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Dinden National Park - frog chorus

Fire Pattern is the second of the twin pieces "Fire and Frost Pattern", produced by Deutschlandradio Kultur in 2007. 
Awarded the Phonurgia-Nova-Prize 2008 and a mention at the 35th International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art in Bourges 2008.
CD and download available at the label Gruenrekorder.

"The sound compositions fire pattern (2007) and frost pattern (2006) describe the extremes of hot and cold. Almost identical in terms of their formal structure, the twin pieces reflect the acoustic impact of the energies unleashed by fire and ice, from the loudest sound event in each case – the eruption of a volcano and the collision of an iceberg – through to cooling or melting in a more moderate temperature range."

Fire Pattern

Eastern Whipbird - Psophodes olivaceus (feeding). Copyright Tai Inoue at Nature Sounds 2012.

Eastern Whipbird - Psophodes olivaceus (feeding)

Large pig frogs lead the croaking chorus of multiple species searching for mates in the flooded saw grass prairie along PaHaOkee Road in Everglades National Park, Florida. Southern cricket frogs "clack-clack" in background.Wide stereo field recorded in ORTF with pair of Line Audio CM3 cardioid microphones feeding a Sound Devices MixPre 3 recorder. February 2018.

Pig Frogs Pa Hay Okee

Brought out by a rain storm, toads and frogs call out as thunder continues to roll across the cypress and saw grass forest at the Big Cypress Preserve, part of the everglades near Miami, Florida. 00:05 Southern Toad, 00:11 Green Tree Frog, Spring Peeper frogs' birdlike chirp throughout, and 03:20 far off Red Shouldered Hawk. Recorded in XY Stereo with Audio Techinica BP4025 and MixPre-3, 40hz low cut and 57 Db gain. One continuous recording with EQ applied in post. May 2018.

Amphibian Rain Call

As the night progresses, frogs sing three verses: 1) cricket frog solos & far off pig frogs answer, 2) chorus of green tree frogs and 3) clacking southern cricket frogs harmonize with grunting green tree frogs. Big Cypress Preserve, Florida, June 2018. Wide stereo field recorded in ORTF with pair of Line Audio CM3 cardioid microphones feeding a Sound Devices MixPre 3 recorder.

Three Verse Florida Frogs

As the last noisy chorus of three southern cricket frogs fades out for the night, quieter creatures fill the swamp forest with more subtle sounds until dawn. Recorded in the Big Cypress Preserve near Miami, FL, June 2018. Wide stereo field recorded in NOS with pair of Line Audio CM3 cardioid microphones feeding a Sound Devices MixPre 3 recorder.

Swamp Forest Late Night

A far off night train whistles across a suburban pond as leopard frogs wake, their croaks overcoming the quiet evening in Mount Dora, Florida, December 2018. Recorded in XY stereo with Audio Technica BP4025 and Sound Devices MixPre3.

Night Train & Small Town Frogs

Brolga - Grus nubicunda and Sarus Crane - Grus antigone recorded at Bromfield Swamp on the 23rd of September (Spring Equinox) . Copyright Tai Inoue at Nature Sounds 2012.

Brolga - Grus nubicunda and Sarus Crane - Grus antigone (Spring Equinox)

Mysterious frogs from Ansons Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Tasman Frogs From Ansons Bay

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" I would like to share with you via SoundCloud a range of various samples created across last 30 years of my sound-explorations - i wandered through many different sound-areas and listened to many sound_adventures :) i'll be uploading new tracks from time-to-time and deleting some old tracks from time-to-time;&gt;))) - so, if you wish to download some - do not hesitate, please:>))) - some tracks i will move here: http://archive.org/details/tentacles-of-perception, where is 34  full-length AMT-albums and other AMT-related works  ...

Slavek Kwi is a sound-artist, composer and researcher interested in the phenomena of perception as the fundamental determinant of relations with reality. He has a longstanding fascination with sound-environments, developing what he terms ‘electroacoustic sound-paintings’ that oscillate between sound only works and interdisciplinary works exploring social (co-founder of Soun.Din), spatial and temporal processes. These complex audio-based situations are created mainly from site specific recordings, resulting in subjective reports for radio broadcast, ‘cinema for ears’ for multi-channel playback, sound installations integrated into the environment and performances. From the early nineties Slavek has operated under the name Artificial Memory Trace. He facilitates experimental sound workshops with autistic children and those with learning disabilities. The workshop technique emphasises extensive listening and the stimulation of creativity through observation and the support of natural tendencies. Slavek was born in former Czechoslovakia, lived 14 years in Belgium and has been based in Ireland since 2000.

Tasman Frogs From Ansons Bay

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