After listening to Inade's "Impulse" from The Flood of White Light 10" (1996), I was curious to know if there are other tracks, or albums, mimicking whale sounds and songs. I have a couple of educational LPs and the infamous National Geographic flexi, and I'm sure there are others. I believe Hybryds made a soundtrack for an aquarium opening, but I'm not sure if there is anything whale related on it. I'll look into it. Can you think of anything else like this? There has to be other ambient recordings that used whale field recordings as source material.
interesting documentary on partly how Sperm Whales make their clicks and use sonar:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2188105613/ (direct link)
http://video.pbs.org/program/inside-natures-giants/ (series link)
not exactly what you asked for but perhaps of interest to you :
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/nature/Songs-of-the-Humpback-Whale.html
QuoteThe granddaddy of them all. If you grew up in the 1970s, your parents had a copy of this (and were probably rolling joints on the sleeve before you came along). Roger Payne, the oceanographer credited with discovering vocalization among the massive marine mammals, used military-issue hydrophones—missile-shaped piezoelectric devices sensitive to the pressure effects of sound traveling through water instead of air—to document the alien blips, blurps, screeches, and flutters echoing through the nameless deep. Payne's recordings were later credited with raising awareness about species endangerment, culminating in commercial-whaling bans in the 1980s.
-Marine Mammals and Fish of Lofoten and Vesterålen
Recorded by oceansounds / Norway http://www.gruenrekorder.de/?page_id=382
- http://www.amazon.com/The-Sound-Whales-Ambient-Sounds/dp/B000Q3EFCA
- http://www.amazon.com/Whale-Sounds-Ambient-Soundscape/dp/B00BN2AWMU
- http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/whalesounds
- http://www.magicalislandsounds.com/Humpback_whale_information.htm
Quote from: Zeno Marx on September 22, 2013, 08:42:32 PMI believe Hybryds made a soundtrack for an aquarium opening, but I'm not sure if there is anything whale related on it. I'll look into it.
http://www.discogs.com/Hybryds-Vidna-Obmana-Soundtrack-Voor-Het-Aquarium/release/251350 (http://www.discogs.com/Hybryds-Vidna-Obmana-Soundtrack-Voor-Het-Aquarium/release/251350)
they (Hybryds) sampled dolphins, killer whales, whales, sharks, sea lions, divers (+saxophone, DX7, didgeridoo & various percussion).
very good album, got a solo-rerelease : http://www.discogs.com/Hybryds-Soundtrack-For-The-Antwerp-Zoo-Aquarium/master/394212 (http://www.discogs.com/Hybryds-Soundtrack-For-The-Antwerp-Zoo-Aquarium/master/394212)
Song of the Sea, a Cappella and Unanswered
an old article, but new to me: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/21/science/21whal.html?_r=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBN56wL35IQ
"The Bloop" on Youtube, if you are not already familiar with it. Sounds of some kind of mysterious, and incredibly deep tonal frequency which largely attributed to some animal around the size of a whale, and is thought to be from a whale. Could also be water-pressure or machinery or the like. Check it out for yourself.
Nonetheless, it's an interesting sound, and would be nice to add as a sample to a noise composition.
Anyone else catch the episode of Nature on PBS on owls? They recorded an owl, pigeon, falcon, and maybe one other bird. One of the owl's evolutionary advantages in the hunt is near virtual silence. Because of the shape and make of their wings, it requires fewer strokes, and when flying over a large bed of feathers, barely a feather is disturbed from their flight. The recordings revealed almost no sound made at all. Love owls.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/owl-power/11628/
I have that whale flexi and an LP of whale songs somewhere, but I like this just as well: https://www.discogs.com/Loon-Voices-Of-The-Loon/release/1929630
This is pretty much standard for Dauby these days. "A collection of sounds of crickets encountered in Europe."
https://kalerne.bandcamp.com/album/european-gryllidae
given the destruction from whales on this thread, how about the spk album Insect musicians... one of two more theoretical releases from this camp.
noise levels in the ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrpkZkwTvu0
Not an aquatic animal, but recently recorded some ravens squawking in an alleyway, nice incidental natural echo/reverb. Stretched out the sound on tape loops to make this sort of brassy, bubbling texture. Will be incorporated into an upcoming piece/recording.
All fishermen should have their livelihoods taken away from them, the ocean is dead anyway but they should be smashed for dancing on it's grave.
Thick in atmosphere and dark, natural ambience. If you enjoy wolves howling and being, this is highly recommended. All it needs is some tribal timpani accompaniment, and you have a classic LOKI/P&S release (not that it needs anything of the sort). Another top shelf Dauby recording.
A few years ago, I had the chance to participate in the organization of a scientific seminar about the relationship between canids and humans, the conferences spreading between ecology, ethology, psychology and anthropology ("Entre Chiens Et Loups", Lyon, 2006). Amongst the invited scientists was Dave Mech a wildlife biologist who spent all his life studying wolves in the field, and in particular on Ellesmere Island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. We drove together to visit an area in Lozère, the least populated department of France, where some wolves are kept in in semi-captivity, which means that they are living an unusually large enclosure. Those animals were originally rescued from poachers, and the park has a very good reputation for introducing them to the public. There I could observe the wolves in the company of Dave Mech, who provided some invaluable insight into their behaviour. Last year, I went back again to visit the wolves with Sylvain Macchi who is in charge of the park. I was able to record the songs of the wolves in the middle of the night and the early morning one February during their mating season. The barks are often associated with aggressive behaviours, meanwhile the chantings are a way to reinforce the cohesion of the group and calm down the tensions. The effect of these sounds, listening to wolves chanting in the complete darkness, is an extreme experience. Those arch-shaped tones are amongst the most beautiful things one can hear from the animal kingdom. Composed in May 2011. Field recordings mostly made in February 2010. Thanks a lot to Dave Mech for the inspiration and Sylvain Macchi for introducing me to the wolves of Gevaudan. -Yannick Dauby
https://kalerne.bandcamp.com/album/arches
Skip (or don't the whole video has bunch of interesting sounds to root out) to 1.10. and 3.45 could be wickedsick whales!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c7hCWwTlrY