Following a conversation with field recordist and artist Melissa Pons. We spoke about darkness, about her work recording in nature and the sublime. Her work on Wolf Soundscapes and Mata Atlântica appears throughout the hour. Kate Bush - "Aerial Tal" Melissa Pons - "Melissa talking about recording a track for Wolf Soundscapes" - Wolf Soundscapes Chuck Lange - "Jazz Wolf" - Jazz Wolf - "Wolves and the Wolf Men (1969)" Emory University - "Salman Rushdie in conversation with conversation with Rosemary Magee" - "Talking with Melissa Pons" [natural soundscapes and stereotypes] Melissa Pons - "lively pond" - Mata Atlântica Cambridge University - "J if for Jay" Giovanni Venosta - "Woman in Late" Melissa Pons - "Small beings" - Mata Atlântica - "Talking with Melissa Pons" Melissa Pons - "Nogueira" - Wolf Soundscapes Smashing Pumpkins - "Thru The Eyes of Ruby (Pit Mix 3) X4" Emory University - "Salman Rushdie in conversation with conversation with Rosemary Magee" oOoOO - "No Shore" - "Talking with Melissa Pons" [stories of darkness] Melissa Pons - "recording of footsteps of poachers" Melissa Pons - "solitude in the forest" - Mata Atlântica Sugar Minott - "Walking Dub" - "Wolves and the Wolf Men (1969)" - "speaking with Hugh Raffles" [the natural history tradition] - "speaking with Camilla Nelson" [hear more from my conversation with Camilla in the episode from July 5th] - "speaking with Jon Tjhia" - "Talking with Melissa Pons" Spelling - "Queen of Wands" - The Turning Wheel - "Wolves and the Wolf Men (1969)" Melissa Pons - "around the water" - Mata Atlântica Ninaz - "Espanhol" - Bates Forte Cá Dentro Melissa Pons - "between tree branches" - Mata Atlântica Imka - "Complexification" - "Talking with Melissa" [accessing the sublime] Melissa Pons - "ascending" - Mata Atlântica - "speaking with Camilla Nelson" [hear more from my conversation with Camilla in the episode from July 5th] - "Wolves and the Wolf Men (1969)" - "Talking with Melissa Pons" [recordings that bring bliss] Melissa Pons - "infinite night (part ii)" - Nocturnal Sounds of the Atlantic Forest The Beach Boys - "Wind Chimes (slower)" - Smiley Smile - "Talking with Melissa Pons" [finding bliss] Melissa Pons - "expedition" - Mata Atlântica - "Cindy talking about the sublime at the beach" Kate Bush - "Aerial Tal" - Aerial https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/106137