The rain and gentle bird / frog calls sound great - easy to listen to and evocative of the tropics. I had a similar disappointing experience recording in Nepal - the noise from local villages, dogs and chickens penetrated through the night much to my chagrin - however a few weeks later back in the studio and with a bit of editing, the recording turned out quite nice after all !  Marc

Really digging this.  Thanks for posting it.  I'm curious as to whether this is how the night actually unfolded in real time or have you cut out chunks to get it down to this length?

Love that place! Wanted my suburban P.R. girlfriend to leave me behind ...

opening track from “idyll” by marine eyes

https://marineeyes.bandcamp.com/album/idyll

idyll

marine eyes - idyll

track 2 from “idyll” by marine eyes

https://marineeyes.bandcamp.com/album/idyll

marine eyes - cloud collecting

opening track from “natural serenity” by @taennya

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https://taennya.bandcamp.com/album/natural-serenity

natural serenity

taennya - eternal light

FULL - https://hshirptsubaki.bandcamp.com/album/snow-silence

My father's hometown is an area with a lot of snow, and I spent some time there in the winter when I was a child.
It was then that I first experienced the feeling of silence when it snowed.

That sense of silence as I walked through the falling snow may have been the catalyst for my current work in ambient music.

This music is dedicated to those snowy, beloved winter nights.

Snow / Silence - Sample

Taken from the album 'Mind of Winter'.
Release date: February 25, 2022 on Hidden Vibes.

Hidden Vibes on web:
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anthéne & Simon McCorry - Mind Of Winter

performed by Alexandra Sopp & The Knights, live in Central Park, July 2017

Flute Concerto

Softer Than Before

http://impulsivehabitat.com/releases/ihab053.htm

El Yunque
DAVID MICHAEL
IHab053

When I made this recording I was deeply disappointed at the results. At a campsite on the edge of the El Yunque national forest in Puerto Rico, I had held vigil all night with my recorder, attempting to capture the long sweep of the nighttime choruses of coqui.

Along with the sounds of frogs and insects, the neighborhood surrounding my campsite drifted up the mountainside and into my microphones. Cars navigated the winding roads, people cheered a boxing match, and dogs barked at the night. At daybreak, a chorus of roosters. Occasionally I fell asleep, only to wake myself up with a snore.

For the nature recording I had expected to make, it was a total travesty. These were not the sounds of the rainforest. For the nature recording that I hope to make today, I am not sure I could have planned it any better. These are the sounds of the rainforest.

This recording then is about preconceptions.

COPYLEFT:

artwork/cover design:
©2012 Chris Suspect
©2012 David Vélez
music:
©2012 David Michael
©2012 Impulsive Habitat

El Yunque

Finality.

https://misleadingstructures.bandcamp.com/album/lost-lives

Lost Lives

Depths in Parallel

from 'Miscellany' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den348
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/origamibiro

After an almost 6 year hiatus, and the break up of the audio-visual trio it had evolved into, Origamibiro returns with Miscellany, a body of work amassed during the years since the release of 2014’s Odham’s Standard.

Though the group never officially disbanded, a number of life-changing events meant it simply became impossible to continue together. As such, the project organically reverted back to the solo pursuits of composer Tom Hill. Fellow multi-instrumentalist Andy Tytherleigh, however, remains a strong collaborator.

Miscellany comprises a varied mixture of work, ranging from electroacoustic to orchestral chamber music. Drawing upon much of the found-sound style for which Origamibiro became known, the DIY approach to sampling and composing continues to play a central role in the process.

Exploration into the tangible nature of everyday objects and textures - both in and outside of the home - is a theme relished in much of Origamibiro’s work. Forest brambles and plastic toy Easter eggs are examined in surgical detail alongside the debris of demolished piano parts, to be repurposed into whatever sonic potential they offer up.

However, new additions to the instrumental palette - viola da gamba, piano, zither, singing bowl, glockenspiel, drum machines and gongs - contribute to an even broader timbre.

Miscellany will be released on Denovali, March 2021.

Miscellany

Origamibiro - Spring

Origamibiro - Swan In The Sand

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