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A collection of field recordings from my travels. For recordings longer than an hour check out my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/georgevlad

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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

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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

Arabian Desert is a collection of stereo and quad soundscapes recorded on the Arabian Peninsula in the Empty Quarter, the largest expanse of sand dunes on Earth. Available at https://mindful-audio.com/arabian-desert/

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MAFX024 Arabian Desert Demo STEREO

With my many trips out recording in the field, this track personally for me is one of the most beautiful sounds I have recorded.

It was at 3:50am on the 13th of June 2012 on the banks of the river Waveny near Geldeston, Suffolk, UK. I had set up the microphones the evening before and ran a 50-metre cable back to a boat. 
Luckily there was very little wind to affect the recording and to my delight as the dawn chorus began, a Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) came close to my microphones and started to sing his beautiful song.
Many other songbirds are singing and calling, including Blackbird, Wren, Tawny Owl, Cockerel and a Cuckoo halfway through this recording.
No wonder so many poets such as Tomas Hardy, Robert Browning, William Wordsworth and Edward Thomas have included this bird in their poems describing its wonderful song.

 It was pure joy resting on my bed in the boat wearing my headphones, listening live as I was recording this beautiful song. Not a bad way to start the day!
 The photo is of the location, taken the evening before as I was setting up the microphones and cable.

BeautifulNow Competition Entry: Song Thrush at Dawn

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

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

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

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

African Desert: Sahara is a large collection of pristine soundscapes recorded in the remotest parts of the Sahara desert. Available at https://mindful-audio.com/african-desert-sahara/

MAFX028 African Desert Sahara demo STEREO

Mountain Scops Owl, Barking Deer and various insects can be heard on the forest soundscape recorded in the evening on the slopes of Doi Inthanon in northern Thailand.

Evening in the Forest - Doi Inthanon

Evening in the Forest - Doi Inthanon NP, Thailand

Recorded just outside of a Village in Southern Poland, a variety of birds singing and chirruping, with the distant sound of aircraft in the background. 
The occasional sound of a woodpecker can be heard, as well as the occasional insect. In the forest there was a space for people to pray, - a small church and a man-made waterfall, and also I was told that there was once a battle close-by. 
This was recorded in April 2016 and one particular memory of this time of spring was watching the caddisfly larvae navigating their way around a small stream.

Forests Of The World

Forests Of The World: Philip Mill - Poland

The album begins at dawn in the Capertee Valley, NSW, with the melodious song of the Australian Magpie filling the misty morning air. 

Each track on this album features typical Australian birdsong from a different habitat of the Australian bush - open country, mallee, wet eucalypt forest, coastal forest, dry woodland and montane forest. 

For more details and see https://wildambience.com/albums/birdsong-of-the-australian-bush

Birdsong of the Australian Bush

'Birdsong of the Australian Bush' - Album Sample

Focal species- Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) pair; background- Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus), White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar) and misc. birds and insects. 
Recorded with Canon L-1 Hi-8 video- digital audio (July 1991).


Sumatra, Indonesia - Gunung Leuser National Park

Recorded in October 1995 within the Gamba Reserve Complex, near the village of Sounga in Gabon, Central Africa. Recorded onto DAT with two Crown PZM mics placed ~35' apart (for playback in the western lowland gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo &amp; Botanical Garden). As my footsteps disappear into the forest, listen to the symphony of sound build, from just a few soloists to the entire orchestra. Also listen for the "whoosh- whoosh-whoosh-WHOOOOOOOOSH" of a pair of hornbills flying in.


Near Sounga Village- Gamba Reserve, Gabon, Central Africa- 1995 (long)

This recording was made beginning of April 2012 in the Central Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia. Material was set up at 4:30AM and recording started shortly after 5:00AM.

At the beginning of the record just some crickets and a single bird are to be heard, but progressively the whole mountain begins to wake with many different kinds of animals celebrating the new day.

I am happy to share this record, as it catches a moment very meaningful to me. Standing still and listening to the mountain with the sun slowly rising was truly a unique experience.



Waking Mountain

Gentle Water Stream on Tompor Mountain in the Central Cardamom Mountains/Cambodia. This mountain is considered holy and there is a hermitage with a friendly monk. The stream is located one kilometer further.

The stream is backed by birds singing their relaxed songs.


Forest Stream

Amazon Jungle is a collection of unique ambiences recorded in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. The library was recorded during the rainy season when birds are vocal and humidity is at its highest. Available at https://mindful-audio.com/amazon-jungle/

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MAFX018 Amazon Jungle Demo

This is a sample containing excerpts from the one hour album "New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn" available at www.wildambience.com/albums/new-guinea-lowland-dawn-chorus

New Guinea is home to the largest expanse of rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region (and the third largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon and Congo). Vast areas of undisturbed forest can be found throughout the island and its biodiversity is simply amazing.

In 2019, I spent five days in an area of pristine lowland rainforest on the Birds Head Peninsula in West Papua. This album, ‘New Guinea: Dawn in Lowland Rainforest’, was recorded on my final morning at this location. Rising early, well before dawn, I placed the recording gear in a stunning area of forest I had scouted the previous day. The album covers a period of one hour from predawn darkness, through the rich dawn chorus and ends as the soundscape settles and the diurnal insect activity increases.

New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn

New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn - Album Sample

Recorded at the Trolob Niu Sacred Site deep into the Siem Pang/Veun Say conservation area in Ratanakiri, Cambodia.

It is striking to hear how a great hornbill moves from the left side of the stereo field right to the center. One can actually hear the flapping of the wings. The bird then begins to make his very loud call. He is sometimes answered by a second hornbill.

Flight of the Great Hornbill - AMBINATOR the ambience generator

Wild Rain is a collection of rain soundscapes recorded in 4 rainforests across 3 continents. The library features rain falling on vegetation and forest floor, from sparse drops to moderate and heavy rain. Available at https://mindful-audio.com/wild-rain/

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MAFX021 Wild Rain Demo STEREO

African Desert is a collection of soundscapes recorded in the Namib desert. It covers a variety of locations, from sand dunes and canyons to desert pavement and rocky outcrops. Available at https://mindful-audio.com/african-desert/

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MAFX022 African Desert Demo

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

MAFX018 Amazon Jungle Demo

George Vlad