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The Ruspolia fairy

from INSECTASYNTH [2021] by JANSKY

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Surrounded by hotels and recreational areas, it’s usually quite disappointing to visit our wetlands at night during the busy, overcrowded tourist season. However, due to Covid local restrictions, this summer I got lucky: in the utmost, almost noiseless darkness, a tiny fairy started singing right in front of my microphone.

The Ruspolia nitidula’s song is one of the most sonorous amongst European Orthoptera, but their frequency spectrum is so high, that one needs an extremely accute hearing. Otherwise, it blends in with technology sounds, like the monotonous zimzim from electric cables.

This is an augmented biophony (5 times slower than real sound), corresponding to 30 seconds of natural soundscape. When we listen at a reduced speed, the frequency also lowers down and the Ruspolia’s song becomes a marvelous sequence, unveling the complexity and richness in her performance.

Accompanying, we can hear Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, Melanogryllus desertus, Rana perezi and some fish leaping in and out of the Grand Canal.

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from INSECTASYNTH [2021], released March 21, 2021
Recorded at S'Albufera de Mallorca Natural Park
Processed / Mixed at Rampa Studios by Jansky

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We make organic electronic music with poetry and a flute.

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