… as I approach the tree, I hear an aggressive hiss that instantly transports me back to the present moment. A Horned adder is viciously squirming at the base of the Camel thorn tree. How did I get here? Read on to find out.
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Sound recording in Borneo - expedition report
People generally spend the holidays visiting family, buying presents, taking a break from work and maybe going on a relaxing vacation. This is what passed through my mind as I was speeding up a hill deep in the Bornean rainforest with a hungry Orangutan chasing our small group.
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Sound recording in the Amazon rainforest - expedition report
Sweat bees, spiders, snakes, heat, humidity. These are not the things I travelled halfway around the world for, but nonetheless encountered on my trip to Eastern Peru earlier this year. I also found exquisite soundscapes, beautiful wildlife and sadly logging and cattle ranching. Read on to find out more about my adventures in the Amazon rainforest.
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Elephants at Langoue Bai
Sound recording expedition to the Congo rainforest
It’s November 2018 and I’m in Libreville, Gabon’s capital, joined by my good friend and fellow sound recordist Stijn Demeulenaere. Over the following month we will travel over two thousand miles, hike in the rainforest, be charged at by gorillas, swarmed on by bees and other insects, cross rivers on logs and most importantly, we will record so much natural soundscapes that it will take us months or years to go through it all.
Read MoreWinter field recording in Romania
My plans for January were to travel and record in the Northern reaches of the Sahara desert, among other interesting places. Unfortunately, due to worrying developments I had to cancel everything and find a last-minute destination for a week-long recording trip. After checking the weather forecast I decided to travel to Romania where plenty of snow was to fall.
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Field recording expedition to Ethiopia
Earlier this year I was reading a book about rainforest ecosystems and I learned about Cloud Forests. These are specific types of rainforests that generally occur at high altitude and harbor excellent biodiversity. Incidentally the humidity and lack of scorching heat makes these forests the best place for wild coffee to grow. I’m quite fond of coffee and wildlife so this aspect stuck to mind.
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Field recording in Norway
I recently got back from a field recording trip to Norway. I was very optimistic at the prospect of recording in this relatively remote area, but my expectations would be cut short quite soon.
Read MoreField recording trip to the Black River in Sweden - pt 2
I recently went on a week-long trip to a place called the Black River, located in Central Sweden. If you've been following me for a while, you might remember that I already visited this place last year and even used recordings I made there in the Wetland Atmosphere library.
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