experiments and sonic adventures. UK based sound recordist / audio producer Mike Rucinski takes us on field trips, tests ideas and shares thoughts on the sonic world we live in and the many ways and means to capture this. From the bleak moors of the North Pennines to Welsh temperate rainforest and to the old orchards of rural Herefordshire, each episode will explore a different aspect of his sound related creative practice. For more info and text versions of this podcast head over to https://sonicjournal.tumblr.com/ (https://sonicjournal.tumblr.com/).
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Sonic Journal EP33: Orchard Crows at Dawn [Binaural]
Old apple and pear orchards can be the homes to many animals and unsurprisingly this often includes crows. It seems logical that such an intelligent species would not miss out on the delicious ripe fruits in early autumn, but with the crow being an animal steeped in folklore perhaps there are other darker reasons for them choosing to be amongst the pear trees! For this recording I placed the binaural head in the middle of an old Perry pear tree orchard in deepest Herefordshire (UK), and was especially taken by the intense corvid conversations that i picked up in the early morning after a moderate amount of fresh night rain.
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5 Sept 2025
#32 Hillside Broom in late August
Sonic Journal EP32: Hillside Broom in Late August
There are a handful of sounds i look forward to hearing on my regular hill walks throughout the year, one occuring when the hillside Broom has dried over the summer months leaving the many seed pods crisp and dry. These pods make a few sounds with the rattle and swish being the easiest to hear. The second seed 'pop' sound is more subtle as this happens usually on in the heat of a summers day so is more difficult to record (maybe one for a future episode). For this recording, while it was a sunny day, the warm afternoon gales were blowing over the hillside and stirring up the Broom good and proper. I love the contrast of the winds and seed pod rattle happening together. Next time you walk on a part grazed hillside (perhaps even on the Malverns!), look and listen out for the Broom bushes with their distinctive yellow flowers and rattly seed pods.
> Thanks for listening!
For more info on the Sonic Journal Podcast including accompanying blog and location pics from each recording session head over to https://sonicjournal.tumblr.com/ (https://sonicjournal.tumblr.com/) or follow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/recordinguk/ (https://instagram.com/recordinguk/)
— Sonic Journal is now also featured in the top 25 Best Field Recording Podcasts list by Feedspot, take a look: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/field_recording_podcasts/ (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/field_recording_podcasts/)
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29 Aug 2025
#31 Snaefelsness Spring Chorus
Sonic Journal EP31: Snaefelsness Spring Chorus
In Western Iceland, late May time, the dawn chorus is less an intense build and fall (as it is in the UK) and more of a rich plateaux of continuing bird calls. I was on the edge of a large wild bird nesting area bordering a campground and the sounds of Whimbrel, Redwing, Snipe, Arctic Tern and many others were creating this rich and angular textured soundscape. Headphones on, I gradually drift off to sleep after pressing record at around 8am, leaving the recorder running until the batteries finally run out... I'll never tire of spring chorus time in Arnastapi.
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