African savanna ambience with birds singing and insects calling at various distances - a beautiful and calm soundscape full of exquisite little detail. Long version at https://youtu.be/5NyIPnT1Wpw

The sound of the African savanna on a calm day

Listen to wildlife, nature and people in by the Manambolo river in remote western Madagascar. The soundscape here is beautiful and varied, with lovely reflections from the canyon walls. Long version at https://youtu.be/joQSXRlb5ik

Sounds of Madagascar - Afternoon by the Manambolo river

Wildlife tends to be shy and rather quiet in what's left of Madagascar's coastal rainforests. The soundscape is quiet and subtle. Long version at https://youtu.be/eRw0SGzZqRE

The subtle sound of a primary rainforest in Madagascar

The jungles of the Amazon are calm and still on a hot afternoon. There's a piercing insect chorus - frogs call occasionally - every now and then a bird chirps half-heartedly. Long version at https://youtu.be/l-v3GNgPR78

Lazy afternoon in the Amazon rainforest

Early in the morning in the Amazon rainforest - the air is thick with humidity and wildlife sounds. The insect chorus is deafening, and birds are trying to do their part by calling incessantly everywhere. Long version at https://youtu.be/2KWrudRbgO8

The Amazon rainforest wakes up

The golden eagle is a majestic bird of prey. It generally doesn't call much apart from contact calls between the pair at nesting sites. Recorded in Bucovina, Romania with Zoom F6 and Lom mikroUsi Pro microphones.

The beautiful calls of the Golden eagle - Aquila chrysaetos

Listen to the call to prayer of the muezzin being broadcast from a mosque in the casbah of Algiers.

Call To Prayer In Algiers

Atacama Desert is a collection of stereo and quad soundscapes recorded in the barren but amazingly beautiful desert plateau of Western Chile. Get it at https://mindful-audio.com/atacama-desert

MAFX027 Atacama Desert Demo

'What About Javier Castaneda?' is a BINAURAL AUDIO STORY.
Sound recorded binaurally can be described as 3-Dimensional (If you've heard the 'Virtual Barber', thats a binaural recording).

If you would like to listen to the story please:
Find some GOOD QUALITY HEADPHONES: It is impossible to experience binaural recordings properly without headphones. And, as the story is dynamic in terms of volume and frequency, the better the quality, the more likely you will enjoy the story (headphones are generally preferable to earbuds).
RELAX: Make sure you are in a comfortable, quiet (and possibly dark) place before pressing play. I would advise, once you have arranged yourself in the optimum position, taking a few deep breaths and noticing what you can hear around you, both before and after you have out the headphones on.

The story, which is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Facts In The Case Of M.Valdemar', places you inside the head of the main character, Edward Pope, and takes you on a short journey with him through a passage of anxiety and intrigue.

If you have, or are going to, thanks for listening. Please let me know your opinions.


I'd like to extend my most sincere gratitude to all those who have contributed. I really am grateful.

CREDITS
•Eddie was played by Robbie Derrick
•Sean was played by Conor Edgar
•Javier Castaneda was played by Pablo Dominguez
•Olivia was played by Abbey Smith
•Eddie’s Mum was played by Donna Derrick
•Sarah the news reporter was played by Hayley Stutchbury
•The Taxi Driver was played by James Walton
•Simon was played by Declan McAlister
•The security guard was played by Felix Ajala. 


•Sea Song was performed and recorded by Robbie Derrick, with Conor Edgar and Alec Harrison.
•Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Winds and Shostakovich’s Symphony Number 10 were performed by the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra @ St. Johns Church, Waterloo.

•Assistant Engineers were James Walton, Matt Woolley and Declan McAlister.

•‘What About Javier Castaneda?’ was written and produced by Robbie Derrick.

What About Javier Castaneda (Full) - Robbie Derrick

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