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ROCHE, JEAN C. - Birds of Venezuela

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Sub Rosa SRV411 Release Year: 2018 Note: JEAN C. ROCHE is a French ornithologist and wildlife field recordist, the definite expert in this area with over 130 releases so far; in 1973 he released this LP with simply amazing bird-sounds from Venezuela, now re-discovered by DAVID TOOP who is responsible for the new liner notes.. => really THE MOST INCREDIBLE BIRD-CALLS and SOUNDS we ever encountered - some could be human or even electric.. very much in the vein of CHRIS WATSON - a lovely record! Price (incl. 19% VAT): €15.00 More Info Among many of his amazing records I came across Jean C. Roché's Birds of Venezuela, beautifully produced LPs of birdsong. I began to plan a trip to Amazonas, to record the unearthly song of potoos and Yanomami shamanism. (David Toop) The bird on the cover. The potoo, this metal-looking bird is one of the sonorous curiosities of this mad nature, the sound that he produces essentially is a death song that David Toop listen, in his 1978 expedition, but was unable to record. Amazement playing its role. The bird songs which i had recorded in the West Indies in 1969 made me inclined to find out more about those of the nearby South American continent, and convinced me, moreover, that musically speaking, they possessed an unquestionable originality in comparison with those of Africa and Europa. I therefore decided to carry out a series of orthonological trips on this continent, starting with the North: Venezuela, and so, with this in mind, i disembarked at Caracas on 27th May 1972. The unusual musical volume of this tropical country made its impact on my arrival in town, where the unbearably shrill chirping of the cicadas overwhelmed me each time I passed under a tree. At night fall, around even the meanest of ditches filled by the daily rain, myriads of toads and frogs struck up a concert, which, through its sheer intensity, muffled all other surrounding noises. When I penetrated the forest, I could hear bird species literally by the dozen and individuals by the hundred, all calling and singing together at dawn and at dusk... (Jean C. Roché)