Baleen, Orca & Boat Noise

from On Sonorous Seas by Fergus Hall

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The piece opens with the sound of dried baleen, found washed up on a beach in Lewis by Jon Macleod and recorded by me, in his home in Lewis.

During the Joint Warrior research trip, the HWDT recorded orca calls, during a rare sighting of two of the remaining orcas, known as John Coe and Aquarius, from the West Coast Community pod. Distance snatches of their calls can be heard through the static.

The engines of boats create very clear resonant frequencies amongst the white noise and interference. Much of the pitched material throughout this section comes from the noise of the HWDT boat engine as it observed John Coe and Aquarius.

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from On Sonorous Seas, released July 7, 2022

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On Sonorous Seas Scotland, UK

This story begins with a whale carcass which came ashore in August 2018 at Traigh an t-Suidhe/Strand of the Seat, at the North end of the Isle of Iona. It is a story told with the voices of science, art, music and poetry, and it explores the impact of military sonar on the ecology of the seas surrounding the Hebrides.

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