Thatch, by Daniel Menche

Thatch

by Daniel Menche

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JAMES E ANDERSON The Life Force

neglectsound Its 108 degrees out and i'm listening to the sound of ants, what are you doing with your life?

Dave Aftandilian Who needs aliens when we have animals like these strange and wonderful ants right here on Earth? Individually their motions seem aimless, yet as a collective they accomplish incredible, purposeful feats of construction with a kind of intelligence we cannot even begin to fathom. As my attention drifts, their chewing and movement start to sound like rain and wind, but when I focus more intently, I feel I am almost hearing the slow, inexorable undermining of human civilization.

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Formica Obscuripes, more commonly known as Western Thatching Ants, are very common in the Northwest of North America. While I was on Vashon Island in Washington state, I found a gigantic anthill that stood nearly 5ft tall. Thousands of ants built this hill with their relentless hard work. I took two piezo contact mics and placed them on the top of the hill with a hard left/right pan to a recorder. I hit record and captured these mighty ants crawling and scratching my microphones. I made this recording in the late afternoon and also early the next morning to capture any differences in ant activity due to the time of day, but it appeared that they worked just as hard at both times. This recording is "as-is" without any mastering or effects. Some EQ was involved and also some slight edits of the two different moments were made to make this recording cohesive.

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released July 6, 2023

Recorded July 3 and 4th, 2023 at Vashon Island, Washington

Enormous gratitude to Faith Coloccia and Aaron Turner who showed me the exact location of this amazing anthill. While recording these ants I had them listen to it live and they both responded “I could listen to this for an hour” ……… Mission accomplished!

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Daniel Menche: abstract musician and photography artist.

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