Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta

An abundant and widely distributed grassland bird of North America, it's a common voice in the wide open spaces in the Pacific Northwest's drier inland regions and sagebrush seas.

Unlike the more well-recognized song of the Western Meadowlark (see https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/birdsong-troupials-and-allies-western-meadowlark), the roll of this call is to reinforce the bonding between a mated pair. Serving as both a contact and an alert, this is the male's counterpart to the female's quiet rattle. This particular male, recorded in the evening light of Summer Solstice 2024 in the beautiful Sinlahekin Valley, used this call to lure a female around the meadow. He would continually call and whistle until she would fly close. Then he hopped down to the ground an called for her to follow. This repeated over and over, with him slowly luring her around the meadow. I don't know if it's a breeding pattern or if they were just playing, but it WAS fascinating.

I'm not cleaning this recording as might usually do because I just love, LOVE the distant echo off the riparian border from his loud whistle. It's a joy to my ears.

image credit: "Western Meadowlark Huron Wetland Management District" by USFWS Mountain Prairie is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Western Meadowlark

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Artists: Moy Santana
Title: Kosmos
Catalog number: SNG051D
Tracks:

Moy Santana - Kosmos
Moy Santana - Ariake
Moy Santana - Kosmos (Sterac Remix)
Moy Santana - Kosmos (Inland Remix)

Label Co-founder Moy Santana returns to the mothership for a very special outing:

2 cuts of effervescent, dynamic techno originals that manage to exert euphoric pressure whilst keeping a polished structure within arpeggiated explorations.

Legendary dutch producer Steve Rachmad brings out his Sterac moniker for what he’s known best for, a surgical reconstruction of Kosmos into a no frills floor-driller

Ed Davenport’s Inland take of the title track heads down meandering caverns, leaving out the sharpest edges of his percussive toolbox to shine

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GTG Premiere | Moy Santana - Kosmos (Inland Remix) [SNG051D]

Counterchange is back with a new CO-OPS compilation for 2025, welcoming back Conrad Van Orton, Magna Pia, Ariel Me Llamo, Seiichiro Itoyama, Discrete Circuit and Stefan Alexis. 

The third instalment in the series also introduces a host of new friends to the label, with established forces like Tapefeed, Peryl and Yoikol joining brave newcomers Sednoid and INDACID, who will all release full EPs within the next 12 months. 

Of course label creator Inland (Ed Davenport) is also present, teaming up on 2 collaborations and serving up a nervous bass-funk exercise under his Civilian alter ego.

VOL.3 plays through like a DJ set - a 13-track shipment of fresh modern techno ranging from edgy minimalist head-trips to straight-up funky rocket ships… and everything in between.

CO-OPS VOL.3 [Collective Operations]

@peryl_music @tapefeed @541132 (sednoid) @magnapia @stefanalexis @discretecircuit @ariel_me_llamo @conrad-van-orton @seiichiro-itoyama

Various - CO-OPS VOL.3 [COUNTER043] preview

Kraft Punk Mental Techno
1 - Minilogue - Existensberattigande (Original Mix) (Blomma)
2 - SCSI-9 - Angel (Original Mix) (Cm / Angel)
3 - Vedomir - Musical Suprematism (Marcel Dettmann Remix) (Musical Suprematism / Dreams Dettmann Remixes)
4 - Voices From The Lake - Reptilicus (GPH19)
5 - Daniel Avery - Diminuendo (Diminuendo EP [PH79])
6 - Rrose - Triplicate (2 or 3 Drops of Height Have Nothing to do With Savagery)
7 - Efdemin - Move Your Head (Original Mix) (Naif)
8 - PWCCA - Unreal Element (Unnatural Register EP - WU76)
9 - Sandwell District & Silent Servant - Discipline (OD edit) (WHERE NEXT ?)
10 - Kanye West - Monster (Bjarki pandemix) (Pandemixes V)
11 - Surgeon - Atol (SRX001 Surgeon EP)
12 - Industrialyzer - Moonstone (Moonstone EP)
13 - Perc & Randomer - Flooring (Igneous)
14 - Sorcery - On the Bias (Mirrors Of Perception)
15 - William Kiss - Clap For Me (Clap For Me EP)
16 - Bjarki - Umil 25-11 - Bjarki pandemix (Pandemixes)
17 - Lakej - Exploited Symbolism (Illegal Alien XV Part 3)
18 - D. Diggler - Metro (remastered) (D. Diggler - Metro (remastered))
19 - joeFarr - Avvior (Original Mix) (Well Tempered)
20 - Peder Mannerfelt Produktion - Town Crier (Town Crier)
21 - Inland - 2122 (2122 [COUNTER011])
22 - Valo - Hands Of Stone (Psalms Ch.1 [HPX123])
23 - SLEEPARCHIVE - 11 (Archived 3)
24 - Planetary Assault Systems - Strange Attractor (Chlar Reassembly) (REASSEMBLED)
25 - Sanna Mun - Excavation (Initiation)
26 - Marcal - Marcal - Lambda core (Original Mix) (INFECTIOUS EP)
27 - Nørbak - Amigo (feat. Temudo) (Casa)
28 - Karenn - Berlin - Live Cut 2 (Voam Club Archive Volume 1)
29 - Alarico - La Vaca Vega (Neighbourhood HOOD008 : Alarico - Drippin' Blood/La Vaca Vega)
30 - Kangding Ray - Hollow
31 - Polygonia - Bold as Brass (Observations)
32 - Pfirter - Turning Point (Turning Point)
33 - Sorcery - Mirrors of Perception (Kangding Ray remix) (Mirrors Of Perception)
34 - Alarico - Push To Select (Federation Of Rytm III)
35 - Gotshell - Modulation 02 (Cari Lekebusch Remix) (Modulations EP)
36 - Robert Leiner - Tung Gung (Tung Gung)
37 - Teste - The Wipe (Original Mix) (The Wipe)
38 - Kangding Ray - OMEN (ZERO)
39 - Kashpitzky - Hammer Smashed Face (Original Mix) (Hate & Tenderness V)

Keran - Clap For Me

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