A collection of soundscapes I recorded in the Amazon rainforest in March/April 2019. Read about the expedition on my blog: https://mindful-audio.com/blog/sound-recording-amazon-rainforest-expedition

Amazon rainforest

Dawn and dusk in the Amazon rainforest are particularly lush when it comes to biophony, especially by a slow flowing river. The stark contrast between the beauty of birdsong and the shrill urgency of insect calls is never as evident. Long version at https://youtu.be/Rq6eMZyVFtk

Dusk By The River In The Amazon Rainforest

The symphony of wildlife in the rainforest is more minimalistic but piercing and almost electronic. It takes a while to get accustomed to being surrounded by these sounds, but once you do it's like they've always been there. Long version at https://youtu.be/TiMJASuJmFg

Dark Night In The Amazon Rainforest

A thunderstorm of epic proportions on the horizon in the Amazon rainforest. Long version at https://youtu.be/R8lLynze4Oo

Massive thunderstorm approaching in the Amazon rainforest

As dusk falls in the Amazon rainforest, the sounds of the jungle change dramatically. Long version at https://youtu.be/Yfm_Vkv0C9o

Dusk in the Amazon rainforest

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

Excerpt from piano improvisation recorded for Piano Day at Sage Gateshead, March 2015.  This is also available for download on Bandcamp:

https://paulstephentaylor.bandcamp.com/track/cusps-excerpt

Features on the  official Piano Day 2015 Playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/nils_frahm/sets/piano-day-playlist-march-29th.

The complete is track available on the eponymous album,along with four other pieces:

https://paulstephentaylor.bandcamp.com/album/cusps.

If you enjoy the track, it would be much appreciated if you could support the artist by purchasing the download.

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Cusps (excerpt)

The wolf pack you hear on the files are recorded in Sweden last summer. More specific in Bergslagen. An area with wonderful nature, forests and wilderness.

A quiet summer night, light fog over the moors in the forests you can hear this wonderful concerts. But you need to know where In Sweden, there are only around 35 wolf packs.

This pack consists of the alpha male and the female, three youngsters from last year and five puppies from this year.

On this first file, in a series, are the three youngsters from last year on their own. The distance between me and the wolf pack is around 175 yards / 160 meters. Between us is a moor with light fog. It is a wonderful nordic summer night with no wind.

This is one of my first recordings with a Telinga PRO-8 MK2 stereo parabolic dish connected to a ZOOM recorder. 
Recordings have some post production. 

The howling wolf in the picture is the alpha female of the pack.

Please contact me for more info: http://www.bentmar.com/
Copyright Mats Bentmar.
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Wolf Pack Youngsters recorded by Mats Bentmar using a Telinga PRO-8 MK2 dish (stereo)

Part two of the dawn chorus in the Ariège-Pyrenees May 2018 - an hour later with different microphones. Lots of woodpecker activity!

Dawn Chorus high in the French Pyrenees

African Cloud Forest is a collection of immersive ambiences recorded in Ethiopia's montane rainforests. The library features lush dawn choruses, loud insect and frog calls, subtle nightscapes and plenty of humid forest ambience. Available at https://mindful-audio.com/african-cloud-forest/

Downloadable demo - all rights reserved. License agreement available at https://mindful-audio.com/eula

MAFX016 African Cloud Forest demo

Toucans and macaws making a racket at dawn in the Amazon rainforest. A Thrush-like Wren also makes an appearance.

More sounds and stories at https://mindful-audio.com

Amazon Rainforest - Dawn - Toucans and Macaws

This is a close up recording of barnacle geese with their chicks grazing in Adventdalen in Svalbard. It was made with a pair of clippy Em17 mics and a sony M10 recorder.

GEESE VERYCLOSE GEESE EATING WITH CHICKS PASSING MICS SPLASHES M10 CLIPPYEM172

Bamboo rats calling on a calm night deep in the Amazon rainforest. Recorded with unattended drop rig: Sony PCM D100, Clippy mics and WindBubbles. More sounds and stories at https://mindful-audio.com

Amazon Rainforest - Riverside - Calm Night Atmosphere With Bamboo Rat

Calm dawn chorus with insects and Gibbons in the jungles of Borneo. Soft fog drip and occasional frog and bird calls add detail to the soundscape. Listen to more recordings I made in Borneo at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCRlYmmK1sqrM_BB3xp6quofSq7fYdEPA

Borneo Rainforest - Dawn - Gibbons

last section of an overnight recording with the bird singing for 8h straight. may 2020

Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)

Listen to gentle rain falling in the rainforests of Borneo, only interrupted by soft frog calls, occasional bird chirps and a delicate insect chorus. Recorded in with Sony PCM A10 and Lom MikroUsi micropohones. Longer version on Youtube at https://youtu.be/W3nrqOPc5BE

Borneo rainforest - Calm Rain

Award winning sound recordist, audio director and expedition leader - Dune: Part Two | Mufasa: The Lion King | Horizon Forbidden West | Wordscapes

Amazon Rainforest - Dawn - Toucans and Macaws

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