Framework Editions

framework began broadcasting its radio show in june, 2002 on the newly reformed resonance 104.4fm in london. the show now airs on many radio stations around the world, and streams and podcasts from it’s own website. framework is consecrated to field recording and it’s use in composition, and began broadcasting at a time when a new community of sound artists with a special interest in found sound was developing, a community spread across the world that, thanks to the internet, was no longer limited to a specific geography. framework sees itself as an outlet for this ever-growing and developing community, a folk-tool in a new folk movement, a community driven exchange point for creators and listeners alike. framework‘s goal is to present not only the extremely diverse sound environments of our world, but also the extremely diverse work that is being produced by the artists who choose to use these environments as their sonic sources. we hope to ask this question: is ‘field recording’ a style, or a genre, or is it in fact as uncontrollable and undefinable an instrument or tool as any, that may be interpreted, manipulated, and appropriated by anyone with a microphone and an idea? these works are its definition, and not vice versa. in 2010, framework launched framework editions, releasing, initially, small-run, limited compilations showcasing new and established artists from the field recording community, and particularly those that contribute regularly to the radio show. these releases are available exclusively from the framework website, in exchange for donations made in support of the project. to quote the text that opens every edition of framework, open your ears and listen!