this is the world, your place in it, is as important as anyone else's...

Coming home one night from work at 2am, I could hear continuous 'rustling's' behind me as I walked through The Grange.
Eventually I stopped and turned around and waited; the temperature was about -3C; big leaves which were solid with frost, were falling from the trees.

Undisturbed by the lack of vehicles, they were lying in curled shapes on the ground. I got home and came back out with my recorder for this take at the bottom of Pitsligo Road in Morninsgside.

At the bottom of the hill near a T-junction, the sounds of the leaves landing was reflecting back off the high stone walls either side.

Leaves fall all the time and, it's good to keep a mindful openness to one's surroundings. 
The world is filled with places you might not know about, or ever visit, but things you might actually recognise are happening there all the time. We all share the same experiences, even if our locations are apart.
I think it's a way of saying; 

here is the world, your place in it, is as important as anyone else's.

Frozen Leaves Fall On Pitsligo Road, November 2019 V1

Hiking near Luray, Virginia
Edith's Gap Launch Site
LAT 38.725306
LONG -78.507861

WINDTonl Kennedy Trail LCR Mix4v3 - Part1 - 1-24 - 96 JEG  2023 - 11 - 28

Geophones, hydrophones, contact mic and 6 omnidirectional microphones

Notes
As the light diminished, the volcanic palette undergoes a kaleidoscopic transformation, revealing an iridescence a spectral shimmering.

The sands embody the ethereal interplay of otherworldly pigments that defy earthly conventions.
Listening with multispecies ecologies: volcanic rock pools teeming with life , hermit crabs, Black Sea urchin, Goby and Shrimp, with tides crashing nearby. Human perception and language too limited to describe these multiplicitous worlds.

Using  geophones to  convert ground movement (velocity) into voltage, in attempt to pick up subterranean vibrations. The deviation of this measured voltage from the base line is called the seismic response and is analysed for structure of the earth.
In this majestic Canary Islands. We discovered alien, enigmatic volcanic landscapes, lava fields and magical caves and art by Cesar Manrique. An island carved and shaped with creativity and art.

Speculative Field Trip: Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote

2024.04.14 An Afternoon in a Forest, with Birds, Bees, and Gunfire. Autumn.

A herd of red cows approaching us from front and passing by on a warm September noon of 2019 at the hills of Southern Urals. Lots of energetic mooing, shepherd shouts and whistles, some birds chirping and moderate wind. I love this recording for its brutal and raw energy.
Recorded with Nevaton VR FOA mic into Zaxcom Fusion 12, decoded to binaural with Harpex-X plugin. Please listen on headphones for correct spatial reproduction.

Red Cows at Southern Urals_BINAURAL

A monsoon thunder storm recorded at night in South Thailand. 
Some of the claps are loud!
Zoom F3, homemade ORTF rig using TSB-2690 1" capsules, powered by Simple P48v.

A monsoon thunder storm in Thailand.

Wind in a reed field, New Year's morning

10 minute of a summer storm approaching as the bees buzz and the birds sing.

Species: Bees, Dunnock, Blackbird
Location: Kilteen Glebe, Mackan, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Date and time: Friday, 8 June 2018 at 13:52
Habitat: Farmland

Summer Storm

Recorded under cliffs in Alps - no wind was that night so there was almost complete silence . 
Owls and later falling rocks from cliffs which was maybe trigger by some animal walking high above microphones.
Edited with EQ 
Microphones ORTF Mkh40 Sennheiser
Recorder Zoom F6
Slovenia Alps
10192025

Autumn Night Under Slovenian Alps – Owls and Falling Rocks from Cliffs

Recorded during the early evening of Saturday 25th October, 2025, near Tapanappa Creek, Deep Creek National Park, country of the Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna peoples. The recording is continuous and unedited. (The mic rig was placed beneath the sheltering leaves of a flowering grass tree or yakka (Xanthorrhoea).)

Nth of Lillingstone Lovell, dawn (AT4025) 0330¬0430 - 2023_07_08

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