The Binaural Cafe

The Binaural Cafe

Produced in immersive binaural sound for earphones, The Binaural Cafe explores wild sounds and spaces recorded by award-winning field recordist, sound designer, musician and producer Matthew Lien.

Episodes

December 4, 2023 25 mins

Join Matthew Lien and guests Paul Gatien and Todd Hooge as they dig deep, exploring the cavernous acoustics  of some little-known and unexpected spaces, including the longest reverb (echo) in the world.
 
As always, end your journey with a song from Matthew Lien's groundbreaking fully-binaural album, Full Circle.
 
 Use earphones to experience binaural audio.

Special thanks to Arjen at Audio Ease for p...

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 Join Matthew Lien and guests Paul Gatien and Todd Hooge as they explore the sounds of some of the most impressive acoustic environments in the world.
 
 Hear recordings made in historically significant chapels and cathedrals (including church bells and pipe organs), and a new method for capturing and recreating the acoustic qualities of these spaces using binaural technology.
 
 As always, end...

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December 2, 2023 23 mins

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 Join Matthew Lien and guests Paul Gatien and Todd Hooge as they explore the sounds of some of the most impressive acoustic environments in the world.
 
 Hear recordings made in historically significant chapels and cathedrals (including church bells and pipe organs), and a new method for capturing and recreating the acoustic qualities of these spaces using binaural technology.
 
 As always, end...

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December 1, 2023 22 mins

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 From the earliest forms of transportation to some of the most sonically interesting, join Matthew Lien and his guests Paul Gatien and Todd Hooge around the binaural coffee table in this exploration of binaural field recordings ranging from a stroll on mountain scree to a Mongolian horse race. 

As always, theepisode ends with another song from Matthew Lien's groundbreaking fully-binaural album, Full Circle...

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November 30, 2023 21 mins

Part 1 of 2
 
 From the earliest forms of transportation to some of the most sonically interesting, join Matthew Lien and his guests Paul Gatien and Todd Hooge around the binaural coffee table in this exploration of binaural field recordings ranging from a stroll on mountain scree to a Mongolian horse race. 

As always, theepisode ends with another song from Matthew Lien's groundbreaking fully-binaural album, Full Circle...

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November 29, 2023 25 mins

Have you ever wondered what sounds accompany life in a wilderness cabin? 

Join Matthew Lien, with guests Paul Gatien and Todd Hooge, on an immersive journey deep into the woods of Canada's Yukon Territory.

Discover what off-grid cabin life sounds like; with the fire stoked, the huskies fed and wolves at the door.

Finally, take in another song  from Matthew Lien's fully-binaural album, Full Circl...

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November 28, 2023 18 mins

Part 2 of 2

Join award-winning music producer and sound recordist Matthew Lien, with his guests Paul Gatien (live sound) and Todd Hooge (Atmos engineer) on adventures recording oceans, and discover what happens when a pair of hydrophones meet a deep-sea volcano. 

Learn about and hear the result, and experience other examples of ocean recording in this pilot episode, plus music from Matthew Lien's new fully-bi...

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November 27, 2023 23 mins

Part 1 of 2

Join award-winning music producer and sound recordist Matthew Lien, with his guests Paul Gatien (live sound) and Todd Hooge (Atmos engineer) on adventures recording oceans, and discover what happens when a pair of hydrophones meet a deep-sea volcano. 

Learn about and hear the result, and experience other examples of ocean recording in this pilot episode, plus music from Matthew Lien's new fully-bi...

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