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Parts 1 & 2 Hybrid presents recordings that feature sounds that come to us from the world outside - the sounds of the natural and manmade environments, as well as machines.  

FROGS

Wetland I (exc)
by Shaun Rigney
from "Wetlands"
released on Terra Australia

Wonderfrogs (exc)
by Jean Roche
from "The Dreams of Gaia"
released on Earthear

Empire i
by Jon Hassell
from "Aka Darbari Java"
released on EG

Unfamiliar Wind
by Brian Eno
from "Ambient 4: On Land"
released on EG

OCEAN & SEA

Mysticete
by Lisa Walker
from "Grooved Whale"
released on Earthear

Marine
by Francis Dhomont
from "Mouvances - Metaphores"
released on Empreintes Digitales

The Cry of Youth (exc)
by Kathy Turco
from "The Dreams of Gaia"
released on EarthEar

Sea Chorus
by Howlin' Wind
from "Queenscliff Music Festival: The Soundscape"
unreleased

TRAINS

tracks 1, 2, 3
by KLF
from "Chill Out"
released on Wax Trax

Three Trains (exc)
by Quiet American
from "Vox Americana"
released on QA distributed by Anomalous

INSECTS

Shadow
by Brian Eno
from "Ambient 4: On Land"
released on EG

The Emergent Pond (exc)
by David Dunn
from "Angels and Insects"
released on OO Discs

Gobi
by Monolake
from "The Desert EP"
released on Monolake

WATER & RAIN

TheRiver Lethe (exc)
by Quiet American
from "Vox Americana"
released on QA distributed by Anomalous

Drumming on Water
by Steve Gorn, Tony Levin & Jerry Marotta
from "From the Caves of the Iron Mountain"
released on Discipline Global Mobile

Goondiwindi
by Rik Rue
from "Ocean Flows"
released on Tall Poppies

Garden of Paradise (exc)
by Steve Hillage
from "Rainbow Dome Musick"
released on Virgin

Part four (exc)
by Eric la Casa
from "Le Pierres del Seuil 4-7"
released on Editions....xii distributed by Earthear

Aqua Profunda (exc)
by Brian May
from "Beam Up"
released on Zonar

BIRDS

Currawong (exc)
by Moya Henderson
from "Listening Room: Alpha"
released on ABC Records distributed by EMI

Balmoral
by Elwyn Dennis
from "Listening Room: Gamma"
released on ABC Records distributed by EMI

First Light (exc)
by qQuiet American
from "Moorish Idol"
released on QA

CLIMATE

The World Behind You (exc)
by Social Interiors
from "The World Behind You"
released on Extreme

Spring (exc)
by Wendy Carlos
from "Sonic Seasonings"
released on East Side Digital

Amazon Nights (exc)
by Bernie Kraus
from "Notes from the Wild"
released on Ellipsis Arts

Toothwalking
by David Rothenberg
from "Unamuno"
released on New Tone

TEMPLES, MOSQUES & CHURCHES

Call to Prayer
by Loren Nerell
from "Indonesian Soundscapes"
released on Soleilmoon

untitled track 1
by Quiet American
from "Tesselations 1: Moments in Burma"
released on QA

The Shadow of the Mosque
by Steven M Miller
from "Subterranea"
released on Robi Droli

Maitreya: The Future Buddha (exc)
by David Parsons
from "Buddha: Radiant Awakening"
released on Celestial Harmonies

Pool of St Helen
by Richard Lerman
from "Within Ear-Reach: Sonic Journeys"
released on Artifact

VILLAGES & MARKETPLACES

Boys Playing
by David Dunn
from "The Lion in Which the Spirits of Royal Ancestors Make their Home"
released on IML

Bus Depot + Frogs + Through the Market
by Loren Nerell
from "Indonesian Soundscapes"
released on Soleilmoon

3 Cityscapes (exc)
by Richard Lerman
from "Within Ear-Reach: Sonic Journeys"
released on Artifact

Morte de Soundjata Keita (exc)
by Paolo Modugno
from "La Bala et la Mouche"
released on Newtone

THE HUMAN BREATH

Making Sago
by Anonymous
from "Voices of the Rainforest"
released on Ryko

The Respirator
by Gregory Whitehead
from "The Pleasure of Ruins"
released on Staalplaat

Scheschme (exc)
by Klaus Wiese & Saam Schlaminger
from "Qaladar"
released on Black Rose

MACHINES

Cash Dispenser
by Otomo Yoshihide
from "We Insist?"
released on Sound Factory

Havana Wails (exc)
by All India Radio
from "002"
released on Shock

Premonition (exc)
by David Sylvian & Holger Czukay
from "Plight & Premonition"
released on Virgin

Intermission + News
by Kraftwerk
from "Radioactivity"
released on Capitol

Shortwave "Numbers" Broadcast: Track 1, Disc 2
by Anonymous
from "The Conet Project"
released on Irdial

Drying Clothes Made Entirely from Zippers
by Tentatively a Convenience
from "Cassette Mythos"
released on Cassette Mythos

CITIES

Narla
by Melbient
from "Melbient"
released on Melbient

Rodenkirchener Brucke
by Michael Rusenberg
released on Earth Ear Radio

A Walk Through the City (exc)
by Hildegard Westerkamp
from "Transformations"
released on Empreintes Digitales