Chris Watson, Weather Report

Sound recordist for TV and radio, and former member of Cabaret Voltaire, this is one of Watson's recent records made entirely from sounds recorded from nature (cracking and groaning glaciers, growling lions, running water, you name it), minimally processed, and turned into amazing ambient soundscapes. Great stuff.

One of his earlier records contained a track created by massively amplifying the sound of a decaying animal carcass. Mad but strangely arresting.

-- Ian