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Chris Watson is a musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. His work as a sound wildlife sound recordist includes both work for television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations. Christopher Richard Watson was born in Sheffield where he attended Rowlinson School and Stannington College (now part of Sheffield College). He was a founding member of two influential experimental music groups, Cabaret Voltaire and The Hafler Trio. His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. He has released three solo albums of field recordings: Outside the Circle of Fire, Stepping into the Dark (which won an Award of Distinction at the 2000 Prix ARS Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria), and Weather Report. He has also released a variety of works in collaboration with other artists, including Star Switch On, a collaboration with Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic, Philip Jeck, Hazard, Fennesz, AER, and Biosphere. In 2007 he released Storm with BJNilsen. All of these recordings were released on Touch. His television work includes Bill Oddie Back in the USA. In 2006 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Technology degree by the University of the West of England "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to sound recording technology, especially in the field of natural history and documentary location sound". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.