Soil Listening - Woodlice and Ants - 20 minutes - 06.05

Soil Listening - a 20 minute soundscape of a subterranean world. Sounds include the communication calls of ants and woodlice as they go about their business underground. This is a fascinating insight into the 'silent' world below our feet. Take a listen and immerse yourself in the original 'sound of the underground'.

Recorded inside a common garden compost bin. Just goes to show that there's a lot of activity very close to you if you look for it.

Recorded on a Zoom F6 using a JRF C Series Pro contact mic. Recorded with 32 bit float at 96000Hz. Edited using Audacity software. High pass filter applied at 400Hz. Gain also applied.

Location - Churchstoke, Powys, Wales, UK