For some time now we've been gathering field recordings for use in our creative projects.  We've decided to start posting a few of them here for listeners looking for a natural alternative to music for relaxation, meditation and study.  Feel free to download them to listen when and where you choose.

Volume 1 gathers up a small sampling of the amazing Nova Scotia soundscape.  With no looping whatsoever, enjoy four and a half hours of the natural world around us.

Theraphonia - Soundprint Archive Vol. 1

A field recording of the dawn chorus in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Great for meditation.

Theraphonia Soundprint Archives Vol. 1

Theraphonia - A Morning in Wolfville

Water gently lapping against a stone beach on Red Island, Nova Scotia

Theraphonia Soundprint Archive Vol. 1

Theraphonia - Red Island Waterside

A gentle conversation among the birds of Petersfield Provincial Park, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Theraphonia - Birdsong at Petersfield Park

A chorus of frogs croon to one another on an idyllic summer evening in Miners Marsh, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.

Theraphonia - Frogsong at Miners Marsh

The wind rustles through the trees in the walking trails around Hobby Horse Farms, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.

Theraphonia - The Wind at Hobby Horse Farms

A gentle rainstorm recording from Wolfville, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.  Distant voices chat indistinctly.  The perfect day for a lie in and a cup of coffee.  It's an hour long and unlooped, so it's perfect for relaxing, studying or meditation.

Theraphonia - Gentle Rain in Wolfville

11 minutes of bliss from Miner's Marsh, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.

Evening Ambience in Miner's Marsh

Theraphonia - Dusk Sounds in Miner's Marsh

Geese squabbles at Miner's Marsh, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Geese at Miner's Marsh

Theraphonia - Geese at Miner's Marsh

Modest waves cascade against the rocks at Point Michaud, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  Spend an hour getting your Zen on.

The Field Recordings

Theraphonia - Ocean vs Rocks at Point Michaud

This is a recording of MacIntosh Brook Falls on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  The microphone was placed back about 20m from the main falls at a point where an adjoining stream flows into the main brook, so while the falls themselves provide plenty of rushing water fullness, beneath that the streams bubble and roil musically.  Helpful for heavy noise masking for study, sleep and meditation.

Theraphonia Soundprint Archive

MacIntosh Brook Falls

Theraphonia - Playful Streams at MacIntosh Brook

Mars Arcana is the netlabel of Raygun Ballet (Leftfield Eclectica), Immersion Theory (Ambient Space Music) and Theraphonia (Field Recordings and Experimental), from artist John-Mark Austin and producer Deborah Gates Austin.  Have a look around and find something weird and different!