A Heavy Metal band playing a gig in a venue recorded from outside.  The less heavy metal roof can be heard rattling to the music.  The recording is imperfect due to the surreptitious nature of the circumstances it was recorded under.  Recorded with two DPA 4060 microphones, one each side of my head next to my ears, to a Sound Devices 722 recorder.

Heavy metal rattles roof

My teeth being drilled and filled.  The dentist asked me if I had ever recorded the sound of a human scream, laughed, then went in with the drill.  Recorded with two DPA 4060 microphones, either side of my head and just next to my ears, to a Sound Devices 722 recorder.

Dental drill and suction

A false start at an athletics event due to noises in the background.  The athletes can be heard slapping their thighs.  The man on the PA tells them to concentrate on the gun.  Recorded with two DPA 4060 microphones, next to my ears, to a Sound Devices 722 Recorder.

False start - concentrate on the gun

Ritual acousmatic / Electroacoustic music inspired by the work of Giacinto Scelsi, Tibetan Ritual music and the timbres of early industrial music.  The original sound sources were a clocking in rack, a face cloth rack, a polystyrene cup, an aluminium foil tin, a metal PC case, and a tin bath.

Black sun bloody moon

Recording of ice cracking on a frozen reservoir as I shifted my weight on the edge.  The recording was made with a Dolphin Pro Hydrophone used as a contact mic about 20 meters away to a Sound Devices 722 recorder.

5 Icecrack improvisation

Grey Seal recorded in Lincolnshire.  An almost human sound.  Telinga Pro DAT microphone in Parabolic to Sound Devices 722 recorder.

Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)

The title is self explanatory.  The plant can be heard producing bubbles as it photosynthesises whilst the aquatic snail's tongue can be heard rasping on the plant's leaves.  Recorded in Yorkshire.  Recorded with a DPA 8011 Hydrophone to a Sound Devices 722 recorder.

Aquatic plant photosynthesising whilst being eaten by aquatic snail

A Song thrush recorded mid-afternoon on the Lancashire / Yorkshire Border.  Telinga Stereo DAT microphone to Sound Devices 722 recorder.

Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Marsh Frogs recorded in Kent in the early hours of the morning.  Two DPA 4052 microphones in Windpac shields either side of a Jecklin Disc to a Sound Devices 722 recorder.

Marsh Frogs (Rana ridibunda)

Thunder in three parts - spark, crash and after rumble.  Recorded on Fraser's Hill, Malaysia 2015.

Malaysian Thunder

Recorded at Fraser's Hill in Malaysia in 2016.  Insect close but I couldn't see it despite my best efforts.

Highland Malaysian Cicada

Recorded at the Panti Forest reserve in Malaysia in 2016.  Sounds synthetic.

Lowland Malaysian Insects

Agile Gibbon at Bukit Wang Nature Reserve in Peninsular Malaysia. Recent reports suggest the reserve is currently being destroyed.  It is virgin rainforest and home to monkeys, gibbon, hornbill and numerous species of smaller birds including woodpeckers and spiderhunters.  A list of the 59 species of birds spotted in one day can be found here.  https://ebird.org/malaysia/view/checklist/S38369441

Coryn Smethurst

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