John Gilmore - All Of Us Sharing Dinosaur Water by John Gilmore—jazz&ambient published on 2017-05-18T07:45:16Z Humpback whales are mostly silent summer residents of the ocean off Fort Bragg, CA, with some venturing to Oregon and Washington. In late fall, when they migrate south to mate and calve, the males begin to sing, some continuing through their return in the spring. Lone males perform the songs, more frequently at night, when a chorus with two or three separated vocalists can result. Bioacoustician Jeff Jacobsen describes this as, "a collaborative acoustic beacon to the females migrating to the island, girls the boys then fight over. An acoustic 'lek.'" The songs change over time, so the current version differs from this performance. Jeff explains that, "Males gradually change the song during the winter singing season, so that after about five years the song, sung by all males across the entire North Pacific…all the way to Japan is completely different," though still generally the same across this vast expanse. Much remains to be learned about whale vocalizations and how they transform. This recording made off Mexico is of humpbacks who hail from the Kodiak Islands in Alaska. Thanks to Jeff and the Noyo Center for Marine Science in Fort Bragg for sharing it. The Center has projects underway to reassemble skeletons of both an orca and a blue whale that suffered tragic accidents on the local coast. The Center envisions a large oceanside facility to ultimately house these and other marine exhibits, including sounds of the ocean and its inhabitants. This track © 2017 John Gilmore, all rights reserved. Recording of humpbacks in Pacific Ocean at Isla Socorro in 2002 by Jeff K. Jacobsen, used with permission. Field recordings on land and sea, Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg, CA, by John Gilmore. Photograph in Monterey Bay Aquarium by John Gilmore. The duet with whales beginning around 3:20 was performed with the amazing GeoShred app: http://www.wizdommusic.com/products/geoshred.html Noyo Center for Marine Science: https://noyocenter.org Jeff Jacobsen: http://biowaves.net/jeff-jacobsen Genre Ambient Soundscape Comment by ROBOFLUX Really funny soundscape and voices from the deep, hope those artists are free. PLease check out my stuff too if time are yours =) Thanks 2019-11-17T20:17:40Z Comment by John Gilmore—jazz&ambient @oblio-lapislazuli: Thanks so much! I rarely have opportunity to listen to such long tracks but will try, and I do so appreciate your support :) 2019-02-26T20:46:19Z Comment by taRka :::)))))) 2019-02-25T19:56:28Z Comment by hanut munson great piece... dig the the title too! 2019-01-29T18:57:43Z Comment by Oriental Force (Oriental Love a.k.a Kaya Takada) so wonderful sound and atmosphere !! 2018-11-17T14:52:16Z Comment by Nicola Fornasari | Xu love it very much! 2018-10-19T14:41:13Z Comment by bruno gussoni Wonderful! 2018-02-15T07:37:14Z Comment by Ingvar Tautra Great! Exciting sounds from both Humpbacks and from you! 2018-01-20T20:26:33Z Comment by Astrofaros Unique sound & title! Fine field recording!... 2017-11-27T12:44:04Z Comment by versuchsanordnung while listening I am reminded of Adrian Belew's "Ballet for a blue whale" - know this one? 2017-11-06T15:45:09Z Comment by versuchsanordnung Dear John, great to come across this - another great athmospherical track on your site - beautiful !!! Chris 2017-11-06T15:44:16Z Comment by REMEMBER WHITE - Classical Acoustic Ambient Folk subtle and relaxing ... a professional sound 2017-09-10T20:04:08Z Comment by Carlos Vivanco Fantastic Whales concert ! 2017-09-10T16:18:07Z Comment by HeadLab Inc. ⚗ exiting, never a dull moment , great story 2017-08-24T21:01:33Z Comment by Tuonela Haunting humpback blues :) 2017-08-17T03:48:10Z Comment by anon8924 The voice of whale sounds a bit sad. beautiful soundscape. 2017-08-05T23:48:43Z Comment by 𝓐𝓵૯ẋ 𝓑ર𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪ŋ𝓽૯ Impressive composition 2017-08-03T11:29:14Z Comment by Anomon beautifully done, John 2017-07-19T20:47:29Z Comment by Anomon throughout this piece, i feel the intensity of Being present. 2017-07-19T20:47:11Z Comment by Belial Pelegrim wonderful! 2017-07-08T19:27:07Z Comment by Sam Sergeant Very interesting piece! 2017-07-05T12:16:58Z Comment by Julien A. Lacroix 2 Great soundscape 2017-07-01T08:26:27Z Comment by Jonathan Beckenstein this world is so beautiful it breaks my heart 2017-06-29T20:36:07Z Comment by synkrotron Hi John :-). This is a wonderful mix of field recordings and ambient music :-) 2017-06-26T08:21:03Z Comment by Stan Magendanz a wonderful collection of sounds here - very soothing :) 2017-06-06T06:46:39Z Comment by John Gilmore—jazz&ambient @zanshinhideo: Google translates this as "interesting." If that's correct, thank you, especially because that's how I found the first piece of yours that I heard. 2017-06-03T19:21:07Z Comment by Suncastle Actually this is lovely, I'm really enjoying this 2017-06-02T13:52:44Z Comment by Suncastle This is pretty relaxing to be sure 2017-06-02T13:49:17Z Comment by Suncastle What a name! I'm on board and I've not even heard it yet! 2017-06-02T13:45:59Z Comment by De Gaer super interesting and original, great work! 2017-06-01T20:12:44Z