Some of the more out-there cicadas I've come across in China. Recorded in Guizhou, China on 14.08.2011

Cicadian rhythms

A creaking tree in Sydenham Hill Wood, London, recorded on 08.06.2013.

Inside a creaking tree

Unusually active underwater life recorded in Yingde, China on 25.06.2013. 

(Wow, SoundCloud's transcoding really did its best to try to destroy the recording, and it did a pretty good job at it as much of the richness is lost. Oh well.)

Beijiang river critters

Visa Kuoppala is a Finnish composer, improviser and field recordist living in London. This page is dedicated to his field recording activities, the other SoundCloud page is for compositions and improvisations. 

He is particularly active in the areas of acousmatic composition and electroacoustic improvisation, where he is fascinated with the poetic, emotional and atmospheric qualities of enigmatic or ambiguous sounds. For his improvisation practice he has developed a granular synthesis and feedback -based instrument called Malegra, which he plays both solo and in groups. At present he is working on a PhD in electroacoustic composition at the Music department of University of Birmingham under the supervision of Jonty Harrison, towards which he has received funding from the AHRC and the university. He has performed or his works have been performed in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, USA and China. 

Visa Kuoppala Phonography