5. Re: Reference question

["mopani_wyness" wyness2001]

That's not an easy question to answer Bernie because there are so many 
interpretations of both words, in fact both are quite unstable terms. Narrowing 
it down to nature recording or natural soundscape recording I'd go for the 
artist's intentions. Despite the artifice, some recordists present their work 
as real or realistic soundscapes. They're 'transparent' enough to allow the 
listener to listen through to the real which seems to be somewhere in there in 
some form or another. Terms like legitimate and feasible have been used in 
these contexts. Other artists like to give impressions; fleeting glimpses, 
sharp cut and pastes, multi-layered pieces for example. In some senses you 
could argue a case for these works being impressionistic.

Whether we perceive them as they were intended is another matter...

James