Dropped two contact mics at the surface of an anthill

Recorded with JrF contact mics in Serrinha do Alambari, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil in Sound devices Mixpre-6 96kHz 24 bits

Ants swarming

Possible rare example of chorusing larvae of Longhorn beetles. I did not make a visual ID but this seems similar to Monochamus recorded by Veljo Runnel some years ago. https://soundcloud.com/estlander/unidentified
This recording was made close to the base of the tree to highlight the amount of falling debris being produced by the beetles. Recorded on the north coast of Saaremaa island in Estonia, July 28th, 2024.

Longhorn Beetle larvae chorusing

A field recording for my River Isar Sound Map. Two LOM Geofons, attached to the railings of the Maxwehr hydroelectric plant in the centre of town, are recording the deep sounds of the river flowing over the barrier and the mechanical sounds of the power station.

River Isar Sound Map. Landshut Maxwehr, Bavaria, Germany.Contact Microphone

A fixed-media concert piece from the ongoing project A Heap of Stones. This is a binaural version of a multichannel piece - listen on headphones!

A Heap of Stones 2 (binaural reduction from 8 channels)

This is a recording of a reef. I used an Ambient ASF MKII hydrophone plugged into a Zoom F3 recorder. I´ve mixed three tracks to try and give it some depth - 1 front, two left and right, a little bit behind. The sound of shrimps snapping away and the occasional base burble and scratching sounds make for a lively reef.

Reef hydrophone recording. Culion Island, Palawan, Philippines

This is a recording of a wood ant / Waldameisen nest about 60 meters away from a wind turbine. I placed two LOM Geofones contact microphones and spikes just into the nest. Every so often the sound of the turbine cutting in can be heard as a bass rumble. I´ve kept it in because maybe the ants feel the vibrations and it´s also a "sound of place" recording. They were very active  in this warm spring afternoon.

Waldameisen / Wood ants, Weihbüchl, Bavaria, Germany

A ground recording using a LOM Geofon with a spike extension. It's one of the most lively recordings I've made. There´s a repeated deep buzzing which sounds like a wild bee, but I´m really not sure what it is. 

Ground Recording Ehemaliger Standortübungsplatz Landshut mit Isarleite

Thats short clip from one night under highest peakes in Alps - rock walls almost 1000meter high makes that place awesome echo. Owls in that time were crazy - never hear so intensive all night and so many different sounds from them. Also its time of deer rutting - and one came very close to microphones. Wind higher at mountains makes noise sound. 

Enjoy listen with headphones

recorded with two Sennheiser MKH8020 strapped on a tree and Zoom F3 recorder.



Owls Deer rut - Reverb - Alps valley - MKH8020

Details of this release can be found here:
https://www.gruenrekorder.de/?page_id=12575

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Researcher, composer and performer with sound for over 30 years using methods of field recording, kinetic sculptures, electro-acoustic creation, filmmaking, improvisation, group workshops and exercises in listening. My compositions have been published on international labels such as: and/OAR, SIRR, Mystery Sea, Staalplaat, Semperflorens, Erewhon, Intransitive, Cut, Elevator Bath, CMR, Orogenetics, Pale Disc and others.

Longhorn Beetle larvae chorusing

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