Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh - Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond - CD + booklet István Jávor Olive Couri

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Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh - Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond - CD + booklet István Jávor Olive CouriMusician and field recordist Action Pyramid finds magic in the everyday on Mardle, a compelling and confounding suite of hydrophone compositions revealing the sonic 24 hour cycle of the UKs freshwater ponds. Rooted in Jack Greenhalghs sonic research on pond biodiversity, Mardle brings to the surface the delicate sounds of aquatic insect stridulations, plant respiration and photosynthesis an ecology of otherworldly rhythms and alien hyper sounds that