Episodes of rain, thunder and wind are rendered in stunning fidelity headphones and closed eyes are essential. This seems like a big step though Watson hasn't treated his recordings in any way, this collage process hints at an artistic or editorial intent that wasn't apparent on the earlier records. Here, Watson documents meterological phenomena, and has for the first time opted to edit his recorded material (or 'time compress' it), ending up with three 18 minute pieces sourced from hours of material. Weather Report is slightly different (and in case you were wondering, has nothing to do with Joe Zawinul). Two CDs have presented his wildlife recordings, made in locations that range from the Scottish highlands to the Serengeti and documenting the activities of creatures from whales to deathwatch beetles.
Since then he's got a proper job as a TV and radio sound recordist. Those of us with long memories may remember Chris Watson as the third member of the original line-up of Sheffield electronic punk funkers Cabaret Voltaire and later with 'industrial' noise scientists The Hafler Trio.
It may be more interesting than all the things you buy to escape from it." Review As Sasha Frere-Jones wrote in Time Out New York in 1999: "Listen to your world. On Weather Report, he constructs collages of sounds, which evolve from a series of recordings made at the specific locations over varying periods of time, distilling vast, diverse arenas of sound into pointillistic sound-poems. This is Chris' first foray into composition using his location recordings of wildlife and habitats - in his previous releases, he was concerned with describing and revealing the special atmosphere of a place by site-specific, untreated location recordings. The three locations featured here - Kenya's Masai Mara, a Scottish highland glen and an Icelandic glacier - all have moods and characters which are made tangible by the elements, and these periodic events are represented within by a form of time compression. Clearly, it also has a profound and dynamic effect upon our lives and that of other animals.
Weather Report understands that the weather has created and shaped all our habitats. It is with this naturalist spirit and background that Watson applies his work, capturing sound footage that illustrates a deep understanding of silence, space, and ecological wonderment. He has since joined a film and video production company, working for BBC wildlife documentaries and occasional feature films. After working with Cabaret Voltaire and the Hafler Trio, Watson became a sound recordist for the UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Repressing of Chris Watson's critically-acclaimed 2003 release, Weather Report.
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