There are spacious places in the world, where outcrops of woodland can be heard singing together in strong winter gales. Upland places. Uninhabited places. Naturally exposed, where the upper reaches of the land meet with the sky.
Singing, to trees, does not involve what we have as vocal chords, or hitting the right note, or picking the right moment to come in. The wind is the conductor. The choir are the trees. The voices are the trunks, branches, twigs, and leaves. Basses. Tenors. Altos. Sopranos.
The physical form of each tree is complex and varied, in thickness, texture, shape, and give. The more slender the form, such as a twig, the more it gives. Each shapes the flow of the wind, in particular ways. Each creates vectors. Lattice patterned chords, invisible, made of nothing but turbulent, vibrating air. Take just one tree. One form, that sings with ten thousand different voices.
In a wide open landscape, where three audibly separate outcrops of trees can be heard all at once, all catching and turning the wind into sound, a sense of three dimensional space can be heard, and felt. Heard, as vast banks of air move over wide expanses of ground. Felt, as deep dark rumbles. As rich brown surges. As delicate, detailed whisping textures. Rising. Falling. Rising. Blending, from one aural shape, into another.
* We made this recording at the end of December, leaving the Lento box alone and overnight, whilst up in the Peak District. We're really happy the Lento box was able to capture this sound scene so perfectly in the strong winds.
140 Fishing village harbour at night (sleep safe)
139 Old rafters brewing storm
138 Ocean peace above Folkestone beach (sleep safe)
137 Night rains amongst moorland trees (sleep safe)
136 Curling folding breaking waves (high-definition sound and sleep safe)
135 A natural sound report from the Forest of Dean
134 Night waves rolling onto Coldingham Sands (sleep safe)
133 Vivid rain - rolling thunder (very spatial experience with headphones)
132 A bird watcher’s outpost beneath the telegraph wires
131 A thousand years along the Creel Path
Daydream 4 - water rain wind
Daydream 3 - rain water woods (new material coming soon)
Daydream 2 - lazy summer days
Daydream 1 (a series of short August adventures)
130 Dartmoor stream above waterfall gorge - hydrotherapeutic + * sleep safe*
129 Pristine quiet to early dawn (includes woodcock roding calls in full spatial detail)
128 Persistent rain (long, sleep safe, may ease heat fatigue when used in combination with a fan)
127 Mirrored ambiences from a summer meadow at Wrabness
126 The seawall and the night patrolling curlews (quiet, long, sleep safe)
125 May rain in the Forest of Dean
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