Holophonic Recordings

Not entirely sure how these holophonic recordings [via Marisa] differ from binaural recording but they definitely sound cool.

About five years ago I had the chance to experience one of Janet Cardiff‘s audio installations/walks. You put on a pair of headphones and Cardiff’s voice guides you along a path and through a narrative, while sounds on the recording mingle with sounds on the street. I assume her work is recorded binaurally, and it is totally uncanny and beautiful — one of those instances when the creative possibilities of a technology are truly fully realized. Listen to excerpts of the walk I took through Central Park, called Her Long Black Hair.