Gordon Hempton
About the artist
Gordon Hempton is an international acoustic ecologist and Emmy Award-winning sound recordist. For nearly 25 years he has provided professional audio services to musicians, galleries, museums, and media producers, including Microsoft, Smithsonian, National Geographic, Discovery, National Public Radio, and numerous other businesses and organizations. He has received recognition from the Charles A. Lindbergh Fund, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rolex Awards for Enterprise.
Top songs
- Dawn II (Amazonia, Brazil, December 5, 1990)
- Forest Rain (Charity Version)
- Tropical Night (Sinharaja Forest, Sri Lanka, October 12, 1990)
- Dawn I (Amazonia, Brazil, December 5, 1990)
- Hole in the Ground (Hole-in-the-ground, Washington, August 14, 1989)
- Rock Creek (Rocky Gulch, Washington, September 20, 1989)
- Atlantic Sunrise (Cape Cod, Massachusetts, September 24, 2004)
- Eastern US
- Promise (Amazonia, Brazil, December 5,1990)
- Rialto Beach (Olympic National Seashore, Washington, May 25, 1989)
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- Primeval Forest (Joyce Kilmer, North Carolina, April 15, 1989)
- Forest Rain
- Love Song of the American Toad (Land-between-the-lakes, Tennessee, May 30, 1992)
- Sharp Tail Lek (Halsey, Nebraska, May 1, 1998)
- Ocean Dreams (Charity Version)
- Atlantic Sunrise
- The Clearing (Caney Creek, Kansas, April 16, 1990)
- Northwestern US
- Light Out for the Territory (Mississippi River, Arkansas, April 8, 1990)
- Songs Of Spring (Charity Version)
- Sleeping Rain Forest (Amazonia, Brazil, December 10, 1990)
- Shadow of the Leopard (Sinharaja Forest, Sri Lanka, October 12, 1990)
- Ocean Dreams
- Journey to Ellen Creek
- Riverside (Uda Wala Way, Sri Lanka, October 16, 1990)
- Aspen Grove
- Desert Thunder
- Songs of Spring
- Atlantic
- Rialto Beach
- Kansas Frost
- Alabama Mist
- Riverbank Birdsong
- Missouri Shower
- Mississippi Dawn
- Journey to Ellen Creek (Olympic National Seashore, Washington, May 11, 1993)
- South America: Amazon Rain Forest
- Arkansas Bottomland
- Dunes (Cape Cod, Massachusetts, September 26, 2004)
- Georgia Twilight
- Nevada Snowmelt
- Carolina Predawn
- Babbling Brook (Chan Chich, Belize, February 6, 1995)
- Sipsey River
- Om Telephone Wire (Pine City, Washington, June 13, 1989)
- Utah Raven Nest
- Sandspit
- Sierra Sunrise
- The Cave (Maui, Hawaii, January 22, 2002)
- Meadowlark
- Gentle Rain
- Root Chamber
- Pacific
- Western US
- Prairie Lek
- Colorado Mesa
- Olympic National Park
- Asia: Misty Isle (Full album in one track)
- primeval forest
- Rainy Creek
- Ocean Beach
- Oakland Hollow
- Cathedral of Giant Trees
- Sleeping Rain Forest
- Aspen Trees
- Call of the Meadowlark (Calusa, California, May 13, 1990)
- Autumn Echoes
- Back of the Cave (Maui, Hawaii, January 22, 2002)
- Carmel California
- Autumn Echoes (Charity Version)
- Marbled Murrelets
- Rainfall at Dawn
- Driftwood Forest (Rialto Beach, Washington, April 2, 1996)
- Desert Thunder (Kalahari, South Africa, October 30, 1990)
- Song of the Merced River (Yosemite, California, 1993-1994)
- Dunes - Full album in one track
- Spotted Owls Remembered
- Amazon Rain Forest
- Midwestern US
- Mouth
- Thunder
- Earth: A Day in the Life of a Planet (Full album in one track)
- Summer Night (Rocky Gulch, Washington, August 16, 1984)
- Cedar Creek
- Receding Tide Reveals Creek
- Lower Reach
- Dawn Chorus
- Old Slough
- Deep Wood
- Thunder Cloud
- Tide Pool
- Songbird Solo
- Twilight
- Homecoming (Astrid Lake, Minnesota, May 13, 1998)
- Aspen Trees (Methow Valley, Washington, June 12, 1998.)
- Trickle Falls
- Before Light
- Raven Family (Canyonlands, Utah, May 1, 1990)
- Ancient Forest
- Beneath the Silence (Long Island, Washington, May 21, 1989)
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