"banjo frog" is such a perfect term...they make me smile all the time when listening..

Another ambient piano piece, this time a lot darker

Gwydrfaen ("Obsidan")

It's a slow start to the day at Andravoahangy market in Madagascar's capital. Sellers are unwrapping their wares and laying them out in little displays in their stalls. Recorded with Sony PCM D100.

Calm day at the market in Antananarivo

ZOOM F3. Out of curiosity, I placed two AOM 5024 omnidirectional capsules angled at 45 degrees right/left, powered at 48v. I inserted a small separation baffle, something I had on hand without building anything for now. The result seems satisfactory to me.

Zoom F3 + AOM 5024 Angled mounted Digital Metronome test

A conversation with author and historian Matt Ehret covering Russian and Chinese global 'soft power' projects. Unlike Western neocolonialism which has destroyed and divided continents and destabilised sovereign nations to enable the plunder of resources and stunted development of 'third world' countries and peoples - the Russian and Chinese model is based upon unity and 'win, win'. The focus is on the improvement of industrial and civilian infrastructure rather than its destruction. Russia and China should not be seen as a saviour but rather as a pragmatic, rational alternative to the decades of Western tyranny and supremacy. Will their 'new world order' be better than the US-led version? Time will tell but the advancement of Russia and China is not going to be stopped.

Connecting continents with Russian and Chinese soft power - Matt Ehret

I revisited this location, ten nights later, for a different vantage-point, nearer to the Eastern Banjo Frogs (cf. https://soundcloud.com/hearingbeings/20220901-night-pastures-late-winterearly-spring). Soon after recording began, an Australian Magpie in a nearby gum tree uttered a quiet melodic warble, and then continued with a long series of telegraphic, punctuated vocalisations. Finally, closing with another melodic warble, it lapsed into silence again.

Recorded around 01:00.

Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen, ssp either telonocua or tyrannica)
Eastern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes dumerilii)
Common Eastern Froglet (Crinia signifera)
Spotted Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis)

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2022.09.11 Night Pastures. Early Spring.

Red Deer Rut - Binaural 26:09:2022

Early morning. I went to see if it would be possible to record moor frogs in a place where I know they are. I didn't see any frogs, but I did meet a capercaillie. I tied the microphones to a tree and left to record. The picture shows the same bird that appears in the recording.

Equipment:
Zoom F3 digital recorder
An Azden microphone pre-amplifier/mixer
Primo Microphones with EM172 capsules. Recorded 32 bit 48kHz

Western capercaillie makes vocalizations in early spring forest

naviarhaiku486 – Lost in tranquil seas
Lost in tranquil seas
Where spring feels melancholy
Another sunset

Gary Clarke joined a social media platform to raise awareness about an infrastructure issue in his local area by creating a website at Whaligoe Eye in August, 2021. During this time, he stumbled across a poetry and writing community which provided support and encouragement for his creativity.
Living right on the coastline in the Highlands of Scotland provides Gary with plenty of inspiration for his poetic endeavours, and through moments of sunrise and sunset gracing the North Sea it proves to be a motivational muse.
Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 3rd May 2023

haiku by Gary Clarke https://whaligoeeye.co.uk/

picture by Lavi Perchik https://unsplash.com/photos/bwm26JyAHBk

Lost in tranquil seas

NaviarHaiku486 - Lost in tranquil seas

A moment  of your time please [117]

Harmonium
Fretless bass
Arpeggiators/Synths
String orchestra samples.

I often work with arpeggiators, and I like to combine their kinetic, steady pulse with ambient parts, rubatto and floating.I particularly like to add acoustic "real" instrument to and icy electronic arpeggiator synth. I do like all those contrasts : rhythmic vs floating, acoustic vs electro, tense vs relaxing cold vs warm etc

Here I had an old , unused acoustic Indian Harmonium improvisation, played rubatto, no tempo, no click.
I tried to add more floating tracks, a fretless bass melodic impro, some string samples, etc but still didn't quite go nowhere..A menacing, repetitive and obsessive ARP could save the track, I thought.

So I tried to add a tempo-sync arppeggiator, but it was difficult to find a right tempo for the ARP track, rhythm that makes sense with the ambient pace. To make it worst, the Harmonium did start to play a more rhythmic bit around the 01:53 mark, and the rhythm didn't quite fit. Tried many different tempos and mixes, this is what I got Friday 6th October 2023 in the morning, before I have to abandon this and go to work..


Performed by DD (Jul 2020 Harmonium, Oct 2023 Fretless, Synths, Strings)
Photo by Amit Kumar

For the challenge "Step 1: Think of something related to making music that you do a lot. Step 2: Think of an alternate way to do it that challenges your habits.
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0614-alternate-route/

Alternate Harmonium  (disquiet0614)

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Exploring hearing, the hearable, and the hearer, as an event, a mode, and a dimension of Βeing (τὸ εἶναι).

2022.09.11 Night Pastures. Early Spring.

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