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Radio Lento podcast263 Wild open coastal reserveSat back, looking onto Rye Harbour nature reserve. There, to the ear, is the sea. From here it's out of sight, somewhere below the long shingle ridge. From this point across the reserve, it could to the ear be an aural sunrise. A wall of natural energy, lighting up the horizon with clean, white, spatialised noise.
On the intervening land, stray gusts of wind swish swathes of sea grasses. Press whispily through thin wire fences. Lift circling seagulls even higher. Billow shapeless banks of cloud, from left to right of the gradually illuminating sky, water and air. ...
2025-03-291h 04
Radio Lento podcast255 Quantock trees in late October air (night and sleep safe)A wide open landscape, under a dark October sky. Remote. Naturally quiet. Witnessed from behind a lone cottage hidden between tall graceful trees.
It's just rained. Drips are falling from the old slate roof into an overfilled drain. Time passes. Somewhere far off, mid-right of scene, an owl hoots. It's call, carried on the wind from rolling fields below.
These late season leaves, so present in their rustlings, have seen the whole year through. They're soon to drop. Join the soft damp ground, and turn, slowly, to soil. For now though, while they wait for th...
2025-02-011h 03
Radio Lento podcast146 Fresh air along the Creel PathChanging weather. Shifting scenes. The east coast of Scotland above St Abbs. A landscape whose geography leaves it exposed to everything that the sky can bring. Wind. Rain. Mist. Brilliant, revelatory sunshine.
Here, listening to this landscape from within the leaves and branches of this tree. A lone tree along the Creel Path. The ancient Creel Path that's been trodden by fisherman on their way to work from Coldingham to the harbour at St Abbs, for a thousand years.
By locating our mics within the natural shelter of this tree, and letting them record alone fo...
2022-12-1737 min
Essex By The Sea037: The Sounds Of The Coast - Essex By The SeaThe Essex coastline is extreamly varied and it's not just Essex By The Sea exploring what it has to offer.
Radio Lento is a podcast series created by Madeleine Sugden and Hugh Huddy. They record soundscapes which are perfect listening for escaping the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Described by some as "slow radio", Madeleine and Hugh's episodes transport you off to a different location each time you listen. Many of their episodes are recorded around the Essex coast as well.
Owen caught up with them to find out what draws them to the...
2022-03-0124 min
Zoom For ThoughtSeries II: Episode 6: 'Dawn chorus in a silent sky' - Radio Lento: part twoIn the second part of the interview with Hugh Huddy, part of the creative team behind Radio Lento and its weekly series of 'sound postcards from beautiful places,' Hugh reflects on listening to the skies over his back garden over lockdown when air traffic had been suspended; the impact of drone technology on environmental sound; the importance of listening in to other worlds; and the idea of structured listening to the environment compared to listening to music.
https://radiolento.podbean.com/
Theme: Partita no.2 by JS Bach; Olivia Harris-Harding, violin
2021-03-2621 min
Zoom For ThoughtSeries II: Episode 6: Pockets of time: Radio Lento - part oneThis week's episode is the first of several featuring Hugh Huddy, who, with his wife Madeleine, is the creative force behind Radio Lento, a podcast series presenting soundscapes recorded in the natural environment. From dawn chorus in the Forest of Dean to shingle beaches at Folkestone, each episode presents an immersive listening experience, offering, in Hugh's own words, 'weekly sound postcards from beautiful places.'
In this first episode, Hugh reflects on the challenges of recording the natural world; the concept of authenticity and being true to the practice of capturing the environment in sound, in single...
2021-03-2031 min