Echolocation
By Naturespace · 10 reviews ·
3am, outside the mouth of a bat cave on one of the Bay Islands of Honduras. The bats fly in circles in almost complete silence— at least to our ears. However, this track reveals their secret world, brought into sonic visibility by slowing the sound down and placing the various chirps and pings across the musical range from bass through soprano. When we slow down the sounds, not only do we hear the bats with great detail, but the spaces they are navigating become clear as well. The bats use their chirps and tones to hear the landscape as their sonar reflects off the forest. This is an incredibly vivid experience as they slowly move through the space around you. You can feel the humid environment and visualize the island forest. We have not altered these sounds beyond slowing down the speed; the sonic reflections are all real. No other effects processing occurred. This track was designed to impart a relaxing evening mood that is contemplative and conducive to creative thinking, as well as making a great ambience for Halloween. We recommend playing it softly over speakers in the evening by candlelight. Under headphones it is both engaging and immersive. It is quite long with unique details throughout. The slowed-down bats are inset into the ambience they were in at the time. This space, which has light crickets, chirping geckos, and occasional gentle breezes, is unaltered.
What listeners say
Mesmerizing and calming.
Very very calming. I have always been fascinated by bats. I love it. Good choice!
I find Echolocation haunting, otherworldly and deeply sleep-inducing. I played it for a friend who was absolutely mesmerized. I didn’t see it as a track on iTunes - is it possible to purchase this single track to give to my friend? (Naturespace comment: Sorry, but Echolocation is only available from within the app.)
This is one of my favorite tracks in the app. The slowed-down echolocation sounds make it super-relaxing while giving it a ton of space so you feel like you're actually in the forest.
This is a really relaxing and immersive track. The echoing does give a sense of the space and dimension. Although I'm kind of terrified of bats, the echoing feels more like whale calls with long drawn out reverberations and a light breeze. A great track for meditation and help with falling asleep. One of my new favorites!
I've listened 2 this track with headphones & have 2 say it is probably my favorite track along with Beneath the Dreaming Trees & Stillness. The slowed down bat cries sound like whale songs. Quite beautiful. This track is very atmospheric & I absolutely love the crickets, helps, & light breeze. This 1 also lulls me 2 sleep & I sleep deep when listening 2 this track. This 1 also seems 2 promote a lot of vivid dreams, much more so than the recent Lucid Dreaming track. Love love LOVE this track & Naturespace! 😊💤
Interesting sound. Not scary at all, on the contrary, the bat sounds are cute ! Well done.
This is a cool track. The slowed down bat noises add a surreal, almost supernatural quality. It's dreamy without being sleepy, haunting without being eerie. The background ambience is excellent by itself, textured and interesting without being overly intrusive. Nice, and something completely different.
Love this new track, it's great for listening to on headphones when you need to drown out noise but remain clear and focused, not drowsy. I thought it might be creepy before listening, pleasantly surprised to find it soothing instead. Really fabulous work Naturespace team!
This track is amazing! Keep up the good work!!