--- type: "firecrawl-provider" description: "Audio recordings on the Internet Archive (archive.org) through its keyless Advanced Search and Metadata APIs: search audio and Live Music Archive items by words, collection (radio-aporee-maps field recordings, 78rpm, etree, opensource_audio, audio_bookspoetry and others) and licence, read one item with its declared licence, attribution, location and every audio file with duration, format and download URL, and find audio collections. Licence is returned per item with an NC flag; items without one have unknown rights. Returns URLs only, never audio bytes." use_when: "Audio recordings on the Internet Archive (archive.org) through its keyless Advanced Search and Metadata APIs: search audio and Live Music Archive items by words, collection (radio-aporee-maps field recordings, 78rpm, etree, opensource_audio, audio_bookspoetry and others) and licence, read one item with its declared licence, attribution, location and every audio file with duration, format and download URL, and find audio collections. Licence is returned per item with an NC flag; items without one have unknown rights. Returns URLs only, never audio bytes." categories: "Entertainment" capabilities: 3 credits_per_call: 5 --- # Internet Archive audio on Firecrawl Alexandria Audio recordings on the Internet Archive (archive.org) through its keyless Advanced Search and Metadata APIs: search audio and Live Music Archive items by words, collection (radio-aporee-maps field recordings, 78rpm, etree, opensource_audio, audio_bookspoetry and others) and licence, read one item with its declared licence, attribution, location and every audio file with duration, format and download URL, and find audio collections. Licence is returned per item with an NC flag; items without one have unknown rights. Returns URLs only, never audio bytes. - Categories: Entertainment - Category index: [Entertainment category](https://firecrawl.dev/alexandria/agents/categories/entertainment) - Provider key: `archive-org` - Access: Firecrawl credits - Cost: 5 credits per call ## More - [Human guide](https://firecrawl.dev/app/alexandria/archive-org) - [OpenAPI spec](https://firecrawl.dev/alexandria/agents/providers/archive-org/openapi.json) ## Capabilities - [Get audio](https://firecrawl.dev/alexandria/agents/providers/archive-org/audio-assets/get_audio): One Internet Archive audio item by identifier or archive.org/details URL, from the Metadata API: title, creators, date, description, subjects, collections, the declared licence (with commercial_use and non_commercial flags) and rights text, an attribution line, recording location when given (Radio Aporee items carry latitude, longitude and place), total duration, and every audio file with format, original or derivative, duration, size and download URL (null when the item is stream-only). Also a preview URL and the embed player URL. - [Search audio](https://firecrawl.dev/alexandria/agents/providers/archive-org/audio-assets/search_audio): Search the Internet Archive's audio items (mediatype audio, plus etree Live Music Archive concerts) with Advanced Search. Filter by collection identifier (e.g. radio-aporee-maps for CC field recordings, 78rpm, etree, opensource_audio, audio_bookspoetry), by licence and to commercially usable licences; sort by relevance, downloads, date or title; pages with continuation up to 10,000 results deep. Each result has identifier, title, creators, date, description, subjects, collections, a licence object with commercial_use and non_commercial flags, rights text, an attribution line, formats, downloads and the item page and embed URLs. Accepts archive.org/search?query=... URLs. - [Search collections](https://firecrawl.dev/alexandria/agents/providers/archive-org/audio-assets/search_collections): Find Internet Archive audio collections (collections filed under the audio top-level collections or etree) by words: identifier, title, description, item count, downloads, parent collections and the collection's licence when declared. Pass an identifier to search_audio's collection filter to browse it. ## 1. Choose this provider when Audio recordings on the Internet Archive (archive.org) through its keyless Advanced Search and Metadata APIs: search audio and Live Music Archive items by words, collection (radio-aporee-maps field recordings, 78rpm, etree, opensource_audio, audio_bookspoetry and others) and licence, read one item with its declared licence, attribution, location and every audio file with duration, format and download URL, and find audio collections. Licence is returned per item with an NC flag; items without one have unknown rights. Returns URLs only, never audio bytes. ## 2. Minimal request Call `POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape` with `{ alexandria: { provider, capability, options } }`. For a batch, send `{ alexandria: [...] }` with up to 10 calls. ```json { "provider": "archive-org", "capability": "audio-assets/get_audio", "options": { "identifier": "aporee_11681_13735" } } ``` ## 3. Add provider options Use only the options needed for the task: - `identifier` (string): archive.org item identifier, e.g. aporee_11681_13735. Example: `` - `url` (string): An archive.org/details/ID, /download/ID/..., /embed/ID or /metadata/ID URL, used when identifier is absent. Example: `` ## 4. Request through your preferred interface ### JavaScript ```javascript const result = await firecrawl.scrape({ alexandria: { provider: "archive-org", capability: "audio-assets/get_audio", options: { identifier: "aporee_11681_13735", }, }, }); ``` ### Python ```python result = firecrawl.scrape_alexandria({ "provider": "archive-org", "capability": "audio-assets/get_audio", "options": { "identifier": "aporee_11681_13735" } }) ``` ### cURL ```sh curl https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "alexandria": { "provider": "archive-org", "capability": "audio-assets/get_audio", "options": { "identifier": "aporee_11681_13735" } } }' ``` ### CLI ```sh firecrawl scrape 'archive-org/audio-assets/get_audio' \ --options '{"identifier":"aporee_11681_13735"}' ``` ### MCP Call the FCX MCP retrieve tool with this object: ```json { "provider": "archive-org", "capability": "audio-assets/get_audio", "options": { "identifier": "aporee_11681_13735" } } ``` Ask for only the returned fields needed by the task. ## 5. Full request shape ```json { "provider": "archive-org", "capability": "audio-assets/get_audio", "options": { "identifier": "aporee_11681_13735" } } ``` ## 6. Response data The response includes `success`, `provider`, `capability`, `creditsCost` and `data`. This example shows the provider payload in `data`: ```json { "access_restricted": false, "attribution": "\"aubignan, rain and thunderstorm\" by Frank Schulte, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/aporee_11681_13735", "audio_file_count": 2, "collections": [ "radio-aporee-maps" ], "creators": [ "Frank Schulte" ], "date": "2011-08-29 17:40:00", "description": "After a hot summer week an evening thunderstorm with heavy rain. The sound of the clashing rain and thunder echoing in the valley. Recording 01 of two topographic field recordings - international ambiences and scapes", "duration_seconds": 485.16, "embed_url": "https://archive.org/embed/aporee_11681_13735", "files": [ { "derived_from": null, "download_allowed": true, "download_url": "https://archive.org/download/aporee_11681_13735/AubignanGewitter01.mp3", "duration_seconds": 485.16, "format": "mp3", "format_name": "VBR MP3", "name": "AubignanGewitter01.mp3", "size_bytes": 15524992, "source": "original", "title": "Aubignan", "track": null }, { "derived_from": "AubignanGewitter01.mp3", "download_allowed": true, "download_url": "https://archive.org/download/aporee_11681_13735/AubignanGewitter01.ogg", "duration_seconds": 485.12, "format": "ogg", "format_name": "Ogg Vorbis", "name": "AubignanGewitter01.ogg", "size_bytes": 6205258, "source": "derivative", "title": null, "track": null } ], "files_truncated": false, "identifier": "aporee_11681_13735", "item_size_bytes": 21748024, "language": null, "license": { "attribution_required": true, "code": "by-sa", "commercial_use": true, "modification_allowed": true, "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "non_commercial": false, "url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "version": "3.0" }, "location": { "latitude": 44.0862903595, "longitude": 5.03825068474, "place": "Chemin de Saint-Just, 84810 Aubignan, France" }, "mediatype": "audio", "notice": "Internet Archive (archive.org). Its terms grant access to the collections for scholarship and research purposes only; licences are the uploaders' own declarations, which the Archive does not verify. Items without a declared licence have unknown rights.", "observed_at_ms": 1793750400000, "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/aporee_11681_13735", "preview_url": "https://archive.org/download/aporee_11681_13735/AubignanGewitter01.mp3", "published_at": "2013-02-22 00:14:37", "rights": null, "source_url": "https://archive.org/metadata/aporee_11681_13735", "subjects": [ "field recording", "phonography", "soundscape", "sound art", "soundmap", "radio", "ephemeral", "listening", "radio aporee" ], "title": "aubignan, rain and thunderstorm" } ``` ## API reference-derived contract The following capability contract is generated from the same normalized Alexandria API reference exposed in the API spec. ### Get audio - Capability: `audio-assets/get_audio` - Description: One Internet Archive audio item by identifier or archive.org/details URL, from the Metadata API: title, creators, date, description, subjects, collections, the declared licence (with commercial_use and non_commercial flags) and rights text, an attribution line, recording location when given (Radio Aporee items carry latitude, longitude and place), total duration, and every audio file with format, original or derivative, duration, size and download URL (null when the item is stream-only). Also a preview URL and the embed player URL. - Instructions: After search_audio, or for a pasted archive.org/details/... link: get the licence and the MP3, OGG or FLAC links and durations for one recording. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [Get audio](https://firecrawl.dev/alexandria/agents/providers/archive-org/audio-assets/get_audio) Accepted options: - `identifier` (string): archive.org item identifier, e.g. aporee_11681_13735. Example: `` - `url` (string): An archive.org/details/ID, /download/ID/..., /embed/ID or /metadata/ID URL, used when identifier is absent. Example: `` Response schema example: ```json { "access_restricted": false, "attribution": "\"aubignan, rain and thunderstorm\" by Frank Schulte, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/aporee_11681_13735", "audio_file_count": 2, "collections": [ "radio-aporee-maps" ], "creators": [ "Frank Schulte" ], "date": "2011-08-29 17:40:00", "description": "After a hot summer week an evening thunderstorm with heavy rain. The sound of the clashing rain and thunder echoing in the valley. Recording 01 of two topographic field recordings - international ambiences and scapes", "duration_seconds": 485.16, "embed_url": "https://archive.org/embed/aporee_11681_13735", "files": [ { "derived_from": null, "download_allowed": true, "download_url": "https://archive.org/download/aporee_11681_13735/AubignanGewitter01.mp3", "duration_seconds": 485.16, "format": "mp3", "format_name": "VBR MP3", "name": "AubignanGewitter01.mp3", "size_bytes": 15524992, "source": "original", "title": "Aubignan", "track": null }, { "derived_from": "AubignanGewitter01.mp3", "download_allowed": true, "download_url": "https://archive.org/download/aporee_11681_13735/AubignanGewitter01.ogg", "duration_seconds": 485.12, "format": "ogg", "format_name": "Ogg Vorbis", "name": "AubignanGewitter01.ogg", "size_bytes": 6205258, "source": "derivative", "title": null, "track": null } ], "files_truncated": false, "identifier": "aporee_11681_13735", "item_size_bytes": 21748024, "language": null, "license": { "attribution_required": true, "code": "by-sa", "commercial_use": true, "modification_allowed": true, "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "non_commercial": false, "url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "version": "3.0" }, "location": { "latitude": 44.0862903595, "longitude": 5.03825068474, "place": "Chemin de Saint-Just, 84810 Aubignan, France" }, "mediatype": "audio", "notice": "Internet Archive (archive.org). Its terms grant access to the collections for scholarship and research purposes only; licences are the uploaders' own declarations, which the Archive does not verify. Items without a declared licence have unknown rights.", "observed_at_ms": 1793750400000, "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/aporee_11681_13735", "preview_url": "https://archive.org/download/aporee_11681_13735/AubignanGewitter01.mp3", "published_at": "2013-02-22 00:14:37", "rights": null, "source_url": "https://archive.org/metadata/aporee_11681_13735", "subjects": [ "field recording", "phonography", "soundscape", "sound art", "soundmap", "radio", "ephemeral", "listening", "radio aporee" ], "title": "aubignan, rain and thunderstorm" } ``` ### Search audio - Capability: `audio-assets/search_audio` - Description: Search the Internet Archive's audio items (mediatype audio, plus etree Live Music Archive concerts) with Advanced Search. Filter by collection identifier (e.g. radio-aporee-maps for CC field recordings, 78rpm, etree, opensource_audio, audio_bookspoetry), by licence and to commercially usable licences; sort by relevance, downloads, date or title; pages with continuation up to 10,000 results deep. Each result has identifier, title, creators, date, description, subjects, collections, a licence object with commercial_use and non_commercial flags, rights text, an attribution line, formats, downloads and the item page and embed URLs. Accepts archive.org/search?query=... URLs. - Instructions: Find recordings on archive.org: "CC-BY field recordings of rain from radio aporee", "public-domain 78rpm jazz", "live recordings of a band". Then call get_audio for file URLs and durations. Use search_collections to find a collection id. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [Search audio](https://firecrawl.dev/alexandria/agents/providers/archive-org/audio-assets/search_audio) Accepted options: - `collection` (string): Collection identifier to search within, e.g. radio-aporee-maps, 78rpm, etree, opensource_audio. Without query, lists the collection. Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*$. Example: `` - `commercial_use` (boolean): true keeps only items with a declared licence that is not NC. Items with no licence are dropped because their rights are unknown. false applies no filter. Example: `false` - `continuation` (string): Cursor from a previous call. Example: `` - `license` (string[]): Keep only items declaring one of these licences. Example: `[]` - `limit` (number): Results per page; default 20. Example: `10` - `query` (string): Words to search, or an Advanced Search expression such as subject:rain AND date:[2010 TO 2015]. Example: `` - `sort` (string): relevance, downloads (most downloaded), newest or oldest (by recording date), recently_added or title; default relevance with a query, downloads without. Example: `relevance` - `url` (string): An archive.org/search?query=... or advancedsearch.php?q=... URL, used when query is absent. Example: `` Response schema example: ```json { "collection": "radio-aporee-maps", "count": 5, "filters": { "commercial_use": false, "license": [] }, "lucene_query": "(rain) AND collection:(radio-aporee-maps) AND mediatype:(audio OR etree)", "notice": "Internet Archive (archive.org). Its terms grant access to the collections for scholarship and research purposes only; licences are the uploaders' own declarations, which the Archive does not verify. Items without a declared licence have unknown rights.", "observed_at_ms": 1793750400000, "page": 1, "page_size": 5, "query": "rain", "results": [ { "attribution": "\"aubignan, rain and thunderstorm\" by Frank Schulte, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/aporee_11681_13735", "collections": [ "radio-aporee-maps" ], "creators": [ "Frank Schulte" ], "date": "2011-08-29T17:40:00Z", "description": "After a hot summer week an evening thunderstorm with heavy rain. The sound of the clashing rain and thunder echoing in the valley. Recording 01 of two topographic field recordings - international ambiences and scapes", "downloads": 4804, "embed_url": "https://archive.org/embed/aporee_11681_13735", "formats": [ "Ogg Vorbis", "PNG", "VBR MP3" ], "identifier": "aporee_11681_13735", "item_size_bytes": 21748024, "language": null, "license": { "attribution_required": true, "code": "by-sa", "commercial_use": true, "modification_allowed": true, "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "non_commercial": false, "url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "version": "3.0" }, "mediatype": "audio", "metadata_url": "https://archive.org/metadata/aporee_11681_13735", "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/aporee_11681_13735", "published_at": "2013-02-22T00:14:37Z", "rights": null, "subjects": [ "field recording", "phonography", "soundscape", "sound art", "soundmap", "radio", "ephemeral", "listening", "radio aporee" ], "title": "aubignan, rain and thunderstorm" }, { "attribution": "\"Rain sound\" by keitatsu.net@gma..., licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/aporee_7296_9020", "collections": [ "radio-aporee-maps" ], "creators": [ "keitatsu.net@gma..." ], "date": "2010-06-16T04:54:00Z", "description": "愛知 豊田 rain", "downloads": 1450, "embed_url": "https://archive.org/embed/aporee_7296_9020", "formats": [ "Ogg Vorbis", "PNG", "VBR MP3" ], "identifier": "aporee_7296_9020", "item_size_bytes": 1084374, "language": null, "license": { "attribution_required": true, "code": "by-sa", "commercial_use": true, "modification_allowed": true, "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "non_commercial": false, "url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "version": "3.0" }, "mediatype": "audio", "metadata_url": "https://archive.org/metadata/aporee_7296_9020", "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/aporee_7296_9020", "published_at": "2013-02-21T11:18:15Z", "rights": null, "subjects": [ "field recording", "phonography", "soundscape", "sound art", "soundmap", "radio", "ephemeral", "listening", "radio aporee" ], "title": "Rain sound" }, { "attribution": "\"rain: Severodvinsk, Russia - rain\" by Nikolaj Terent'ev, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/aporee_23011_26727", "collections": [ "radio-aporee-maps" ], "creators": [ "Nikolaj Terent'ev" ], "date": "2014-05-13T03:05:00Z", "description": "Ночной дождь, капли стучат по карнизам окон. Night rain drops tapping on the ledges of windows. Recorded on Oktava MK-012 stereo set + SD MixPre-D + Tascam DR-100 mkII", "downloads": 810, "embed_url": "https://archive.org/embed/aporee_23011_26727", "formats": [ "Ogg Vorbis", "PNG", "VBR MP3" ], "identifier": "aporee_23011_26727", "item_size_bytes": 5521099, "language": null, "license": { "attribution_required": true, "code": "by", "commercial_use": true, "modification_allowed": true, "name": "CC BY 3.0", "non_commercial": false, "url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/", "version": "3.0" }, "mediatype": "audio", "metadata_url": "https://archive.org/metadata/aporee_23011_26727", "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/aporee_23011_26727", "published_at": "2014-05-14T10:05:21Z", "rights": null, "subjects": [ "field recording", "phonography", "soundscape", "sound art", "soundmap", "radio", "ephemeral", "listening", "radio aporee" ], "title": "rain: Severodvinsk, Russia - rain" }, { "attribution": "\"Wicklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland - Rain on tent\" by fintanobrien, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/aporee_35521_40790", "collections": [ "radio-aporee-maps" ], "creators": [ "fintanobrien" ], "date": "1986-03-15T22:00:00Z", "description": "Rain on tent. A lonesome night camping alone in the rain. Equipment; A pair of Sennheiser microphones with an Uher 4200 open reel recorder.", "downloads": 738, "embed_url": "https://archive.org/embed/aporee_35521_40790", "formats": [ "Columbia Peaks", "Ogg Vorbis", "PNG", "VBR MP3" ], "identifier": "aporee_35521_40790", "item_size_bytes": 10881916, "language": null, "license": { "attribution_required": true, "code": "by-nc-nd", "commercial_use": false, "modification_allowed": false, "name": "CC BY-NC-ND 3.0", "non_commercial": true, "url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/", "version": "3.0" }, "mediatype": "audio", "metadata_url": "https://archive.org/metadata/aporee_35521_40790", "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/aporee_35521_40790", "published_at": "2017-03-13T11:09:56Z", "rights": null, "subjects": [ "field recording", "phonography", "soundscape", "sound art", "soundmap", "radio", "ephemeral", "listening", "radio aporee" ], "title": "Wicklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland - Rain on tent" }, { "attribution": "\"Sasino, forest - fire after rain\" by maciej janasik, licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/aporee_18640_21643", "collections": [ "radio-aporee-maps" ], "creators": [ "maciej janasik" ], "date": "2013-06-28T18:24:00Z", "description": "forest ambience after heavy rain, lots of fat drops sliding down from the leaves. water splashing on the ground, branches, moss but the sonic sensation was similar to one sitting in front of a campfire due to the dynamic crackling.", "downloads": 721, "embed_url": "https://archive.org/embed/aporee_18640_21643", "formats": [ "Ogg Vorbis", "PNG", "VBR MP3" ], "identifier": "aporee_18640_21643", "item_size_bytes": 9858090, "language": null, "license": { "attribution_required": false, "code": "pdm", "commercial_use": true, "modification_allowed": true, "name": "Public Domain Mark 1.0", "non_commercial": false, "url": "http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "version": "1.0" }, "mediatype": "audio", "metadata_url": "https://archive.org/metadata/aporee_18640_21643", "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/aporee_18640_21643", "published_at": "2013-07-23T13:52:17Z", "rights": null, "subjects": [ "field recording", "phonography", "soundscape", "sound art", "soundmap", "radio", "ephemeral", "listening", "radio aporee" ], "title": "Sasino, forest - fire after rain" } ], "sort": "downloads", "source_url": "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=%28rain%29+AND+collection%3A%28radio-aporee-maps%29+AND+mediatype%3A%28audio+OR+etree%29&fl%5B%5D=identifier&fl%5B%5D=title&fl%5B%5D=creator&fl%5B%5D=date&fl%5B%5D=description&fl%5B%5D=subject&fl%5B%5D=collection&fl%5B%5D=licenseurl&fl%5B%5D=rights&fl%5B%5D=mediatype&fl%5B%5D=format&fl%5B%5D=downloads&fl%5B%5D=item_size&fl%5B%5D=publicdate&fl%5B%5D=language&sort%5B%5D=downloads+desc&rows=5&page=1&output=json", "total": 2091 } ``` ### Search collections - Capability: `audio-assets/search_collections` - Description: Find Internet Archive audio collections (collections filed under the audio top-level collections or etree) by words: identifier, title, description, item count, downloads, parent collections and the collection's licence when declared. Pass an identifier to search_audio's collection filter to browse it. - Instructions: Discover where recordings live: "field recordings collections", "old-time radio", "netlabels". Then search inside one with search_audio. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [Search collections](https://firecrawl.dev/alexandria/agents/providers/archive-org/audio-assets/search_collections) Accepted options: - `continuation` (string): Cursor from a previous call. Example: `` - `limit` (number): Results per page; default 20. Example: `10` - `query` (string, required): Words to search collection titles and descriptions. Example: `` - `sort` (string): relevance, downloads (most downloaded), newest or oldest (by recording date), recently_added or title; default downloads. Example: `relevance` Response schema example: ```json { "count": 5, "notice": "Internet Archive (archive.org). Its terms grant access to the collections for scholarship and research purposes only; licences are the uploaders' own declarations, which the Archive does not verify. Items without a declared licence have unknown rights.", "observed_at_ms": 1793750400000, "page": 1, "page_size": 5, "query": "field recordings", "results": [ { "description": "Browse: all artists · this day in history · date reviewed · all-time views · LMA upload link The Live Music Archive is a community committed to providing the highest quality live concerts in a lossless, downloadable format, along with the convenience of on-demand streaming. In 2002, the Internet Archive teamed up with etree.org to create the Live Music Archive in order to preserve and archive as many live concerts as possible for current and future generations to enjoy. All music in this collection is from trade-friendly artists who have opted in and is strictly non-commercial , both for acces…", "downloads": 863902146, "identifier": "etree", "item_count": 306210, "license": null, "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/etree", "parent_collections": [ "audio" ], "title": "Live Music Archive" }, { "description": "\"CLINICAL ARCHIVES IS ABOUT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF MUSIC\" This is independent netlabel for eclectic and illogical music. The basic directions : abstract, avant-garde, alternative, indie, intuitive improvisation, free improv, jazz, fusion, electronic jazz, free jazz, funk, jam band, live electronic, experimental, experimental pop, dark disco, contemporary, manipulation, neo-classicism, illbient, ambient, musique concrète, noise, tape music, minimalism, acousmatic music, sound sculpture, sound collage, classical, electroacoustic, acoustic, drone, new wave, field recordings, microsound, mont…", "downloads": 11289678, "identifier": "clinicalarchives", "item_count": 530, "license": null, "page_url": "https://archive.org/details/clinicalarchives", "parent_collections": [ "netlabels", "audio" ], "title": "Clinical Archives" }, { "description": "The project radio aporee ::: maps has started 2006. it is a global soundmap dedicated to phonography, field recording (and related practices) and the art of listening. it connects sound recordings and places, in order to create a sonic cartography, open to the public as a collaborative project. 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