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Inhabit the Pond

from Secret Songs of Ponds by David Rothenberg

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  • Book/Magazine + Digital Album

    140 full color pages, three years in the making, a poetic journey into the world of underwater pond music, and a memoir of the pandemic besides. Regular copies available here: htttp://secretsoundsofponds.world, but on Bandcamp, an edition of signed and numbered copies limited to 42 in number is available. Includes a download code for the album.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Secret Songs of Ponds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • get your own hydrophone of the exact kind used to record these amazing pond sounds. Details here: www.terranovapress.com/books/aquabeat-hydrophone... Available from Bandcamp directly at 10% off.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Secret Songs of Ponds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A limited edition signed and numbered compact disc of SECRET SOUNDS OF PONDS, limited to 50 copies. NOTE: Will only be manufactured once 25 people order one.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Secret Songs of Ponds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $20 USD or more 

     

  • Poster/Print + Digital Album

    Signed and numbered editions limited to 5 of each image. Precise size and paper can be chosen by the customer.

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about

Midway in the journey of our second lockdown Spring I started performing live with the pond, on iPad running electronic Animoog, Samplr, and Shoom sounds, mixing the live underwater boatmen sounds with on the spot human interaction.

I wanted a new place to play—no audience but the redwing blackbirds and me, plus the submerged pond beasts who at times seemed to join in with what I was doing.

Later when I listened to the underwater track I heard, not surprisingly, the low bass sounds from the Bluetooth speaker coming from the iPad, which they could plainly hear. We know insects respond to heavy vibrations, so why wouldn’t they do this underwater too? “Do the animals respond?” is the number one question people ask me when I make this interspecies music, and here perhaps they really do.

That question really doesn’t interest me. I’m more interested in making a music no one species could make alone. It is unclear who this music is actually for. You, or the universe?

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from Secret Songs of Ponds, released January 4, 2024

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music often made in close collaboration with the natural world.

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