Joanna Brouk was an intriguing figure, a St Louis County, Missouri born composer who came to music from the world of creative writing and poetry, and began creating music while studying under Terry Riley. As a radio producer, she composed music for nature documentaries and self-released a number of her own compositions on cassette via her own Hummingbird Productions label before quite deliberately ending all her compositional work in 1985. This music gained Brouk recognition in new age circles but it has been often overlooked until now.

Sounds Of The Sea is one of Brouk’s tapes from 1981, reissued here by Numero Group, who also collated archival recordings for 2016’s Hearing Music. It’s a hugely evocative album, especially for those of us far from any sea.