Light rain falls upon an overgrown meadow shortly after sunrise. Rivulets wind across the clearing, draining excess water from the receding storm. The sun, peeping through the clouds, throws a broad beam of light across the clearing as birds burst into song in excited anticipation of the coming day. 

Set in upstate New York in late May, this is one of my favorite binaural soundscapes. It is unusually immersive (please use headphones!), with the pitter-patter of light rain and the gurgling of streamlets providing a soothing backdrop against which the bird music spreads out in all directions. I could listen to this for minutes on end, imagining that I am standing at the edge of the meadow, protected under the canopy of a large tree. 

Many species can be heard, some from the surrounding forest. Listen in particular for the quickening down-slurred whistles of Field Sparrows, the staccato fitz-bew of a Willow Flycatcher, the lively witchety-witchey of a Common Yellowthroat, the cheery warbles of an Eastern Bluebird (at times), the mournful coos of a Mourning Dove, the thumping drums of at least two Ruffed Grouse, the musical song of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, the soft trilling of crickets, and finally the throaty caws of crows way off in the distance.

Meadow After Rain

Sounds of Rain, Thunder & Lightning

Late Night Rain & Thunderstorm Sounds

Rain, Lightning & Thunderstorm Sounds

Sounds of Thunder

Rain & Thunder Sounds

Windy Thunder Storms Sounds

Sound of Thunderstorms

Thunderstorm Sounds

Thunderstorm

Cocanha - PUPUT out 21 feb. 2020
ORDER now on vinyl / CD / digital : https://pagans.bandcamp.com/album/puput
Caroline Dufau / Maud Herrera / Lila Fraysse - voix / percussions

Produced / recorded / mixed by Raül Refree
Mastering by Alex Psaroudakis
Drawing by Rodin Kaufmann
Graphics by Jean-Marc Saint-Paul

2019 PAGANS / DARDALH

Puput

Suu camin de Sent Jacques

BUY LP/CD/Digital

Cocanha - Suu Camin De Sent Jacques

Composed and performed by DD, July 2020.
Classical guitar
Uillean Pipes
Harmoniumn
Glockenspiel
String orchestra


Music for this hauku:

a cathedral of pines
rising into light
echoes of birdsong

Poem by Ian Turner
Image by Wahyu Priantara

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/08/12/naviarhaiku345-a-cathedral-of-pines/

Rising Into Light (naviarhaiku345)

Theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek explores the existence of new particles, and why they matter.

Science Friday

Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek On The Frontier Of Physics

Ik Nazar Unko Dekha (feat. Rishina Dobhal)

Thunderstorm

Rain, Thunder And Lightning Storm Sounds