An African Night, by Andrew Skeoch

An African Night

by Andrew Skeoch

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1.	The African Nocturnal Chorus of Crickets and Katydids 08:04	buy track
2.	Elephants Feeding Nearby in the Moonlight 09:43	buy track
3.	Impala Bark and Disturbed Songbird 06:26	buy track
4.	Restless Red-eyed Pigeons 05:58	buy track
5.	Square-tailed Nightjar 09:21	buy track
6.	Nightjar Flight Calls 07:56	buy track
7.	Insectivorous Bat and Nightjar Again 12:40	buy track
8.	Ring-necked Pigeon 08:27	buy track
9.	Tummy Rumbles 06:23	buy track

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It is deep night in the East African bush. A full moon illuminates the savannah, silhouetting ancient baobab tress.

The air is filled with a rich chorus of nocturnal insects. This choir of small critters create a gentle, pulsating chorus, each insect with its own voice; chiming, ticking, zizzing, humming…

Meanwhile bats flutter overhead, sometimes coming close and audibly echo-locating. Nightjars call mysteriously on the wing, insomniac doves coo softly, and if you listen carefully, the deep rumbling vocalisations from a family of elephants grazing nearby can occasionally be heard.

This is an ambient and spacious recording, a hypnotic meditation from the African night.

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The insect choruses of Africa are among the richest we've heard anywhere. Some nights we'd just lie in camp and listen until we drifted off to sleep.

During our 2 months field trip in east Africa we would often leave our microphones out all night. This is one of the most mesmerising and engaging insect choirs we recorded.

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released May 15, 2012

Recording location:
Near the Tarangire River, central Tanzania

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Andrew Skeoch Australia

Andrew is a master wildlife field recordist. For over 30 years, he and partner / photographer Sarah Koschak have been documenting the voices of the world's ecosystems and wild creatures. The resulting recordings have been published through their dedicated label: Listening Earth ... more

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