Sonic Environment Waves

Made from material gathered during the Biosphere Soundscape residency in Sian Ka'an Mexico. The cracking sound is a crocodile hitting the boat with its tail, the drones are derived from boat engines. 
This track was released as part of the Kollektive 1 compilation put together by the Iranian imprint Bitrot. It's free so you can get it here:
https://bitrotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kollektive-1


Free DL via Bitrot

On Our Last Night We Searched For Crocodiles And Shooting Stars

Tarhu Connections: Rapturous, by Ros Bandt @ros.bandt

For tarhu, air slide whistle, ancient bronze cymbals, recorder head joints, field recordings from Arizona from the Listen N biosphere reserve database, recorded by Leah Barclay.
A remix from a longer 8 channel work Raptor commissioned for the Listen N festival, USA.

'Rapturous is a fast ride with the Golden eagle Acquilla Chrysaetos  making its way from Joshua Tree Biosphere reserve to Beaver Creek, Arizona, USA where it was recorded.  The granulated eagle calls are stretched to represent the psycho-perceptual orientation of the eagle, solitary, looking down over the land. The tarhu is the eagle’s eye, a moving point through which we experience its strength, subtlety and economy in controlling the aerodynamic ride.  Listen with headphones. The eagle is a long way up.' - Ros Bandt

Tarhu Connections: Rapturous, by Ros Bandt

Cicadas, Crickets, Birds, Pacific Ocean, Rain, Frogs, Toads, Didgeridoo.

In January 2012 I traveled to Brisbane to visit my parents, to the suburb of Arana Hills, North of the city, where I experienced a whole new soundworld. The birdsong, crickets and frogs presented a new sonic experience. Dawn and dusk presented more excitement in the parks and trees as the animals and birds competed against one another in order to be heard. The unique sounds and melodies of the Bell Bird and the Pied Butcherbird amazed me compared with the harsher calls of the Cockatoo and the Kookaburra. I was a tourist for three weeks and all I had to do was listen.
The field recordings are from the parks around my parents’ house, the suburbs of Brisbane, and further up the coast to Rainbow Beach, Hervey Bay, Fraser Island and the Eco resort of Lady Elliott Island in the Great Barrier Reef. In the parks in Arana Hills I was amazed at how nature and man could live together. Even though the parks were busy with people, wildlife was plentiful, evident by the sounds. I became conscious of how much destruction of wildlife occurs around the world as humans intervene in natural habitats, and animals are forced to find an alternative home. This transforms the soundscape of an area.
This piece is an investigation into the natural soundscapes of these places, an exploration of their geophony (wind, rain, water) and biophony (sounds of plants and animals). It also raises the issue of the impact of human sound, (anthropophony) on these soundscapes and how it can take over and mask natural sound. 
I would like to thank Callum Wheeler for playing the didgeridoo.

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