Voyage with dublab into new worlds. Each week we present field recordings that will transport you through the power of sound. Metabolic Sonics specializes in exploring the captivating sound waves and vibrations of the web of life. The Metabolic Studio is an interdisciplinary art and research hub based in Los Angeles, California directed by artist Lauren Bon. The studio addresses critical social and environmental issues through art interventions and innovative projects aimed at reparation.

Each week we will bring field recordings of Metabolic Studio’s current projects, Bending the River, Meandros. Moving Mountains, and archival material from past ventures including the improvised music of Metabolic Sonics. Bending the River is an adaptive reuse of the LA River infrastructure that reimagines the relationship between Los Angeles and the river that brought it into existence.

Moving Mountains Tour Interviews – Part Two

These are Interviews with members of the community responding to the question “What does Moving Mountains mean to you?”

The responses came from weekly tours and teach-ins hosted from May 9 to September 26, 2025, at The Moon — a former tow yard transformed into a living floodplain on the east bank of the LA River. Moving Mountains is a new Ecological Initiative to Transform LA River Floodplain with Forest Soil from Topanga Canyon Landslide

Artist Lauren Bon, in partnership with California State Parks, secured approximately 1,500 cubic yards (150 truckloads) of pristine forest soil from the landslide on Route 27 (Topanga Canyon Boulevard) to be utilized at the undeveloped 4-acre portion of Los Angeles State Historic Park.

We acknowledge that the Topanga soils are ancestral lands of today’s Gabrielino Shoshone, Tongva and Kizh, and Fernandeño Tataviam nations as are the lands we hope to repair. Our hope is to be guided by native peoples and work together to locate where these lands will be best placed.