Centuries of Sound
| Centuries of Sound | |
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| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | James Errington |
| Genre | History of recorded sound, Music podcast, Sound collage |
| Language | English |
| Production | |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | January 1, 2017 |
| Cited for | Bronze Bullseye Award, British Podcast Awards 2019 |
Centuries of Sound is a series of mixes and podcasts presenting a history of recorded sound,[1] produced independently by Cambridge-based sound artist[2] James Errington.[3][4] Each mix presents sounds recorded in a single year, and episodes are released monthly, in chronological order.[5] Errington also presents a monthly show of the same name on Cambridge 105 Radio in which he discusses the music of a year with a guest.[6] Centuries of Sound has been reviewed by multiple publications[2][5][7] and received a British Podcast Award in 2019.[8]
Background
[edit | edit source]Errington researched and sourced music from a number of sources, including Archive.org, Rate Your Music and Acclaimed Music.[4] The first mixes include early sound recordings made by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in 1860, and the earliest episodes are shorter and cover multiple years, due to a lack of surviving recordings.[5] Each mix contains not just music but layered speech and other sounds.[9] Contemporary "preview" mixes were also posted for the years 2016 to 2019[10] and there are annual Christmas and Halloween episodes covering particular eras.[11]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Notable individual episodes include the 1927 mix, reviewed in The New Yorker,[3] the 1901 mix, which was one of Indiewire's 50 best podcast episodes of 2018,[12] the 1931 mix, which was podcast of the week in The Financial Times,[2] the 1943 mix, reviewed by Cory Doctorow,[11] and the 2016 mix, covered in Hyperallergic.[4] Centuries of Sound received a bronze Bullseye Award at the 2019 British Podcast Awards.[8]
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