On the shore of the Lac du Der at night, a talkative Red fox meets a pack of responsive Common cranes.

Recorded with Mélia Roger on November 5th 2022 around 9:30pm.

Lom Usi Pro AB in PCM M10
Drop rig excerpt.

Illustration : Grues trompettant, Robert Hainard

Cranes and Fox dialogue - Mélia Roger & Grégoire Chauvot

Leaves dropping, free-roaming horses,  forest ambiance, binaural omni Earsight mics

Earphones a must.
Original File downloadable.

Leaves dropping, free-roaming horses,  forest ambiance, binaural

Listening in a very quiet environment, or at a very quiet time, preferably with good quality headphones, at no more than a moderate volume, is very much recommended. These sounds of late summer dawn in Mallee country were widely dispersed. The original recording level was 60 dB, with a further 12 dB gain in post. Listening at a low to moderate volume will more faithfully re-present the original soundscape experience. Please refer to the Playlist description for some background information: https://soundcloud.com/hearingbeings/sets/2023-02-19-quiet-dawn-of-souls-mallee-country-late-summer.

At first light, the dawn songs of Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters predominate, gracing the early dawn soundscape with a beautiful yet melancholy quality. Also occasional Owlet Nightjar calls (which have continued all through the night), Grey Butcherbirds, a couple of Emu 'drummings', some distant Ravens, amongst others; and, in the distance, briefly, a couple of strays that ought not to have been there at all.  Throughout, the sound of the wind rising and falling, through Mallee woodland of Eucalyptus and Casuarina trees.

Recorded respectfully on the land of the Meru and Danggali peoples.

@bandcamp

2023.02.19 Quiet Dawn of Souls (First Light)

Spring came a while ago now with many 'firsts' but it's always special when you hear your first proper exotic vagrant species and it doesn't get more out of the ordinary than this species for me. The Grasshopper Warbler was always one of those make believe birds for me when I was a kid as how could there possible be a bird that sounds like a Grasshopper but then I heard one for the first time on the Gwent Levels and could not believe my ears, I was so excited and even now it always gives me a boost when I hear one reeling away from bramble patches. 

Gear: Sound Devices MixPre 6 ii / Telinga Dish / Schoeps CCM 4 + Stereo Mk 2's

Gavin Vella

Grasshopper Warbler - MixPre - 6357

The golden eagle is a majestic bird of prey. It generally doesn't call much apart from contact calls between the pair at nesting sites. Recorded in Bucovina, Romania with Zoom F6 and Lom mikroUsi Pro microphones.

The beautiful calls of the Golden eagle - Aquila chrysaetos

In the south Iberian oak forest, a  3 part vesper chorus by the Pelophylax perezi takes over for the night shift. Then in the pre-dawn hour, the Pelophylax perezi give up syncopated croaking as birdsong returns. Variety of tits, shirkes, warblers, finches, wagtails doves, crow and woodpeckers. Slight upwind, rustling; the sight has excellent reverberant qualities. 
Downloadable original file for full 24/48 original quality.

--Binaural/ +12 gain / HPF -6 / 24/48
Earphones a must.

Ranera Vespers and Predawn in the IberianOak Forest

This is a very high-gain recording, the forests are so quiet in this part of Sweden, I like the idea of really opening up the gain.  MixPre3 the gain set to 74db, with a pair of Lewitt 440's.  Recording 4000.

Stream (1) -  12 May 23 - 11am - Dalsvallen

Listen to the call to prayer of the muezzin being broadcast from a mosque in the casbah of Algiers.

Call To Prayer In Algiers

A nearly full moon midnight by Makholma shore on the West coast of Finland. A pair of Whooper Swan are trying to scare a red fox that's wandering along the shore line.

Midnight by a Baltic shore - 10/6/2014- Makholma harbor

Peaceful crickets, Santa Barbara backyard overnight, 11:30pm-6:30am

ΩM.AIRA...making acoustic landscape records

Most of these recordings are made in the Doñana National Park for the Integrated sound and landscape  project: ('Estudio integral sobre Sonido y Paisaje -2020.06 ). Support from Vienna Academy of the Fine Arts provided a research grant facilitated through Cristina Lammer and the Superior Council of Scientific Investigations [CSIC] provided material and technical support during various visits.

The project took place in time blocks over 2 years and is focused on making 24 hour 'drop' recordings in six carefully pre-selected points. It also involved developing a practice of first hand 'being in the field' as an audio and sound-field oriented research group. We were then able to return for an extra year as a result of Covid-19 restrictions disturbing our original schedule. We are especially grateful to the park administration for this extra support . 


 🎧  J, Rojas Routon, development and principal investigator (Spain)

 🎧  Cristina Lammer, digital-analogue theory, visceral themes (Vienna Academy of Fine Arts/CorpoRealities)

 🎧  W. Lee Allen, Artist, Composer, audio and visual themes. 'Liquid Vinyl' painting are Lee's work.

Material and technical support: CSIC/Doñana [2020.06 Estudio integral sobre Sonido y Paisaje] and Vienna Academy of the Fine Arts through Cristina (Visceral/Assemblage).

Get in touch through email soundandlandscape [@] gmail.com

Ranera Vespers and Predawn in the IberianOak Forest

ΩMAIRA

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