Name: Forest In The Clouds by George Vlad in Ethiopia
Duration: 10 min 11 s
Description: A selection of wildlife and nature sounds from Ethiopia's cloud forest. Longer version at https://youtu.be/pvHU271fFzo

Some soundscapes are worth travelling round the world for.

Ethiopia

A selection of wildlife and nature sounds from Ethiopia's cloud forest. Longer version at https://youtu.be/pvHU271fFzo

Forest In The Clouds

Listen to a powerful thunderstorm, stron winds and wildlife calling on the Roof of Africa. Longer version at https://youtu.be/e4yNzS5vYgM

Thunderstorm and heavy wind on the roof of Africa

Night falls in the cloud forest. Several species of frogs congregate in humid areas, from jungle lakes to the smallest puddle. Recorded in Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. Long version at https://youtu.be/8iYSre_njk8

Frogs croaking in the cloud forest

Fallow Recordings is pleased to present ")When what" by the adept artist Wodwo. 
Wodwo crafts narrative-driven musical collages using guitars, effect pedals & improvising. 
")When what" is a work of pure exploration & showcases Wodwos style in it's most minimal form. 

Think of noisy amplifiers, … herz hum… unresolved phrases…

Wodwo - )When What Decides

During a severe wind storm, I revisited the yellow popular from this winter storm recording: https://soundcloud.com/acousticnature/tree-creaks-inside-an-oak

This time, I stuck a pair of EM272 microphones inside the tree cavity instead of putting my SASS in front of the opening. I mainly did this to protect the mics from the heavy rains that came during the night. 

I was really amazed at how well the tree insulated the mics from the outer world's sounds. Even the torrential downpour we received sounded like a gentle drizzle. 

When I popped the SD card into my computer the next morning, I was surprised that the popular made less noise than the previous recording, despite the increased wind speeds. 

I think this may have been due to 2 things: the warmer weather and deeper cracking along the the main trunk. I believe both these factors gave the tree more "wiggle-room" and caused less direct rubbing.

This recording is a compilation of 27 interesting clips throughout the night ranging in length from 3-111 seconds. 

Thanks for reading and listening ♫

Tree Creaks Compilation | 50mph Gusts

As some local thunderstorms rolled through the south of France, I left a drop rig overnight. This short recording captures a few claps of thunder before the rain arrived.

Recorded 17.08.2022
Sony PCM A10 + 2 x LOM MikroUsi

Summer Thunderstorm - Barbentane, France

In the wolf forest close to Uppsala I placed a drop rig continuously recording for 48 hours and mixed it down to nine minutes. In the order they appear:
willow tit
crested tit
capercaillie, male flew past very close
pygmy owl
common scooter, two flocks migrating south
rain shower
WOLVES
pygmy owl
ural owl, female barking
jay
crested tit
raven landed close and walked around at the same time as WOLVES had a concert in the distance
crested tit
willow tit
Siggefora, Uppland. September 1 to 3, 2022.

Wolf forest from dusk to dawn

These recordings were made with deep respect in the country of the Ngarrindjeri peoples.

With respect, with sadness, with hope. Everything here has changed; except for the sound of the ocean. Where the waters meet, is where the sounds merge. The sound of the ocean, permeating all, remains the same.

Unprocessed excerpts from original recordings. (Listening with good quality headphones - preferably open-backed - with a flat frequency response is recommended.)

An Afterword: I am deeply pleased and honoured that the original recordings from which this piece was composed have found a perfect home in Megan Spencer's important and heartfelt podcast, 'Bringing His Spirit Home: Private Arthur Thomas Walker, Ngarrindjeri ANZAC', as immersive field recordings made in, and expressing the natural spirit of, Arthur Thomas Walker's home country. This educational podcast is one of four produced by Megan, commissioned by the Virtual War Memorial Australia, and can be heard here: https://vwma.org.au/education/bringing-his-spirit-home-private-arthur-thomas-walker-ngarrindjeri-anzac.

Some of my earlier Kurangk/Coorong recordings have also been happily woven into Megan's related podcast, 'Walking in Two Worlds: The WW1 Story of Ngarrindjeri ANZACs Cryril & Rufus Rigney', which can be heard here: https://vwma.org.au/education/podcast--walking-in-two-worlds--the-ww1-story-of-ngarrindjeri-anzacs-cyril-rufus-rigney.

@Bandcamp

2022.10.09 From the Mouth of Murrundi to Goolwa Beach. Kumerangk, Kurangk. Night to Dawn. Spring.

This is Part 2 of "Beyond The Wall", the Hiroshimabend remix of :zoviet*france:'s "Hidden-by-the-Wall" Open Remix Project. All sounds used were created originally by :zoviet*france:, with additional remix and production by Puppy38 at Opiumdenpluto.

Beyond The Wall

Beyond The Wall (Part 2)

:zoviet*france: / Hiroshimabend - Beyond The Wall (Part 2)

Enregistrements réalisés par Francis de Frescheville les 23 et 24 avril 2017 dans la forêt du Risoux, dans le Jura. L'écoute au casque est indispensable pour localiser les diverses sources sonores.
	Micros Sennheiser MKH-20 et enregistreur Tascam HD-P2.
	C'est une sorte de reportage sur le manège des tétras, décrit en six plages enregistrées avec les mêmes réglages. Ces séquences sont placées l'une après l'autre, séparées par un silence de deux secondes.
	1 - La nuit tombe. Les Tétras débarquent et s'installent dans les épicéas. On entend au loin un Moyen-duc et une Chouette de Tengmalm.
	2 - Cinq tétras égrènent leur chant dans le calme de la nuit.
	3 - La nuit se termine. Merles à plastron, puis Grives musiciennes. On entend une Bécasse.
	4 - Le jour est levé, l'ambiance s'enrichit, les tétras sont plus assurés, mais toujours branchés.
	5 - Les tétras descendent au sol et commencent leur parade. Les hoquets répétés viennent de deux grands corbeaux. On entend aussi un élevage d'huskies.
	6 - Affrontement de deux tétras et reconduite à la frontière.

Grand Tétras

More on this 598th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Mixmaster Mic (The Assignment: Record the same sound with multiple mics; mix the results), at: https://disquiet.com/0598/



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Fin de soirée. Temps calme. Le blongios nain entame son chant. Sur l'autre rive, un autre mâle chante également. La rousserolle effarvatte nous fait profiter de son talent d'imitatrice, avec ici un début de chant inspiré de celui de l'hypolaïs polyglotte. Juin 2023

Sound Devices MixPre 6II + Parabole Telinga Modular

Le discret blongios nain

A lone hyena howling in Harenna forest on a very dark night. Recorded with unattended drop rig (Sony PCM D10 and Lom MikroUsi mics). Follow my field recording adventures in Ethiopia at https://youtu.be/PPSDChYuU2c

Harenna Hyena

It's an overcast morning at a clearing deep in the Harenna forest. Wildlife has been up for hours and the dawn chorus is in full swing. Gigantic hornbills fly around, their harsh feathers sounding like miniature aircraft when gliding. 

Recorded in the beautiful Harenna Forest just south of Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia. Technical details: Sony PCM D10 and Lom MikroUsi microphones left out for 48 hours as drop rig. Longer version on my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/rtVT5KKViN4

Ethiopian Cloud Forest - Dawn Chorus With Hornbills And Colobus Monkeys

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

Forest In The Clouds

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