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Not a visual spectacle at all. In fact, nothing of the New Year's rockets could be seen but I have never before heard it as well as last night. Low clouds and light snowfall made the reverb excellent. 

Håga, Uppsala. January 1, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272

New Year's rockets in low clouds and light snowfall

This is the first track I've ever released featuring my own vocals.
No lyrics yet, just 'oohs and ahhs'.
Actually there aren't even any 'oohs'..

The album art is an accidental photo I took of the Kathmandu "skyline".

Enjoy

Moments

A dark and groovy downtempo edit of Citizens of Halloween, crafted by Oppelner and Arteriam to celebrate the spooky season with a slow, fat rhythm. Deep basslines, haunting textures, and hypnotic percussion blend into a cinematic Halloween vibe — perfect for late-night rituals and underground dancefloors.

FREE DL: hypeddit.com/oppelnerarteriam/a…nsouphalloweenedit

Arteriam & Oppelner - Pumpkin Soup (Halloween Edit) FreeDownload

I ran a simple noise test with the onboard microphones on the ZOOM H1e and ZOOM M4.
First half track with level as recorded, first H1 and then M4; second half track levels NORMALIZED up to 0.1 dB, first H1 and then M4.

H1e Vs M4 Onboard Microphones TEST - AsRecorded and NORMALIZED

Remix by D4NA https://soundcloud.com/d4n4

Rhino (D4N4 Remix)

Recorded during the early evening of Saturday 25th October, 2025, near Tapanappa Creek, Deep Creek National Park, country of the Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna peoples. The recording is continuous and unedited.
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This recording was made during the early evening of 25th October 2025 near Tapanappa Creek, Deep Creek National Park, at almost the same location as another earlier recording that was made at almost the same location at dawn on 1st October 2022 (https://earth.fm/recordings/tapanappa-creek-dawn/). The rather dramatic differences between these two soundscapes attest to the wonderful natural variability of this place; a place which, for me, will ever remain as a very special and sacred place.

I saw on Weatherzone that an energetic storm was approaching from the northwest, across the Eyre Peninsula and Spencer Gulf, with the Yorke Peninsula and St Vincent Gulf still before it; but I underestimated how quickly it would arrive at the Fleurieu Peninsula, and Deep Creek. It moved very (unusually) quickly! The storm was already erupting across the sky above me when I arrived at Tapanappa, descending on foot under heavy rain into the Tapanappa Creek valley to set up the recording gear. I had a particular grass tree in mind, as a natural rain shelter for the microphones, which I'd used once before, a few years ago. But I found that the grass tree was now deeply beleaguered by thickly-knitted high grassy bushes. I had to push my way through, in the drenching rain, to find the grass tree - which, to my delight, was currently flowering - and set up the gear under its shelter. During this time, the rain, thankfully, eased off. The wetness and coldness didn't matter: it was a privilege and a pleasure to enjoy such a storm, playing across the whole wide sky. There are many places and times when Nature expresses and asserts her presence and her power; and often, they are very close to home, if we care to pay attention to these events, and connect with them, and learn from them.

I respectfully acknowledge that the place where this recording was made is the primordial home country of the indigenous Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna people, and I very respectfully acknowledge the ever-present presence of their ancestral spiritual reality, here, which expresses and manifests itself through and as the phenomena of Nature.

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2025.10.25 Spring Thunderstorm at Tapanappa, Deep Creek.

A compilation of Sika deer tri-whistle calls, recorded in County Leitrim during the rutting season (September to November). These were recorded using unattended AudioMoths, hence the distant and quite noisy quality. Worth noting that despite its name, the last example is composed of 4 calls, then again the call is shorter/faster than the 'proper' tri-whistles.

"Sika deer originate from Japan, These were introduced by Lord Powerscourt in 1860. A few years later some were moved from Powerscourt (Co. Wicklow) to enclosed parks in Fermanagh, Kerry, Limerick, Down and Monaghan. The present wild deer herds mostly originated as escapees from these parks in the early 20th century." (Irish Deer Commission, 2022)

Species: Sika deer (Cervus nippon)
Date and time of recording: 6 October 2021, 4pm
Location: County Leitrim, Ireland
Habitat: Forestry plantation
Gear: Open Acoustic Devices AudioMoth mixed with Sennheiser Mid-Side setup for background ambience

Recorded for the Arney Aquatic Acoustics EU Interreg project.

Sika Deer Tri-Whistle (Medley)

Some new gear purchased this week in the form of a Radius Mini-alto Windshield setup. So far very impressed with the well thought out ergonomics, ease of use and modularity. Everything we could ever have asked for at a really competitive price. To complete the setup I also purchased a Schoeps Mk 8 Capsule to make a compact MS setup for on the road. 

This is recording in MS at its widest setting, panned full L and R. It sounds really good even when you collapse the MS slightly but I've kept it full open so you can hear all the elements. The stereo effect is pretty impressive and the ambience really shows on that Mk 8 capsule, with the fireworks bouncing off the hard surfaces of the housing estate. 

No EQ applied at all, just a hard limiter to control some of those louder explosions and make it overall easier on the ears. 

Gear: Sound Devices MixPre 6 ii + Schoeps Mk 4+8 MS inside the Radius Mini-alto 115 without Fur. 

If you haven't bought a Radius windshield yet, don't hold out, they're awesome. 
Also something to listen out for, not all the 'wizz' sounds are fireworks, as there were lots of Redwing moving that night too. Feel sorry for them, I bet they're frightened to death hearing all that whilst trying to migrate at night.

Bonfire Night From Home and Redwing Migration - Schoeps MS - MixPre-7935_

Field sound recordist and archivist of vanishing sounds in natural Iandscapes. Highly commended in the Sound of the Year Awards 2024 - Best Natural Sound.

New Year's rockets in low clouds and light snowfall

Bo Söderström