Dobra voda is a small bay on the island of Silba. A remote beach is situated an hours walking distance from the only village on the island.

This mystical and completely secluded place was once a summer commune, gathering creative minds from Yugoslavia but also from all over Europe. A versatile art scene emerged, the one that preceded Ljubljana's alternative theatre scene, Rijeka's new wave and some of the most influential ex-Yu alternative bands; "[...] The music was coming from every single bush: violins, cellos, saxophones, trumpets, and, of course, mostly guitars [...]."

One of my dearest friends, Natasha Kadin, curator and cultural manager of SEA Silba Environment Art organised a wonderful exhibition in 2018 with found archive photos made by Marijan Blažina, one of the artists from the commune. Croatian multi-disciplinary artist and author Boris Greiner wrote more about this exhibition: www.silba-environment-art.hr/en/blog/boris-greiner-slikovne-poruke-s-dobre-vode/

I visited Dobre vode on a few occasions, but this particular time I wanted to record a sonic palimpsest, built from water memories and other environmental simulacra of this magical little bay. I recorded with hydrophones from various angles, listened to the interplay between water and salt and different geological formations. The movement of the pebbles from the sea bed, water sliding down the rocks and crevices, burying my "ears" under the sea bed but also inside the enormous piles of dry Posidonia oceanica, commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It forms large underwater meadows that are an important part of the ecosystem. The Posidonia has a very high carbon absorption capacity, being able to soak up 15 times more carbon dioxide every year than a similar-sized piece of the Amazon rainforest.

Dobra voda bay is positioned to accumulate dry Posidonia once it is washed ashore. It is absolutely impossible to be still in those clouds of dry seaweed and be completely silent. Even so, I tried.

The sound piece is a mix of 16 chosen recordings placed in a dronesque metaphor of passing time. 

released August 25, 2022

All sounds recorded, edited and composed by Manja Ristić
Recorded during SEA Silba Environment Art Residence 2021
www.silba-environment-art.hr
Hydrophone built by Jez riley French
jezrileyfrench.co.uk
Mastering La Plant Studio Belgrade
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Dobra voda

August 25th, 2022

Bandcamp

Island Grgur in the morning 
Too bad in distance sound of ferry

Recorded with Zoom F6 and Sennheiser MKH40

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Morning on island with birds near by some insects and ferry in distance

In windy day leaves rustling and fallinfg from trees , also curius woodpecker came close.

Recorded with Zoom F6 and Sennheiser MKH40 & Earsight

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Rustling Leaves falling from trees in wind and close woodpecker

In summer with kayak  - there were a lost of birds and recording was just great near water stream.
Sennheiser MKH40 ORTF and Zoom F6

Soundrecording are available at bandcamp or contact me - check it here:
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Birds near water in summer

Recorded in primal forest with snow start to fall  and some raven flyby.
32bit 96kHz
Sennheiser MKH40 
Zoom F6

In winter snowy forest with ravens and later snow start falling

A lovely pre-dawn chorus in southwestern New Mexico, near the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wildernesses.  Features American Robin, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Mexican Spotted Owl, Common Nighthawk, Hermit Thrush, Mexican Whippoorwill, and listen close for the barking of the Elegant Trogon.  Much of this area was burned in a wildfire in 2022.

Rocky Canyon pre-dawn_150603

Pack of wolvs hoveling deep in the forest.

Wolvs pack

Wildlife Sound Recording Society (WSRS) 2015 Competition Winner 
- restricted winner
- won the certificate for the overall restricted winner
- runner up of the open class of class 4 (Habitat)

In November 2015 I stayed for a few days in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. Whilst eating dinner one evening a huge, intense storm passed overhead. As soon as the storm had moved on, an incredibly intense frog and toad chorus began down at a small lake not far from my bungalow. As it was night time I had to be accompanied by a guard down to the lake in case any of the national park animals crossed our paths (elephants, leopards, hippos, snakes etc). 

Once we got to the edge of the lake I set up my mics and began recording. The chorus was really intense, with the dominant voices those of the Guttural Toad and the Rocket Frog. It was pitch black and as I sat and recorded, I became hypnotised by the evolving waves and patterns of the chorus. 

At the end of this recording we hear a clap of thunder. A few seconds prior to this, a bolt of lightning had forked down to the ground a kilometre or so away, and for a split second the entire lake had been lit up in bright purple. To my amazement, a hippo was standing in the middle of the lake, about 30 metres from where I was standing. I can't explain the rush of adrenaline I had at that moment. 

A truly amazing experience and a wonderful soundscape.

Photo courtesy of Timato
Special thanks to Robert C. Drewes, PhD for help on identifying the frog and toad species.

Intense Frog And Toad Chorus - Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

Red Deer and Roe Deer – Roaring, barking and other sounds
https://sonniss.com/sound-effects/red-deer-roe-deer-roaring-barking-sounds/
This sound library consists of numerous vocalizations of two animals: The Roe deer (The European roe deer – Capreolus capreolus) and the Red deer (The Central European red deer – Cervus elaphus hippelaphus). This is a great working tool for sound designers to create, sounds of monsters, imaginary animal creatures etc…

Red Deer and Roe Deer – Roaring, barking and other sounds; pro FX library - preview

Recorded mid-2011 outside my home in Brisbane using a pair of Roland CS10-EM binaural mics plugged straight into a Sony PCM M-10


Rain & Thunder - Roland CS10-EM

https://ivovicic.bandcamp.com/album/thunderstorm

Phonography (soundscape) recording of the thunderstorm moving over huge mountain plateau (altitude 910 MASL).

Thunderstorm - album sample

outdoors on hiking trips in mountains, paddling with kayak on islands or ride a bike i just want to record ambience sounds of that places.
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My hiking trip movies movies:
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In winter snowy forest with ravens and later snow start falling

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