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Dinden National Park - frog chorus

A - Worx 2

listen to the peeping tree frogs
with the odd falling leaf

https://underthebanyan.blog/2012/02/07/empty-forest-hunted-wildlife/

Deep Creek (lambir hills)

This is an edited excerpt from an overnight to morning recording made at the shore of the Coorong saltwater lagoon, for anyone who might be curious to dip in and get a taste of one way a Coorong dawn might sound, and how it did sound on this particular morning. The microphones were placed in amongst reeds near the tip of the point of land jutting out into the water, which can be seen in the track photo. This excerpt begins from around 06:25 (ACDT). Calm, cool weather conditions, with considerable condensation.

I've come to the conclusion that listening to recordings - and especially raw, unprocessed recordings - of the Coorong environment may be an acquired taste (although the taste may be acquired from a familiarity with other coastal environments and ecosystems with a similar kind of soundscape). The incessant 
 'Coorong roar' takes some getting used to, particularly when heard through headphones. It took me a long time to accept it and immerse myself in it; but eventually I found that other much quieter but higher-pitched natural details - like the calls of birds, and even the sounds of their interactions with the water of the lagoon and the air itself as they wing through it - can still be quite clearly discerned within the soundspace, without the aid of low frequency attenuation. The adjustment in my attention was more effective than an adjustment in EQ.* (A special thank you to Jan Eerala for helping to catalyse this intuition and shift in my perception (although it only works for natural sounds, of course).)

96/32 > 48/24. Edited excerpt, not processed.

Recorded on land of the Ngarrindjeri people that is now a national park.
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*Having said that, though, there are still situations in which I will use EQ for certain Coorong recordings: for example, when the subject is a specific detail, rather than the experience of the soundscape or soundfield as an integral whole.

2022.02.20 A Coorong Dawn. Waterline. Late Summer.

This unedited and unprocessed recording (from an unattended overnight recording) runs from 05:16 to 06:56. It was recorded at a location about 315 metres from the shore of the Coorong lagoon, at the nearest point, and about 3.5 kilometres from the ocean shore, at the nearest point, on the far side of the dunes that enclose the lagoon, from which the eternal environing ‘Coorong roar’ emanates.

The recording provides a companion piece for ‘2022.03.03 White Ibises Roosting. Night. Coorong. Inland. Late Summer.’ (https://soundcloud.com/hearingbeings/20220303-white-ibises-roosting-night-coorong-inland-late-summer)

96/32 wav to 48/24 flac.

2022.03.03 A Coorong Dawn. Inland. Late Summer.

The spring dawn chorus recorded in the heart of the Forêt des Cèdres du Luberon. This cedar forest is one of the most unusual of the forests and green spaces of the Luberon massif, given the oriental origin of these large trees. At an altitude of 727 metres, the cedar forest was originally planted with seeds from the Algerian Middle Atlas back in 1861. Due to it's altitude and distance from major towns and roads, the forest is very quiet and makes for a perfect recording location.

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 II + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040 (ORTF)
02.05.2022

Dawn Chorus - Forêt des Cèdres du Luberon, France

As the sunset in the old disused quarry, just outside Lérouville, most of the songbirds fell silent. But the Song Thrush perched just to the left of my microphones and continued singing for another 15 minutes. In the background we hear the melodic chorus of Common Midwife Toads that were located in the sandy hill just ahead of my mics. At around 3 minutes in, we also hear Parsley Frogs off in the distance.

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x MKH 8040s (ORTF)
Recorded on 05.06.2022

Song Thrush And Common Midwife Toads - Lorraine, France

Not to Speak II

Java – Concert au Puro Mangkunagaran – Collection Musique du Monde 21 – Galloway Records GB 600 540

Indonesia - Java - traditional concert at Puro Mangkunagaran– Ketawang Puspowarno (Slendro Manyuro)

From the forthcoming album 'At Sea' available from Fluid Audio
https://www.fluidaudio.co.uk/product/phil-tomsett-aaron-martin-at-sea

At Sea Preview

A Year of Living Painlessly- Phil Tomsett & Aaron Martin

Issue du premier disque de La Preyra.
Avec Clémence Cognet, voix, violon.

Marguerite

Fire Pattern is the second of the twin pieces "Fire and Frost Pattern", produced by Deutschlandradio Kultur in 2007. 
Awarded the Phonurgia-Nova-Prize 2008 and a mention at the 35th International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art in Bourges 2008.
CD and download available at the label Gruenrekorder.

"The sound compositions fire pattern (2007) and frost pattern (2006) describe the extremes of hot and cold. Almost identical in terms of their formal structure, the twin pieces reflect the acoustic impact of the energies unleashed by fire and ice, from the loudest sound event in each case – the eruption of a volcano and the collision of an iceberg – through to cooling or melting in a more moderate temperature range."

Fire Pattern

Eastern Whipbird - Psophodes olivaceus (feeding). Copyright Tai Inoue at Nature Sounds 2012.

Eastern Whipbird - Psophodes olivaceus (feeding)

Brolga - Grus nubicunda and Sarus Crane - Grus antigone recorded at Bromfield Swamp on the 23rd of September (Spring Equinox) . Copyright Tai Inoue at Nature Sounds 2012.

Brolga - Grus nubicunda and Sarus Crane - Grus antigone (Spring Equinox)

Unknown Beetle

Lonely Wolf howling to the pack
Kampinos NP Poland

Wilk - Wolf Kampinos NP

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