#014 Acoustic Ecology with Dr Jesse Budel

In this episode Neil and Jason speak with Dr Jesse Budel, a composer-performer, sound artist, academic and arts entrepreneur based in South Australia. As a composer, his works are for diverse media and spaces, ranging from concert works and installations to community and interdisciplinary collaborations. Jesse’s PhD research at the Elder Conservatorium of Music focussed on adapting soundscape ecology to creative process, resulting in a body of works responding to South Australian ecosystems and soundscapes. As an emerging member of the Acoustic Ecology and Ecoacoustic communities, Jesse currently serves as the Secretary for both the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology and World Forum for Acoustic Ecology.

This is a wide ranging interview discussing the history of Soundscape Ecology, as defined by the work of R Murray Schafer and the World Soundscape Project, starting in the 1970’s, through to the present day scientific use of sound for bioacoustic research of natural environments. 

About the presenters:
You can find more about Jesse and his work here: https://www.jesse-budel.com/about
Details about Neil and Jason’s work as dialogue editors and mixers and how to contact them is here: https://www.audiosuite.co.uk/
Details of our 1-to-1, training and coaching programmes for ambitious media professionals are available at:
https://www.drneilhillman.com and https://soundproducer.com.au/coaching and www.soundformovingpictures.com

Further reading and links:

• The World Soundscape Project: https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/wsp.html
• Principles of Soundscape Ecology: Discovering Our Sonic World by Bryan C. Pijanowski: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo187218508.html
• The Australian Acoustic Observatory: https://acousticobservatory.org/
• SPAT Revolution: https://www.flux.audio/project/spat-revolution/

Technical notes:
Written, produced and presented by Jason Nicholas and Dr Neil Hillman
Recorded using the CleanFeed remote recording system
Programme edited by Jason Nicholas

See Dr Budel’s Bandcamp page for a selection of his compositions here: https://jessebudel.bandcamp.com/

The final piece that ends the podcast is a clip from “Early Afternoon on the Mountain” from the Cathedrals album.

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