The National Road, by Field Works

The National Road

by Field Works

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Badzie A collage of sound that finds beauty in the smallest aural detail, magnifies it and deftly weaves it into diaphanous new patterns; the kind your ears long for. Favorite track: Mediated World - Cities and the Field.

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1.	Stuart Hyatt - Street Overture - Continuous Cities 02:32	buy track
2.	Forrest Lewinger - Elevator - Cities and the Sky 03:02	buy track
3.	Now it's Ready - Cities and Memory 03:36	buy track
4.	Lali Puna - Free About Me - Hidden Cities 03:21	buy track
5.	Player Piano - Looking for Help - Cities and Desire 03:07	buy track
6.	Prototokyo - A Place to Sleep - Thin Cities 03:12	buy track
7.	Nick Zammuto - I am Alive - Cities and Eyes 03:46	buy track
8.	Daring Ear - The Footprint - Trading Cities 03:08	buy track
9.	Daring Ear - Scratches - Cities and Signs 03:45	buy track
10.	Forrest Lewinger - No Longer Strange - Cities and Names 03:31	buy track
11.	Stuart Hyatt - Fossils - Cities and the Dead 04:05	buy track
12.	Stuart Hyatt - Mediated World - Cities and the Field 03:15	buy track

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Inspired by Stuart Hyatt’s audio field recordings, musicians from around the world have contributed complex sonic narratives under the Field Works banner. Each album begins with Hyatt’s samples and soundscapes from a particular time and location, weaving them into musical phrases and ultimately into song cycles intended to give the listener a heightened and more nuanced sense of place. The National Road is a 12-song cycle built around Stuart Hyatt’s audio field recordings made as he walked along a single street in Indianapolis. Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities provides the narrative framework as hundreds of fleeting moments are assembled into a sprawling sonic landscape. Music by Lali Puna, B. Fleischmann, Nick Zammuto, Lullatone, Daring Ear, Player Piano, Prototokyo, Forrest Lewinger, and Stuart Hyatt. Original artwork by Nathaniel Russell.

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released October 26, 2018

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