Stepping Into The Dark is a Spoken Word album by Chris Watson, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
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Released in 1996 on Touch label, the album includes 12 Tracks with an overall length of 59:43. The tracks are the atmospheres of "special places", recorded with the use of camouflaged microphones. Locations and dates of the recorded tracks: Low Pressure Glen Cannich, Inverness-shire, Scotland (57.21°N 04.57°W) 0810h 6 October 1994 Embleton Rookery Embleton, Northumberland, England (55.30°N 01.38°W) 0600h 7 May 1983 The Crossroads Kiedler Forest, Northumberland, England (55.09°N 02.27°W) 0620h 27 March 1994 River Mara At Dawn River Mara, Maasai Mara, Kenya (01.25°S 35.07°E) 0615h 16 September 1994 A Passing View Los Olivitos, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela (10.46°N 71.02°W) 2350h 3 April 1991 Bosque Seco Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica (10.49°N 85.39°W) 0540h 6 April 1995 Sunsets Breachacha, Island of Coll, Scotland (56.36°N 06.37°W) 2230h 16 May 1994 The Blue Men Of The Minch Moray Firth, Scotland (57.30°N 04.15°W) 1400h 30 July 1995 High Pressure Ravenstonedale, Cumbria, England (54.25°N 02.24°W) 0550h 25 February 1994 Gahlitzerstrom Ummanz, Rügen Islands, Germany (54.32°N 13.11°E) 1740h 5 October 1993 The Forest Path Meallan na Ceardaich, Glen Affric, Scotland (57.19°N 04.52°W) 0625h 7 October 1994.
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Tracklist
- 1Low Pressure: Glen Cannich, Inverness-shire, Scotland3:46
- 2Embleton Rookery: Northumberland, England4:24
- 3The Crossroads: Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England5:02
- 4River Mara At Dawn: Maasai Mara, Kenya6:27
- 5River Mara At Night: Maasai Mara, Kenya4:59
- 6A Passing View: Los Olivitos, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela1:51
- 7Bosque Seco: Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica9:03
- 8Sunsets: Breachacha, Island of Coll, Scotland5:02
- 9The Blue Men of Minch: Moray Firth, Scotland4:51
- 10High Pressure: Ravenstonedale, Cumbria, England5:13
- 11Gahlitzerstrom: Ummanz, Rügen Islands, Germany4:05
- 12The Forest Path: Meallan Na Ceardaich, Glen Affric, Scotland4:52
Sound DNA
- Spoken Word
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Comes with a a 24-page booklet filled with photography and text. Edited on 19 August 1995.
The tracks are the atmospheres of "special places", recorded with the use of camouflaged microphones.
Low Pressure Glen Cannich, Inverness-shire, Scotland
(57.21°N 04.57°W) 0810h 6 October 1994
Embleton Rookery Embleton, Northumberland, England
(55.30°N 01.38°W) 0600h 7 Ma
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Chris WatsonEDITED BY, RECORDED BY
- Chris WatsonRECORDED BY
5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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