Gibbons

"We felt the field recording had quite a psychedelic and surreal feel about it, it holds melodic qualities that are unique to the voice of a gibbon, and you would never expect to hear from a human voice. Once flipped and processed by us, it had a much more synthesiser like sound, though still with a lot of organic charm to set it apart from artificial sounds.

"Our composition addresses the theme of tourism through the introduction of the organic gibbon vocal sample to a more traditional house track, with artificial drums and synthesisers. This theme is further explored through the way in which the sample has been distorted, warped and chopped up in order to fit within the track and make it palatable to the listener.

"We used granulation, manual resampling + chopping (to time the gibbons), resonators (to tune the gibbons), OTT (to bring out the high-end sparkle of the gibbons) and a touch of reverb (to let the gibbons ring out)."

Kaeng Krachan Park reimagined by Oli Noble and Murray Gray.

IMAGE: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.

Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage