Soundscapes

Always underestimate how beautiful this song actually is but I never seen to be able to get within close range of them singing. I'll have to make more of an effort next season as it really is a fantastic song. 

Gear: Sound Devices Mixpre 6 ii / Schoeps CCM 4 / Telinga Dish / CCM 2's

Gavin Vella

Linnet Song - Mixpre 4419

The Empress cicada starts calling as the sun sets, just as daytime birds are winding down their calls and nighttime creatures are waking up. You first hear distant ones, and it almost sounds like some industrial metal cutting process. Long version at https://youtu.be/6ZPDYlvj7MM

The weird sound of the Empress cicada

I never set out to record the sound of an elephant farting in the African savanna, but here we are so let's be adults about it. Long version at https://youtu.be/q8JdMIp6H78

Elephant farting in the African savanna

This is a recording taken on a bog surround by forest near Joensuu in Finland. It was recorded using the 'tree ears' technique where two omni directional mics are attached to the trunk of a tree 20cm apart.

BIRDWADE Curlew Display Call With Black Grouse PS NONE

Named after their distinctive banjo-like calls, Eastern Banjo Frogs (Limnodynastes dumerilii) [also known as Pobblebonks!] are a type of burrowing frog found in South-eastern Australia. Males of the species produce a single 'bonk' note, with other individuals often calling in response. After periods of rain Banjo Frogs are most active and vocal, and in this recording dozens of individuals can be heard creating a unique soundscape at a small dam surrounded by woodland in north-east Victoria.

The full 46 minute album is available for download from https://wildambience.com/albums/pobblebonk-dam/

Pobblebonk Dam

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'Pobblebonk Dam', Recorded in Chiltern NP, Victoria, Australia

In June 2019 I was commissioned by Semi Silent to travel to the Danube Delta in Romania so I could do extensive field recording and then compose a piece using the soundscapes gathered on the trip. This is the resulting composition, using mainly recordings I got in the Delta. 

Elements used include distant rural atomspheres, hydrophone recordings of underwater life, hundreds of mosquitoes in a small bathroom, nighttime wetland ambiences, horses living in abandoned houses, speech kindly offered by the participants, small "mistakes" like bumping the mic cable or tapping on surfaces next to the mics and even Accordion!

The Delta is an incredibly wild and beautiful place that I thoroughly enjoyed exploring and listening to. I have a feeling I'll soon be back there.

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

Unquestion - Refractions

Cold snap as resulted in many species falling silent again so I'm back to the good and faithful Robin! who doesn't let anything get in the way of defending their territory. 

Gear: Sound Devices Mixpre 6 ii + Schoeps CCM 4 / Telinga Dish / Lom Usi Pro

Robin Full Song - MixPre - 3763.WAV

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Upcoming gigs:

15.04.23
Trance Mission to the Future  - Dresden
https://www.goabase.net/de/party/gaggalacka-trancemission-to-the-future/110225

28.04.23
HiTech Department - Leipzig
https://www.goabase.net/de/party/hitech-department-behind-the-abyss/110307

19.05.23
Adriana in Psy - Noiss

27.05.2023
Consido & Friends Pfingstival

23.06.2023
Something Beautiful Open Air

04.09.2023
Gaggalacka Festival 

04.11.2023
Miraculous Journey meets Something Beatifull @ Hühnermanhattan Club.

17.11.23 Kalif Storch meets Gaggalacka - Erfurt

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

Unquestion - Refractions

George Vlad

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