Chris Watson

The Profile

British field recordist and sound artist; founding member of Cabaret Voltaire in the early 1970s; known for documentary-quality recordings of natural environments and sound-art works.

Founding member of Cabaret Voltaire (early 1970s). Renowned for field recordings and sound-art works such as Weather Report and El Tren Fantasma.

The available review praises Chris Watson's Weather Report as a three-act field-recording work that brings nature's sounds into aesthetic focus. It highlights locations from the Kenyan savannah to Scottish villages and glaciers, and frames Watson's work as using technology to reveal natural harmonies. The reviewer gives the album a favorable rating and invites listeners to experience it with headphones.