Nordic Nature is a collection of evocative and immersive ambiences recorded by George Vlad and Pete Smith over a three-year period across the wilderness of Sweden and Norway. Buy the library at https://mindful-audio.com/#/nordic-nature/

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

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Nordic Nature sfx library demo

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

Recorded by an ORTF setup (Schoeps CCM4x2) on a Sound Devices Mixpre6
Original recording in Wave, 96k, 24bit
GPS: -22.392431,-44.553263
Sound Ref:  BR-190812-07
Recorded during the Interativos 2019 organized by Silo
Download on Freesound here https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/479286/

Toads during the night in a pound, in Serrinha do Alambri (Brazil)

Here is this track again.  Some months ago I saw it twice on my page, however in deleting the copy, the system ended up deleting the track completely.  Sennheiser MKH8020's.  Sound Devices MixPre, Marantz PMD661.

Paddling in Peru

Paddling In Peru - 23rd of March 2014

Early at dawn, deep in the Harenna Forest. Colobus monkeys wake up and utter their terrifying territorial calls with a lush insect chorus background punctuated by frogs.

More recordings will soon be added to African Cloud Forest, a library of sound effects recorded in the Harenna Forest over two years. Check it out at https://mindful-audio.com/african-cloud-forest/

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Harenna Forest - Dawn - Colobus Monkeys And Frogs

Canoeing at dawn on a calm tributary in the Amazon rainforest. Longer version available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JmJyOx4YAk

Amazon Rainforest - Dawn Canoe Ride

1-hour version on Youtube at https://youtu.be/vKhwV1COFpo

It's 5am deep in the Borneo rainforest. Cicadas, crickets and katydids are winding down their night calls but birds haven't started to sing just yet. Gibbons climb to the top of trees and start calling to let other troops know they're around. Birds and daytime insects slowly wake up and start calling too.

Recorded in Borneo's rainforest with Sony PCM D10, Lom MikroUsi micropohones and BubbleBee Windbubbles. I left the drop rig out in the jungle for 24 hours so I could capture a full day-night cycle. More sounds and stories at https://mindful-audio.com

Longer version

Borneo rainforest - Lush dawn chorus - Gibbons and birds

Separation

Written on an uneventful day during lockdown here in the UK... this piece evokes the feelings of every day being the same with little differences... and the light at the end of the tunnel is a long way away!!!

Image by Maira Kouvara - https://www.freeimages.com/photo/typography-2-1196901

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Every Day The Same [Solo Piano]

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
John Malkovich, narrator

Copland Lincoln Portrait

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/05/31/spell-to-be-said-against-hatred-jane-hirshfield

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

Amanda Palmer reads “Spell to Be Said against Hatred” by Jane Hirshfield

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