Stuart Hyatt is a Grammy-nominated artist and musician. He creates interdisciplinary creative projects about our relationship with the natural world. Hyatt is the producer of Field Works, the collaborative series where musicians transform audio field recordings into music. Each album follows a rigorous conceptual framework - incorporating scientific data and site-based field work - but emerges as a simple musical story. This body of work is released on the Brooklyn-based record label Temporary Residence and published by the Dutch imprint Jap Sam Books.
As a National Geographic Explorer, Hyatt has expanded into new frequencies, crafting music with the ultrasonic echolocations of endangered bats and the infrasonic rumblings of seismic activity. The resulting albums, books, exhibitions, and live performances bring new audiences into uncharted sonic territories, encouraging a closer listen to the voice of a fragile planet.
His work has been printed in The Wire, The New York Times, Tape Op, Electronic Sound, Fader, Atlas Obscura, Indianapolis Monthly, Uncut, and featured on NPR, the BBC, Bandcamp, Treble Zine, Perfect Sound Forever, Glasstire, Tiny Mix Tapes, CLOT Magazine, A Closer Listen, Stereogum, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Tinnitist, Loud and Quiet, Gizmodo, Aquarium Drunkard, Consequence of Sound, and many others.
Hyatt is also a songwriter and arranger of left field pop and folk music, creating work with amateur community participants. These albums are produced under the umbrella of TEAM Records and are released on innova and DFA. He was a long-time member of M12 Studio, the arts collective known for projects that explore public space, rural cultures and landscapes. He works independently via commission as Stuart Hyatt Studio, LLC.
Email: stuart@teamrecords.org
Instagram: @stuarthyatt
photo by Anna Powell Denton