This ‘Unarcheology Radio’ mix presents an imaginary soundscape made of sounds of crickets, cicadas and dragonflies from all over the world, coexisting with ultrasounds from bats, here transposed to audible frequencies. From the montage emerges an illogical ecosystem of sounds normally found very distant from each other and from us, both on a geographic map and on the sound spectrum.
Picture: iš Johan Erik Vesti Boas book, 1912 m. „Auricular cartilage and outer ear of mammals; a comparative anatomical examination“
00:00 Type of Orthoptera sounds interfering with bats’ ultrasounds
00:15 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus hunting far from a hedge during an April night
00:55 “Brood” (from Broken Hearted Dragonflies (Insect Electronica From Southeast Asia)
02:56 Nyctalus Noctula – social calls emitted in high flight – 15 khz
03:35 Hypsugo Savii – hunting over a meadow at dusk – 33,5 khz
04:26 Eptesicus Nilssonii in high flight (almost constant frequency/sound resembles a
popping bubble)
05:22 Tadarida Teniotis – hunting over a river near a cliff – 14 khz
06:08 Pipistrellus Kuhlii (levelled frequency modulation) – scanning from 38 to 35 then
from 35 to 45 khz
06:18 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus & Pipistrellus Kuhlii – group of bats emitting on different
frequencies
06:45 “Morning Fanfare” (from Broken Hearted Dragonflies (Insect Electronica From
Southeast Asia)
07:28 Myotis Nattereri hunting among foliage – very rapid pulse rate
08:16 Myotis Mystacinus – hunting at the forest’s edge (for comparison) – 49 khz
09:04 Vespertilio Murinus – long signal – 25 khz
09:44 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus – social calls emitted in flight – 17 and 20 khz
10:32 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus – cyclic fm (social calls)
11:04 Eptesicus Nilssonii – the initial section of the signal is explosive
12:06 Rhinolophus Hipposideros (constant frequency)
12:46 Myotis Myotis hunting over a meadow at dusk in the summer – very regular pulse
rate
13:39 Pipistrellus Kuhlii (levelled frequency modulation) – scanning from 38 to 35 then
from 35 to 45 khz
13:49 Myotis Daubentonii (steep frequency modulation) – scanning from 30 to 55 khz
14:05 Myotis Daubentonii & Pipistrellus Pipistrellus together – 45 khz
14:19 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus hunting far from a hedge during an April night
15:16 Tadarida Teniotis hunting near vegetation (steep fm) then flying away into the open
(levelled fm)
15:48 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus hunting near a hedge at dusk in the summer
15:50 Thailand Khao Yai National Park, At Night 1
16:20 Myotis Myotis hunting over a meadow in early spring – irregular pulse rate
16:44 Pipistrellus nathusii – social calls (two trills of different frequencies)
17:25 France, Bugey, End Of April, At Night
17:28 Pipistrellus Nathusii – social calls (two trills of different frequencies)
18:42 Vespertilio Murinus – social calls of juveniles in the roost
18:51 Nyctalus Noctula – social calls emitted around a roost in dense undergrowth (about
40 khz)
19:03 Nyctalus Noctula – social calls emitted in flight – 15 khz
19:05 Rhinolophus Ferrumequinum long cf + steep fm
19:25 Nyctalus Noctula – long levelled fm (social calls)
20:00 Cameroon Near Douala, At Night, Savana 4
20:17 France, Bugey, At Night, In Mid August 2
21:00 “Particle Swarm Intelligence” (from Broken Hearted Dragonflies (Insect Electronica
From Southeast Asia)
21:24 Type of Orthoptera sounds interfering with bats’ ultrasounds
22:42 Hypsugo Savii – undulating fm (social calls)
23:20 Eptesicus Serotinus – the initial section of the signal is progressive
24:06 Myotis Nattereri – sharp click at the end of the signal
24:35 Cameroon Near Douala, At Night, Savana 5
25:46 Réunion Island St Etienne River, At Night 2
26:06 Southern Tunisia, Chemsa Oasis, At Night
26:20 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus – edge of a forest near a pond – 45 khz
26:29 Cameroon Near Douala, At Night, Savana 2
26:40 Martinique, At Night, At The Forest Edge
26:55 Barbastella Barbastellus – flying in an illuminated village and among trees, with
social calls
26:57 Reunion Island, Cirque De Cilaos, Nightfall 1
27:12 Réunion Island St Etienne River, At Night
27:28 France, Bugey, End Of April, At Night
27:41 Myotis Myotis, Blythii – several bats hunting in undergrowth – 35 khz
27:50 Northern Venezuela, In The Day, In Equatorial Forest
28:30 China, Omei Setchouan Mount, During The Day 1
29:06 China, Omei Setchouan Mount, During The Day 2
29:19 Northern Australia, Barine Lake, At Night
29:16 Japanese Cicadas*
30:00 Martinique Forest Near Fort De France
30:08 France Haute Provence, In A Vineyard At Night
30:40 France Bugey, On The Grand Colombier Mountain 2
31:08 France, Bugey, At Night, In Mid August 2
31:25 Reunion Island, Cirque De Cilaos, Nightfall 2
31:38 Thailand Khao Yai National Park, At Night 3
31:50 Cameroon Near Douala, At Night, Savana 3
32:08 France Bugey, On The Grand Colombier Mountain 1
32:20 China, Omei Setchouan Mount, At Night, In The Grass
32:23 Myotis Mystacinus – hunting at the edge of a forest 48 khz
32:55 Plecotus Auritus, austriacus – flying near the edge of the forest, close to the
vegetation
33:05 Tadarida Teniotis – hunting at high level over meadows and forests – 9,5 khz
33:13 Nyctalus Leisleri – structural modification as the bat approaches an obstacle
33:29 Myotis Nattereri flying over a clearing – slow pulse rate
33:36 Myotis Dabentonii & Myotis Mystacinus hunting together _ the latter’s calls are
weaker
33:48 hunting signals from Nyctalus Noctula (20 khz)
33:49 social calls of Pipistrellus Pipistrellus (20 khz)
33:57 Myotis Myotis, Blythii
34:00 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus hunting near a hedge at dusk in the summer
34:01 Myotis Mystacinus – hunting over a wooded river – 50 khz
34:06 Myotis Emarginatus – hunting in light undergrowth – 47 khz
34:12 Pipistrellus Kuhlii – hunting at night in an illuminated village – 38 khz
34:13 Pipistrellus Pipistrellus – hunting over a river flanked by trees – 45 khz
34:22 Myotis Emarginatus – hunting in light undergrowth – 47 khz
34:34 Myotis Myotis, Blythii
34:41 Eptesicus Serotinus hunting – many capture sequences (accelerated pulse rate)
34:45 Rhinolophus Ferrumequinum – flying at the edge of the forest – 82 khz
35:25 Rhinolophus Euryale – flying inside a cave – 104 khz
35:51 Myotis Daubentonii (steep frequency modulation) – scanning from 30 to 55 khz
36:14 Myotis Daubentonii (steep frequency modulation) – scanning from 30 to 55 khz
36:16 Vespertilio Murinus – typical high-level hunt over a wooded river – 24 khz
37:29 Tadarida Teniotis – hunting over a river (with Pipistrellus Kuhlii) – 14 khz
37:43 Nyctalus Leisleri – bat hunting in the open – 23 khz
37:49 Nyctalus Noctula – hunting at high level over a village – 20 khz
38:07 Nyctalus Noctula – group hunting inside a park with tall trees (fm 25 khz) and above
a hedge
38:19 Nyctalus Noctula – hunting near street lights – fm structure – 24 khz
38:30 Nyctalus Leisleri – group hunting at very high level – 23 at 25 khz
39:02 Vespertilio Murinus – bat hunting at the edge of a forest – 25 khz
39:03 Eptesicus Nilssonii – hunting at high level over a lake (Myotis Daubentonii in
background) – 27,5 khz
39:07 Eptesicus Nilssonii – low flight after emergence from the roost
39:12 Eptesicus Nilssonii – typical hunt over street lights (amplitude alternation) – 28,5 khz
39:15 Eptesicus Serotinus – hunting at dusk over a meadow 27 khz
39:20 Japanese Cicadas*
39:22 Eptesicus Serotinus – hunting among foliage of large oak trees – steep fm 27 khz
39:41 Nyctalus leisleri – social calls emitted in flight – 15 khz
40:00 Eptesicus Serotinus – social calls in a nursery colony (adult + juveniles)
All tracks (except*) From Albums:
- Brokenhearted Dragonflies: Insect Electronica From Southeast Asia
Album by Martine Tucker:
- Cigales et grillons & autres insectes chanteurs du mondes / Cicadas and Crickets
Album by Jean C. Roché and Jean Thévenet:
- Ballades Dans L’Inaudible / The Inaudible World
Album by Michel Barataud:
