“Collage” explores the Pando Forest through a series of recordings made with contact microphones. It includes the sound of bark being pulled off a tree, ants walking over a branch, piezo mics attached to leaves that rattle in the wind, the sound of water, recordings of the tree’s underground soundscape and roots, and the voice of a mysterious creature. There is some minimal processing of the sounds within the piece. Produced as part of an artist residency with the non-profit group Friends of Pando and included in the series Pando Suite.

Track notes:

·      :00 Leaves rattling in the wind (recorded using piezo contact microphones).

·      :30 Hydrophone recording of a nearby stream.

·      1:08 Dry bark pulled from a dead branch (piezo contact microphone).

·      1:29 Water seeping from a nearby creek (hydrophone).

·      2:49 An ant walking over a branch followed by the sound of leaves rattling in the wind (piezo contact microphone).

·      3:44 The sound of a cupful of water being poured over a hydrophone that is buried under mulch in a hole at the bottom of one of Pando’s trunks.

·      4:17 The sound from a hydrophone in contact with Pando’s roots. The sound was recorded during a thunderstorm with copious wind (the sound of leaves attached to piezo contact microphones are mixed into the recording).

·      7:33 The sound of an unidentified creature beneath the tree (hydrophone).

·      9:48 Leaves rattling in the wind (piezo contact microphones).