I made this series of field recordings, which I then mixed and mastered into a soundscapes mixtape as a means of attending to the natural and manmade sounds and ambience that score everyday life on the nature isle of the Caribbean: Waitukubli/Dominica. Having visited Dominica intermittently for a practice-based, geographic project [entitled Black Geographies of Kings Hill], I’ve been building up a small archive of audio-visual materials comprised by photographs, film footage, field recordings and handwritten observations and reflections.
Press play below to listen to the mixtape. Throughout it you will hear the sounds of many mornings, afternoons and nights spent in and around Kings hill [a neighbourhood located just outside of the island’s capital Roseau], you will also be able to listen to dialogues I had with interlocutors on the island, birdsongs, conch shell calls, the ever present roosters, nyabinghi drums, bubbling sulphur lakes, the ebbs and flow of sea waves lapping meeting the shore and so much more. Please do enjoy, share with others who may appreciate the natural sounds and mad love for reading listening people.[Press play to listen].
