02THE ATLAS

Places, not playlists.

Each recording begins with a location, a time and somebody who stood still long enough to hear it.

01GUANAJUATO, MEXICO

Rain on Canvas

Steady rain on canvas tents beside a quiet lake in the mountains above Guanajuato.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

02SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

Night Train to the Highlands

Carriage tone, jointed track and distant platforms on the overnight journey north.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

03AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

Light Rain on a Quiet Canal

Rain gathers on still canal water while bicycles and footsteps pass beyond the houses.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

04PORTO, PORTUGAL

Rain Under Shelter

A close recording of rainfall from beneath a small shelter above the Douro.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

05HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM

3am Monsoon Rain

Heavy night rain fills the street; a few engines move through the water in the distance.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

06REYNISFJARA, ICELAND

Powerful Distant Waves

Atlantic swell arriving across the black shore, heard from a safe distance beneath the cliffs.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

07NORTH ICELAND

Goðafoss from the Edge of the Falls

A broad wall of glacial water, recorded close enough for the river to become a single deep tone.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

08KEFALONIA, GREECE

Deep Ocean Blue

Submerged movement and the long, low pressure of the Ionian Sea beyond the coast.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

09KO YAO NOI, THAILAND

Rainforest on Ko Yao Noi

Dense tropical forest sound from the Ko Yao islands, with insects and birds moving through the humid canopy.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

010RARA LAKE, NEPAL

Tranquil Himalayan Mountain Ambience

Open air beside the high lake: light wind, distant birds and almost no human sound.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

011NORTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND

Wind Across the Open Moorland

Unbroken wind combing the grass and heather across a wide northern horizon.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound

012NORTH LONDON, ENGLAND

Dawn over North London Streets

The hour when birds take the foreground and the first buses begin to cross the city.

Duration: 8-hour edition
Source: Slow Radio field archive
Recording: Original location sound