In the jungles of Borneo - Rainforest sounds
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024
- One of my favourite soundscapes to listen to and record is that of rainforest hills. Rainforest because, well, it's a rainforest! Incredibly biodiverse, dense, lush and full of life. You don't really see a lot but you can hear an amazing variety of sounds. Hills because, unlike a flat, lowland rainforest, the sound is allowed to travel much further (even though not unimpeded).
By the time sounds from different distances reach you - the listener - they interact with the space and take on new meaning. A bird call coming from a distance sounds more washed out but also offers information about local geography, the absence or presence of vegetation, the levels of humidity in the atmosphere etc. Certain calls mask one another and result in new, more interesting sounds. Many sounds bouncing from the same reflective surfaces create a beautiful sense of space.
We as humans are wired to glean this information from sounds on a subconscious level. A lot of it gets lost when living in an urban location however, but fortunately we can regain it by immersing ourselves in a wild place like the Borneo rainforest. It just takes some time for our ears to get accustomed to the lack of man-made sound and conversely, the presence of so much natural sound.
The layers I mentioned can be heard in most of the recordings I made in Borneo, including this one. Just listen out for Gibbon or Black hornbill calls coming from miles away and contrast them with the calls of small songbirds skulking in the undergrowth. Even the sounds of water dripping on vegetation are a good example of this latter layer. Sitting somewhere in between, the constant, high frequency calls of insects are a bit more difficult to locate in space but still very pleasant to listen to. A beautiful highlight is the 4-second whistle of Black-and-crimson pittas that seem suspended in space.
Recorded in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo with Sound Devices Mixpre 6 ii and Sennheiser DMS microphones. Enjoying the videos I upload on here? Feel free to support me by:
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Read more about my expedition to Borneo at mindful-audio.com/blog/sound-recording-borneo.
Hi George. I found a spotify account called Field Recordings with your recordings on it. Is it yours? Is it possible you could upload your soundscapes to Spotify as well or is that not financially feasible? Because I have been looking for loopless, longform nature (specifically jungle/savannah type) recordings for year before I found your channel and cannot find any other channels that compare. I know they are available on Bandcamp, but I would love to be able to download them on Spotify since I use that service on various devices and its like ease of use in setting up custom playlists (I sound affiliated lol :( ). It would also mean I can listen to without leaving yt open. Love your excellent work and thank you for all your effort!
@@juice2090 I sent Field Recordings a few of my soundscapes so they could play them as podcast episodes. I've looked at releasing my own content on there but it seems like there's a lot of red tape. I would have to sign up with a rights management group and to get royalties through them which seems backwards. For the moment I don't plan to release anything on Spotify but I'll have another look at this later in the year.
@@GeorgeVlad Hey! Thank you for responding. I had a feeling it would be something like that. I understand. I will keep an eye out and continue to listen the way I usually do. Have you considered developing your own app maybe?
@@juice2090 I've considered that as well but I barely have time to edit my own recordings these days, let alone create an entire app. For the moment RUclips, Soundcloud and Bandcamp are the only places I'm uploading recordings.
This bird song is divine, we do not have this.
George, you are easily one of the best nature recordist in the world. I will wager it is becuase you so thoroughly know and love the landscapes your record. This particular recording is just one more in a line of trully amazing recordings. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world.
Thank you for the kind words, much appreciated :)
Proud to be borneoan😊 thanks.. now I can 💤,, and also miss my land❤
Enjoy!
The ultimate beats to study/relax to
Beautiful sounds, so familiar! I cannot wait to go back to Borneo. Thanks for sharing.
Same for me, look forward to returning there soon.
Love the sound of the rainforest. Very soothing.
Borneo soundscapes are the best
Indeed they are!
The birds here. Amazing!
Yes they are!
One more amazing recording
Thank you for listening.
Absolutely beautiful. I love that the geography allows for more acoustic diversity. The layers of sounds are incredible and I have never heard a soundscape like this. It feels like art, an emotional and raw natural soundscape full of thriving wildlife untouched by the sound of humans.
Thank you for the kind words. Indeed, Borneo is one of my most exciting expeditions to date, and I look forward to returning there.
Absolutely lovely
My entire life I've been wanting to live in the hidden beautiful words of Indonesia and here I can listen and pretend like I'm going on a hike through dense green rainforest thankyou soo much
My pleasure, glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Beautiful. It brought me a lot of peace during working.
Happy to hear that.
Hey man you're great 👍, one thing have you ever recorded the Australian jungle or the outback sounds maybe, if so that will be great 😃😊
I have not but I'm going to do that in a couple of weeks actually.
Love it, so beautiful
Thank you! 😊
‘Tis sounds amazing 👌
Amazing! Thank you sooo sooo much for bringing Borneo into my apartment 💚... #divinesounds
My pleasure, enjoy!
@@GeorgeVlad thanks! 😊💕 pls, keep up your great work, 🌎 needs it!
I Love IT 💚
Thank you, Susanne.
Remarkable :) It's Interesting how this soundscape sounds like a mashup between an australian and a vietnamese rainforest
I will have to visit both to make sure that's the case.
Gran trabajo!
Gracias compa.
Hello Real World! All birds and apes shout out to us: here we are. We love you! But do you love us?
Well said, couldn't agree more.
@@GeorgeVlad your work is very special, I love it very much! It would be helpfull to educatie the destructive ceo's
Is this recorded in Danum Valley or whereabouts?
Nope, Maliau Basin.
How about the sounds from the Sumatran rainforest with Siamangs?
Sumatra is high on my list, hope I can visit later this year. Until I can get there it feel free to check out Marc Anderson's recordings: wildambience.com/wildlife-sounds/siamang/
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12:11 yikes! thought that was in my room!
😅
I want to live here! Please bring me to the jungle!
I'm happy to bring you there through my soundscapes :)
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
lush green - that's where we come from lol jk
ahhhh
Yeah
Disini dihutan borneo terdapat ular sebesar drum minyak tanah
Needs protecting :(
It sure does.
I'm gonna kill that mosquito at 1:20:30 😫
Haha, no love for the mozzies?
i wont listen borneo night sounds