The sounds of the jungle lull me to sleep, weaving into my dreams and making me feel like I belong here in this landscape. Longer version at https://youtu.be/2E3Idf4Q3UU

Night in the Amazon jungle

Bringing the head into the heart, dissolving fears present to open to peace. With the assistance of Archangel Michael and Archangel Raphael.

Head & Heart Merge ~ Dissolving Fear

The call of the huge Helmeted Hornbill is almost as amazing as it's appearance . About 5ft in length including the long tail, these large hornbills mainly eat fruits in the rainforest canopy. 

The call in it's entirety is sometimes up to 5 minutes long, a gradually accelerating series of notes ending in a maniacal cackle.

Helmeted Hornbill

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Helmeted Hornbill - Taman Negara, Malaysia

THERE IS NOW AN EDITED VERSION AVAILABLE below for download. This new version has the bumps and clicks from the rain hitting the mics taken out. Otherwise it is exactly the same as this original version. To download the new version just visit the link below.

http://wildearthvoices.bandcamp.com/track/for-the-earth-morning-chorus-at-davids

This is 42 minutes long, downloading it to an MP3 player and listening quietly will give you a better sense of not only the place but the idea and story that goes with this recording. This is not a perfect recording, there are bumps and clicks that have been left in, unedited. 

Sound can tell us many things,  this was something I promised myself I would do. The Deep Green philosopher, Earth activist and supporter of Deep Ecology, David Orton was a friend and mentor to me for many years. He died yesterday (May 12th 2011) after a lifetime fighting for the Earth.

Like Arne Naess, the founder of Deep Ecology, David believed that the richness of his life came from a deep spiritual relationship with the Earth and not from monetary values. He lived simply, gardened and worked towards developing the theory of left biocentrism within the Deep Ecology movement, he opposed and publicly spoke out about deforestation, uranium mining, herbicide spraying, social justice issues, sealing and many other problems that face the continuing survival of all sentient beings we share the Earth with. David set the bar high for others working towards a better world, he was uncompromising and challenging, but above all, he had a deep rooted integrity that could not be shaken, his written work will echo down the generations for many years. 

The recording comes from the day after he died, within sight of his family home on an old farm that has now grown up to being wild again. I had initially gone there this morning to make a ‘perfect’ recording, but somehow David has had the last say. A freight train, carrying the materials of industrial society, reared its self into the dawn chorus. As I sat there I felt as if it was a motif for how we are exploiting every corner of the earth in our quest for growth and consumerism. But there is a catch, if you take the time to listen, you will find that the train disappears, it becomes a distant hum and the morning chorus takes over in the quiet of the rainy dawn, finally fading, another metaphor and a reminder we shall all return to the earth.

One of David's quotes goes like this, “"Most of the people I work with did not come to their positions based on reading deep ecology books, or listening to university lectures, or having worked out some philosophical position which is perfectly logical and consistent."

What he is saying here, is that if we want to live deeply and peacefully, to understand our place in the world with love and compassion, then we need to make a connection with the Earth, we can only do this by spending time with it.

If you look at the track photo you can see Davids home off in the mist, this was the next morning chorus after he had died the previous morning. 

In the recording you can hear the American Bittern, Spring Peepers, Swamp Sparrow, Raven, Mourning Dove, gentle wind, rain and Davids dog Lucy! This recording can be downloaded. To read about Davids life you can visit his blog below, which has links to his written work.

http://deepgreenweb.blogspot.com/

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For The Earth
(He signed every email with this!)

Thankyou David.

For The Earth, Morning Chorus at Davids

The bulk of volcanic Mount Meru dominates the Arusha landscape in equatorial East Africa. Looking out from its forested slopes toward the east, its sister volcano, Mt. Kilimanjaro, can be seen on the horizon some 70km distant.

This recording begins in silence under a canopy of tropical forest in the hours before dawn. From far away comes a barely audible murmuring; the huffing of distant colobus monkeys. Like a mexican wave, the sound grows closer, with each successive troupe around the base of the mountain waking the next, until a family of monkeys in the trees overhead begin calling; a wonderful, gruff, barking chorus.

Then it falls silent again. Bush babies call occasionally in the darkness. Soon the dawn birdsong begins, the air becoming filled with the sounds of greenbuls, flycatchers, sunbirds, and groups of colourful turacos which vocalise loudly as they scurry along high branches. Silverey-cheeked hornbills wing overhead, and diurnal cicadas begin buzzing. Birds move around the forest, as do the colobus monkeys, now active and clambering noisily around the treetops.

By late afternoon, other birds are heard, including the dusk singing of an olive thrush. The colobus give their evening chorus and the forest moves imperceptibly into the night.

3 minute audio sample from the 118 minute nature sound album; "Equatorial Africa - The Forests of Arusha", available for download from http://www.listeningearth.com/LE/p-131

Equatorial Africa - The Forests of Arusha - Album Sample

The Murrumbidgee is Australia’s second longest river, and is home to important eco-systems both above and below it’s flowing waters. Along the banks of the Murrumbidgee, forests of large River Red Gum trees are a haven for wildlife, and provide vital nesting hollows for numerous bird and mammal species.

This recording was made on the banks of the Murrumbidgee and captures the relaxing sounds of the river flowing to a backdrop of birdsong. Occasionally you can hear the rubbing of branches of a dead tree snagged in the water.

The full 17 minute track is available as a free download from https://wildambience.com/albums/morning-on-the-murrumbidgee/

Morning on the Murrumbidgee River

Morning on the Murrumbidgee River, NSW, Australia

The sound recorded was for a project around the flamingos of the Yucatan. I arrived at this location to record surround sound of an estuary that was located inland. There was a tower about 50 ft. high that I climbed to record the sounds of the birds as they were waking up for the day. I was in the tower by 4:30am and recorded for the next five hours. This is as the sun was just coming up and the birds were calling out in waves of strange noises. Some of which did not sound like birds and the guide that was with me could not name. It was quite the experience. I was in the Yucatan for a period of two weeks and during that time was able to record in many different areas and of course I spent a lot of time with the flamingos. I recorded using a Sound Devices 664 mixer/recorder and at times used a Sound Devices 663. Most of the recordings were done using a Schoeps Stereo set up and a surround sound Holophone.

Forests Of The World

Forests Of The World: Mark Shaw - Ria Lagartos Estuary - Mexico

Toning Meditation with Thomas Hübl at the Celebrate Life Festival 2016. Tonings invite us to experience meditative states in a common tapestry of sound. They carry us in a healing togetherness and are closely interwoven with the One Language of the world. Tonings are a synchronisation of many people in a common space of transcendence. Every day at 6 pm a Toning takes place at the Celebrate Life Festival.
The festival's website: http://celebrate-life.info/2016/en-festival-2016

Celebrate Life Festival 2016

Toning Meditation Celebrate Life Festival

Early morning at a small pond - Tabin Wildlife reserve in the Borneo rainforest. A water hen calls incessantly near the mics while a distant Coucal's notes reverberate through the forest. Longer version on Youtube at https://youtu.be/Q3J9ZSPhPKs

Recorded with Sony PCM D10 and Lom MikroUsi microphones taped to the branches of a dead tree in the centre of the pond. Read about my expedition to Borneo at https://mindful-audio.com/blog/sound-recording-borneo

Borneo Rainforest - Morning At The Pond

Please enjoy this field recording of birds singing at sunset! I recorded this landscape while camping on Vickery Pond at Pillsbury State Park in New Hampshire. Throughout the recorded audio, you can hear frogs, insects, water sound effects, and, of course, birds! This was such a relaxing and peaceful place, I hope you are transported here too while listening!

This field recording was created using an Olympus LS-10 PCM Recorder paired with an external DIY SASS recording rig on a tripod on the edge of the pond. 

Thank you for listening!

Singing Bird Songs at Sunset | HD Binaural Field Recording

Meditation Ragas

Sound Meditation

Wild Earth Voices  is a platform to enable listeners to download and experience the sounds of wild nature. Canadian Landscape Painter and photographer, Mark Brennan has long been a lover of what he calls, “The Wild Places”  and has expressed this love through his art and now nature recordings.

Mark makes time to completely immerse himself into wilderness areas and searches out the ‘sweet spot’ for his soundscape recordings in varoius eco-systems and habitats on Canada's East Coast. The sweet spot is the place that best brings out what he feels and experiences while on location.

For The Earth, Morning Chorus at Davids

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