Two years ago, I buried a bathtub in our garden. Birds go to bathe in it, drink and drink insects. The wife also planted aquatic plants in it. Below the water surface of this small reservoir, there is a fragile, inconspicuous sound world.

Location: Židlochovice, Czech Republic
Date: June 2021
Starting of recording: 14pm

Vana - underwater recording in my garden

Rain is to be expected on a rainforest expedition and Costa Rica is no exception. Recording soundscapes in the rainforests and cloud forests of this beautifully green Central American country reminds me of previous jungle experiences and also teaches me a few new lessons. Longer version at https://youtu.be/03sgLm-pLSA

Costa Rica - Jungle Rain

While exploring my local woodland during Winter Storm Bobby on 1/29/2022, I noticed a particularly loud and frequent creaking and popping coming from a large, dual-trunked yellow popular, Liriodendron tulipifera.

Upon further inspection, I found the popular was hollow and had a large, vertical crack running about 25' up the trunk. 

I setup my SASS microphone directly in front of the cavity and recorded for about an hour.

Unfortunately, a snow blower polluted most of the recording but I was able to capture about 20 minutes of pure tree creaks and pops! This recording is an excerpt from that longer file.

I plan to revisit this tree during every major wind storm with the hope of capturing the moment that it gives way and returns to the forest floor...stay tuned :)

Thanks for listening ♫

Tree Creaks Inside a Yellow Popular

artist: fred baty
title: the upper air
catalog: eR010
release date: 20th of august 2022

release type: ep
series: eRecords digital series
playing speed: 45 rpm

written and produced by fred baty
mastered by ian hawgood
mixed by dax liniere at puzzle factory
cover photo by dave watts
art and design by harry towell
whitelabrecs.com/erecord-series/

eRecords are a series of digital editions which aim to transform the digital format into something that can be experienced in a similar way to a listener’s interaction with a real, whitelabel vinyl record. Each edition includes a special PDF scrapbook including polaroids and liner notes and you will only be able to find out more about the themes and ideas about each record, once you’ve downloaded them.

The Upper Air

eR010 fred baty - to feel at a distance

Red Deer Rut - Binaural 26:09:2022

Une heure de Chœur d'oiseaux (Chorus) le 23 mars 2023en forêt de Valdrôme.
One hour of Choir of birds (Chorus) on March 23, 2023 in the Valdrôme forest.
70 minutes à écouter un magnifique lever du jour. Deux microphones omnidirectionnels seinnheiser mkh8020 à 8/10 mètres de hauteur sur mât perché directement dans la canopée des arbres (conifères et caduques sans feuilles). Enregistrement réalisé le 26 mars 2023 en forêt de Valdrôme dans le haut-Diois un jour de grève des avions.
On y entends principalement le Rougegorge familier et le merle noir, Parfois Pinson des arbres, Mésange noire, geai des chênes, Grand corbeau, Troglodyte mignon, pics ,Pigeon ramier apparaissent. Une ambiance typique des oiseaux sédentaires de la région. A ajouter, Roitelet à triple-bandeau, Pouillot véloce, Fauvette à tête noire, Corneille noire.

UNE HEURE DE CHORUS EN MARS

Une heure de chorus en mars.

Achat format CD FLAC

QUIET11 Une Heure De Chorus En Mars F Deroussen

2023.05.19 Microbat Nocturne. Mallee Country. Late Autumn.

Recorded on four channels nearby laggon under  Svínafellsjökull glacier south of Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland.
Two microphones are recording the soundscape above the  glacier lagoon and two hydrophones are placed in the lagoon.
More information will be found at http://fieldrecording.net


Above and under the glacier lagoon surface

This is a one take recording little piece using only, as main instrument, a Crumar Performer synthesizer. I am delighted with its limited but beautiful sounds. I used a Roland Space Echo, EHX 2880 and Count To Five Pedal. 

Above and under the glacier lagoon surface

fieldrecording.net

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