Name: Gondwana Murmurings by The Leafybeats
Duration: 5 min 2 s
Description: Gondwana Murmurings was recorded from a Wollemi Pine— a new member of The Leafybeats. As relics of an ancient ecosystem, Wollemi Pines evoke ideas of deep time and survival beyond collapse. They serve as a symbol of hope and resilience.

Gondwana Murmurings was recorded from a Wollemi Pine— a new member of The Leafybeats. As relics of an ancient ecosystem, Wollemi Pines evoke ideas of deep time and survival beyond collapse. They serve as a symbol of hope and resilience.

Gondwana Murmurings

Biologists have long been curious to know whether giraffes produce any substantial sounds. Audio recordings from three giraffe houses in European zoos suggest they do

Giraffes humming

"Phlebas" is the third electronic meditation track to be released by Matt Singmin (a.k.a SOLON).

Designed specifically to induce a state of yoga nidra (yogic sleep), the ambient composition is inspired by a sequence in T.S.Eliot's poem the Wasteland:

Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, 
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell
And the profit and loss. A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool. Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. 

The track features sonic references to the poem: the cry of gulls, the rumble of thunder, the distant call of bells, and analog synthesisers which surround and swell like the ocean. 

At ten minutes long, the track has 3 phases, each of which is designed to drop the listener one step further into meditation - slowing the heart rate, calming the breath and facilitating the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system. 

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Phlebas - a track for savasana

The Leafybeats is an art project by Deborah White. Inspiration is drawn from nature's knowledge, interspecies kinship and a healing interconnectedness with Earth. The music of 'The Leafybeats' is created by capturing the ephemeral bioelectrical changes of plant life. Utilising electrodes and microprocessors, the silent signals become a tangible poetic expression of nature.

Gondwana Murmurings

The Leafybeats

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