The sounds of the jungle lull me to sleep, weaving into my dreams and making me feel like I belong here in this landscape. Longer version at https://youtu.be/2E3Idf4Q3UU

Night in the Amazon jungle

Tracklist

01. Darren McClure - Denoted Spheres Taking Their Time
02. Tomotsugu Nakamura - Transmitter
03. Stephen Spera and Bill Seaman - Rooms Reflect
04. The Humble Seaman -  Slow Tidal River
05. Tunnelwater - Wet Stone
06. Cataraqui - The Places We Hide
07. Marcus Fischer + The OO-Ray - Music For Caverns
08. FernLodge - Leave Some Day
09. Samuel Edmund -  The Line Up
10. Scattered Light - Motes

290. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

On Saturday, 12 November 2022, South Australia, including the whole Adelaide region, experienced an uncharacteristic extended storm of unusual intensity. Several storm fronts, arriving from the NW over St Vincent's Gulf, hit Adelaide and the Fleurieu Peninsula. The storm has been described as "one of the strongest thunderstorms in recent memory",* causing flash flooding, wind gusts exceeding 100 km/h that tore down huge gum trees (many of which crushed houses, cars, and electricity lines), as well as flattening giant electricity pylons, leaving around a hundred thousand people without power. 

This recording, made in the Adelaide Hills (near Norton Summit), captures a sample of the first and mildest storm wavefront that day. (The recording begins at 10:30 in the morning. This abridged version selects two excerpts from the longer recording, chosen because of the poignant presence of bird calls audible between the peals of thunder. The highlighted parts of the spectrogram in the track image indicate the passages from the longer recording that were selected for this abridged version.) The microphones sheltered from the fairly light rain underneath a 'sweet pittosporum' or 'native daphne' tree (Pittosporum undulatum), native to southeastern Australia, but a 'declared plant' in South Australia ('a woody weed invading native local vegetation', due to widespread ornamental planting).

Travelling farther south immediately after this recording, I was able to intercept the next two storm wavefronts, which were far more intense. Although the storm was utterly awesome and spectacular (lightning bolts plunging into fields, exploding thunder tearing the atmosphere apart), it was impossible to find any spot from which to record the storm, because it brought with it an abundant lashing downpour of rain and wild tree-tossing winds. All the shelters in the state forests had iron rooves: the rain battering the rooves was deafening, drowning out even the peals of thunder.

In the end, I could only just sit and experience it. Which, after all, is the very best thing to do, with Nature. (Most of the time, at least. Not recommended when it gets this violent. Although I have to say that this was truly a very beautiful and awe-inspiring experience; and, personally, I'm very glad to have been out there to witness it. I'm also contemplating possible recording solutions, in case this ever happens again... Enraptured by thunderstorms as a spatial music of nature. All that I have said, here, is the simple truth.)
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*https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/why-the-adelaide-storm-was-so-intense/925471
https://www.sapowernetworks.com.au/data/313806/12-november-storm-update-from-sa-power-networks/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/18/australias-indigenous-people-call-for-seat-at-table-at-cop27
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Recorded with respect upon the land of the Kaurna people.

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2022.11.12 Storm above the Hills. Late Spring. (Excerpt)

Tracklist

01. Danny Clay - 02 12.21.2022
02. Federico Durand - Música para Manuel I
03. Tom Leclerc - Perpetual
04. Francesco Covarino - Nido i
05. Ian Hawgood - Maps
06. Halftribe - Glimmer
07. Jeannine Schulz - gm
08. Michael Scott Dawson - Mineral Rights
09. Olli Aarni - Huoneen Yllä

314. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

‘Home’ is inspired by a walk on Kalathas beach during a December sunset. All the different elements reflect the harmony and openness but there’s a tree that has always stood out to me. It’s been there forever and we’ve established an unspoken understanding: we both find a purpose in solitude. 

Dalot - Home

The ethereal sound of japanese producer Gallery Six has been an inspiration for Archives, so we are proud to have his first full EP on the label. 'The Fogbound Island' is a mystical journey through his magic pad sounds and delicate field recordings, including remixes by Darren McClure and Warmth. Also the CDr includes the previously released 'On The Waves' from the Ambient Archives Vol. 2.

Tracklist:

01. Stars on a Hilltop 07:47
02. The Frozen Lake 07:45
03. Shiosai 05:49
04. The Frozen Lake (Darren McClure Remix) 08:01
05. Shiosai (Warmth Remix) 07:12
06. On The Waves (Bonus Track) CD-Only 05:32

Written and Produced by Hidekazu Imashige.
Aditional Remixes by Darren McClure and Warmth.
Mastering by Zzzzra.
Photography by Alexander Kopatz 
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Gallery Six - Shiosai | Warmth Remix

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A soundbit from my recent travel to northwest Greece. After the evening rainshower the sky cleared up and I got some hope for a recording session at the Vikos gorge. I had abandoned my original plan to descend in the gorge and spend couple of days there, as the rain kept on and the danger of slippery paths and falling rocks outweighed the chance of successful recording. Not to mention the fact that rain itself ruins it.
I set up my tent on the hillside at the edge of canyon, in hope of getting the reverbs of owl calls. Here you can hear the mellow chorus of crickets, some distant hoots of Tawny Owls and also the purring of Green Toads (Bufo viridis) which carried surprisingly well over the distance.
I must say that Vikos is not the best place for recording evening ambiences - the density of airtraffic is intolerable. This is the longest bit without plane noise I got from this evening and night. But I am still happy with that :)
At the edge of Vikos gorge near Monodendri in Greece. 
10. May 2018, 21:26.
2xMKH8020 (in DIY SASS), Zoom F8.

The track is also featured on this album: https://estlander.bandcamp.com/album/pindus-soundscapes

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Nightfall at the Vikos gorge

Hydrophone recordings of marine creatures (most likely crustaceans) in seagrass beds in shallow water off Mud Island, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.

This recording was made with the assistance of Parks Victoria, Saltwater Projects and the MV Pelican.

Seagrass

Seagrass 6

The structure of Malakosha is based on a repetitive textile weave which, on each repetition, is proportionally augmented until it is 24 measures long. Melodic patterns and change within these patterns also follow the structure of the weaving pattern. The work takes its title from the pentatonic Indian raga on which the harmony and tonal range of the music is based. Each section expands by adding more notes to the repetitive melodic patterns. Over the course of the work the role of the "noisy patterns" develops: initially they are in the background and then gradually become part of a louder soundscape with the live instruments.

Performed by Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by James Weeks at  CoMA Festival of Contemporary Music for All on 6 March, 2020 at Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, UK.

Recorded by BBC Radio 3:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_three

The work was commissioned by the international contemporary music festival ARS MUSICA (Belgium) and premiered by ENSEMBLE 21, conducted by Marc Collect on 29 November, Brussels.

Malakosha_Royal Northern Sinfonia (The Excerpt)

Listening Earth offers an evocative range of natural listening experiences -  soundscapes recorded in wild locations around the world. 

Established 25 years ago by nature field recordist Andrew Skeoch and photographer Sarah Koschak, it is their passion to share the beautiful, unique and often fragile soundscapes of our living planet. 

"We hope listening will remind you of life in balance, and transport you to wild and often remote places."

Seagrass 6

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