The main goal of my trip to Lorraine in the east of France was to record Common Midwife Toads. The location was an old disused quarry just outside Lérouville and knowing the toads begin calling after dusk, I arrived early to have time to scope out the location. I was immediately greeted by a group of very vocal Pool Frogs and Edible Frogs, their calls echoing around the quarry. I captured this recording much later that night, just after midnight. 

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)
Recorded on 05.06.2022
Photo credit : Holger Krisp (Creative Commons)

Pool Frogs And Edible Frogs - Lorraine, France

This recording captures life at the heart of an urban beehive on a rooftop garden in the 20th district of Paris. The colony is estimated to be between 60,000-80,000 bees at this time of year. I attached two small omni lav mics to a metal coat hanger and dropped this into the centre of the hive, then closed the lid of the hive and left the recorder running. 

A big thank you to beekeeper Marta Bonati for allowing me access to her hives and for taking the time to help me record.

Recorded 25.06.2022
Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x DPA 4060s

Life In An Urban Beehive - Paris, France

Rich Forest Ecosystem, Aberdares, Kenya

Courtyard, Resonant Distant Prayer, Lumut, Malaysia

Bell And Birds, Strasbourg, France

Penguins Colony, Boulder's Beach, South Africa

Rooftop Morning Seagulls And Crows, Istanbul, Turkey

This recording captures a male Capercaillie lekking at dawn. We hear this majestic forest bird flying down from it's tree perch before displaying on a raised mound, flapping it's wings and producing fascinating popping and clicking vocalisations. It took three overnight drop rig recording sessions in this magical forest to locate and successfully record the lekking. 

Zoom F3 + Sennheiser MKH 8020s
15.04.2023

Photo courtesy of David Palmer (Creative Commons)

Western Capercaillie Lek - Öjesjöbrännan Ekopark, Västerfärnebo, Sweden

Nature Music utilizes nature sounds as an organic synthesizer for an amplified relaxation experience in the heart of nature.

Specific frequencies within the natural soundscape are amplified to create the "music," with nature dictating the intensity, movement, and composition.

Crafted from binaural field recordings, Nature Music immerses you in nature's embrace.

Thank you for listening.

A Song of Stones

From dusk to dawn with two pairs of cranes and one or two single male contenders. In this recording you will hear almost infrasound (80-200 Hz) growls and heavy panting as the males chase each other in the wetland and of course the trumpeting of cranes through the night. An amazing experience to be this close. Huddunge, Uppsala. April 9, 2024.

Mixpre 3ii + Lewitt 440 Pure in ortf

Cranes like you never heard them before!

NOISE EMF Click Sequence, Recursive Glitch, Power Outlet

Worldwide Sound Explorer,  Field Recordist, Sound Designer, and Media Artist. https://soundxplorer.com/
The sounds are published on https://articulatedsounds.com

NOISE EMF Click Sequence, Recursive Glitch, Power Outlet

Sound Xplorer (Stephane Fufa)

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