1 Dawn Chorus (2:05)
2 Aurorasong (10:39)
3 Dawn Chorus (1:31)
4 Kindoms And Phyla: Part 4 (Alar Grace) (4:32)
5 White-Bearded Manakin (Manacus Manacus) (2:02)
6 Green Oropendola (Psarocolius Viridis) (2:50)
7 Dawn Chorus (1:22)
8 Yasashii Kaze (Gentle Wind) (2:27)
9 Yasashii Kaze (Gentle Wind) (2:28)
10 Yasashii Kaze (Gentle Wind) (2:30)
11 Yasashii Kaze (Gentle Wind) (2:29)
12 Yasashii Kaze (Gentle Wind) (2:34)
13 Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus Tricolor) (1:32)
14 Black And White Casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes Subcylindricus) (2:10)
15 Golden-Rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus Bilineatus) (0:13)
16 Aria Locustae (7:15)
17 Screaming Piha (Lipaugus Vociferans) (0:40)
18 Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola Cristata) (0:25)
19 Parakeets (Myiopsitta Monachus) (0:20)
20 Ice Diver (6:43)
21 Dawn Chorus (1:57)
22 Aracua-do-Pantanal (Ortalis Canicollis) (0:55)
23 Kingdoms And Phyla: Part 5 (5:57)
24 White-Backed Vultures (Gyps Bengalensis) (1:02)
25 Assorted Bird (1:39)
Quin's main activity is as a wildlife recordist, but he's also active as a composer. This wonderful album focusses on bird sounds (albeit with a few other guest animals), with compositions such as Aurorasong sampling and layering a huge variety of chirrupping and whistling, gradually transforming in this case into an intricate field of granular electronics. Alar Grace transforms sampled sounds of bird wings, insect wings and whispering, with bizarre results, although not as strange as the alien buzzings and poppings of the processed cicada on Aria Locustae, while tracks like Yasashii Kaze combine the birdsong less successfully with other instruments, in this case a lyrical solo clarinet. However, it's the birdsong itself that makes this such an entertaining listen, especially since Quin seems to have gone out of his way to record some of the richest dawn choruses and weirdest bird voices on earth: the Green Oropendola that provides the album's title is one of the most impressive. Quin's extensive sleeve notes provide informative and fascinating background regarding both his compositional strategies and his many field trips.
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