Description:	CD of nice fishy noises
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Field Recordings
	Label:	Gruenrekorder
	Price:	£12.49
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

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...according to our Phil on 14 May 2009.

Diving in the deep end is CD called Marine Mammals and Fish of Lofoten and Vesteralen. Which is exactly what you get on the disc itself so technically the artists are the fish and marine mammals themselves, although a lady called Heike Vester was on recording duties. I'd like to think they get some of the royalties (maybe Flipper could get an extra fish one day?) This is a serious CD featuring various different types of whales, dolphins, seals and err.... Mackerel all recorded in varying states around the coast of Norway for your evening maritime enjoyment. This is very much for fans of Chris Watson and if you're into wildlife sounds then this has your name embroidered on it. There's no music on this record.... Unless you call the sounds/songs of these animals music which you may or may not do. It's really interesting though and some of the sounds dug up by mother nature herself are way more interesting than what a lot of folks can come up with with their computers and latest plugins. It looks like some of the royalties go to the WWF (not the wrestling dudes) so it's all for a jolly good cause. Comes in a nice digipack with a booklet inside explaining everything in the correct amout of detail. Nice!

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Sound clips for Marine Mammals and Fish of Lofoten and Vesteralen by Heike Vester/Ocean Sounds: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Gruenrekorder, gruen066, £12.49.

What their label says...

All sounds were recorded by Heike Vester / Ocean Sounds (www.ocean-sounds.com)
Recorded with Reson TC4032 Hydrophone, 20 m cable and custom built ETEC amplifier on either Edirol or Korg MR1000 recorder.

Biologist, coordinator and founder of Ocean Sounds, specialized in Bio-acoustics of marine animals.

Born in 1969 in Germany, studied Biology at the FU in Berlin until 1998, when she decided to immigrate to Northern Norway. 1999-2003 studied Arctic Biology and Physiology at the University of Tromsø and worked as a seasonal whale watching guide. Received her Masters of Science at the University of Tromsø, Norway in 2003.

She moved to Henningsvær on Lofoten in February 2004 and founded Ocean Sounds in August 2005. During the winter months 2003-2008 she studied Killer Whales in northern Norway. Currently, she is working on her PhD thesis - on the vocal behavior of killer whales - in cooperation with the Cognitive Ethology Group at the University of Göttingen in Germany.

Her main interest is to preserve life on this planet by trying to minimize human destruction…