African Adventures

Tracklist

• 1
  Ark of the Waterhole. A dramatic 24-hour day-night sound portrait of events at a waterhole in Kenya. Wildebeests and colobus monkeys join a hammerkop (bird) as the sun rises above the horizon and heats the forest surrounding this main source of African life. Then a downpour cools the air. Later, mating crested cranes, elephants, masked weaver birds, lions, a giant forest pig, hippos, and a funny-sounding chorus of tree hyrax all lend their wonderful voices to this natural performance.

  [nature sounds]
  29:34
• 2
  The Mighty, Great Gorilla. The mountain gorilla lives in ever-shrinking preserves high in the rain forest of central east Africa. Nearly every day begins with a rainstorm. The fragile rhythm of gorilla life includes families playing, lovingly interacting with the newborn and young, foraging for tender bamboo shoots, and clinging to their lives among the exotic sounds of insects, birds, and other mammals sharing the habitat with them.

  [nature sounds]
  18:57

More by Bernie Krause

The Great Animal Orchestra: Symphony for Orchestra and Wild Soundscapes

The Great Animal Orchestra: Symphony for Orchestra and Wild Soundscapes 2014

Particles of Dawn: Scenes from The Great Animal Orchestra

Particles of Dawn: Scenes from The Great Animal Orchestra 2013

Evening Rain

Evening Rain 1996

Rain Forest Dreams

Rain Forest Dreams 1995

Tropical Thunder

Tropical Thunder 1994

A Wild Christmas

A Wild Christmas 1994

Release credits

• Bernie Krause
  executive, engineer, mix, recording, remixer
• David Watts
  additional
• Lorna Anness
  additional
• Louis Sarno
  additional

Issues

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  A
  African Adventures

  CD
  1997