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halting deforestation by 2015.

The bright orange Chuqiragua is one of the iconic flowers of Ecuador. It grows at an altitude of about 4000m.

photo: Nigel Simpson

Classical guitarist Morgan Szymanski has recorded a Prelude by 20th century Brazilian composer Villa-Lobos for Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador.

photo: Sussie Ahlburg

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Clever monkey (shortlisting forest soundscapes for Forest Project: Ecuador)

posted by Dominic Sedgwick on 28 January 2010

As we’ve mentioned there will be two or three forest interludes on the album creating track clusters, like the silence bisecting Robert Wyatt’s ‘Cuckooland’ but with more of an emphasis on continuity. Yesterday I met wildlife sound recordist John Paterson at his home studio - he was recording in Ecuador during December - to begin shortlisting soundscapes, […]

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Our wildlife sound recordist arrives in Ecuador today…

posted by Dominic Sedgwick on 24 November 2009

Today, on the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’, brilliant wildlife sound recordist John Paterson arrives in Ecuador on behalf of Ginkgo Music to begin making recordings for Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador.
There are many perfectly good recordings of individual birdsongs by ornithologists, but John belongs to a small […]

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Abbey Road Studios to master Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador

posted by Dominic Sedgwick on 5 October 2009

We are eternally grateful to Abbey Road Studios who have agreed to master Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador. It is an honour for us and for the project that the studio that made the Beatles’ albums and has such an incredible history will be handling the mastering for us. Onwards and upwards!

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Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador to be mixed by Peter Junge

posted by Dominic Sedgwick on 30 August 2009

Audio engineer Peter Junge will begin mixing the album next week. Peter was selected as the mixing engineer for the project after a number of auditioning engineers submitted mixes of David McAlmont’s song ‘Fog on the Mountain’

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