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Chris Watson is a British musician, sound recordist, and composer. He is best known for his work with the band Cabaret Voltaire and his solo recordings. He was born in Sheffield, England, in 1952. Watson began his career as a sound engineer for the BBC in the late 1970s, working on the Radiophonic Workshop and Natural History Unit. He left the BBC in 1981 to join Cabaret Voltaire, where he worked as a sound engineer and producer. He left the band in 1983 and began a solo career, releasing his first album, Stepping Into The Dark, in 1984. Watson has since released a number of solo albums, including Weather Report (1986), Storm (1989), and Outside the Circle of Fire (1996). He has also collaborated with a number of other musicians, including David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, and Brian Eno. In addition to his solo work, Watson has composed music for film and television, including the BBC series The Blue Planet and Planet Earth. He has also worked as a sound recordist for the BBC Natural History Unit, recording the sounds of nature for documentaries. As of 2021, Chris Watson's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

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2019

On 26 August 2019, he appeared on the podcast Trees A Crowd with David Oakes.

2010

In 2010 he devised an art project at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital, using sound recordings made by children to calm other young patients as they received injections and other treatments.

Watson attended Rowlinson School and Stannington College (now part of Sheffield College), both in Sheffield. He is married to Maggie, who appeared momentarily on-screen with him in episode 3 of Autumnwatch 2010.

2006

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".

2003

The Weather Report album from 2003 was named as "One of the thousand albums you should hear before you die" in The Guardian.

2000

He has released several solo albums of field recordings including: 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), Weather Report, and El Tren Fantasma. 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 (Jon Wozencroft, aka "Alpha Echo Romeo"), and Biosphere. In 2007 he released Storm with BJNilsen, and in 2011 he released "Cross-Pollination" with Marcus Davidson. All of these recordings were released on Touch. Touch releases material digitally through Bandcamp.

1981

His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. His television work includes Bill Oddie Back in the USA and Springwatch.

1952

Christopher Richard Watson (born 1952) is an English musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. He was a founding member of the musical group Cabaret Voltaire, and Watson's work as a wildlife sound recordist has covered television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations.

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