Interviews
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Vadi Sound Talks
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Field & Foley Podcast
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Ambisonic Spaces Podcast
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The Tonebenders Podcast
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Sound Business Podcast
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The Blind Tourist With Adriene
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Transom
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The Quiet Mark Podcast
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"I first discovered Melissa Pons' work in an excellent article about her on The Audio Spotlight back in 2014. Melissa is a sound pro that explores a wide range of audio disciplines on her blog, including sound design, creativity, production sound and more. Her field recordings are just as diverse, showcasing a range of clips from her native Portugal and her newly adapted home of Sweden."
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In the Ecology Special' issue of music and art Gonzo Circus Magazine, Anthony Fiumara and I talk about my latest release Cliffs, Vultures & Cycles of Death, and humans' relationship to the more-than-human world.
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Melissa Pons is a field recordist and sound designer whose main interests revolve around anthropology, forests, culture and social justice. In recent years, she has explored sounds around the world from forests in Brazil and Sweden to Portugal where she is now based. In addition to her audio works, Melissa, maintains a fascinating and well-written blog of her own where she generously shares insights about her creative process as well as offering industry tips and support to fellow artists. In this interview, she talks about her recent albums, field recording in general, and her contribution to last year’s Place Language project. Any readers interested in offering additional support to Melissa and her work can buy her a ‘coffee’ online at Ko-fi.
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In 2016 Melissa started to explore the sound of forests after moving from Portugal to Stockholm in 2015. In the later part of 2016 she spent over a month in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, in three different locations, triggering the beginning of releasing her recordings into the world with Nocturnal Sounds of the Atlantic Forest. Shortly after, she got to explore the Swedish Forest and is currently re-discovering the country in which she was born through its diverse natural soundscapes, starting by the mediterranean forest to the south, in a Wolf Sanctuary, out of which the album Wolf Soundscapes has been released in November 2020.
Her field recording albums reflect her experiences and personal impressions on those spots.