Songs of Disappearance | Australian Bird Calls 

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In this ARIA chart-topping recording of pure birdsong you can hear 53 of our most threatened species. The title track of the album 'Songs of Disappearance' celebrates the incredible diversity of the Australian soundscape, and highlights what we stand to lose without taking action. Be immersed in a chorus of iconic cockatoos, the buzzing of bowerbirds, a bizarre symphony of seabirds, and the haunting call of one of the last remaining night parrots.
A collaboration between the acclaimed nature recordist David Stewart, Nature Sound, the Bowerbird Collective, BirdLife Australia, Charles Darwin University and Mervyn Street of Mangkaja Arts, this project, released alongside the 2020 Action Plan for Australian Birds, shows that Australians will not allow these precious avian voices to be silenced.
Senior Gooniyandi artist Mervyn Street from Mangkaja Arts in Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, produced more than 100 individual paintings for this animation by Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman, which beautifully depicts some of our most iconic threatened species in their natural habitat.
A note for all the birdwatchers out there: we know that the calls do not match the birds on screen, but with 53 species each appearing for only several seconds, this would have required a project budget to rival Pixar!
Animation Credits
Artwork | Mervyn Street, Mangkaja Arts, www.mangkaja.com
Direction, Animation, Editing | Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman, www.bernadettett.com
Concept | The Bowerbird Collective
Production Assistant | Natalie Davey
Album Credits
Nature Recordings | David Stewart Nature Sound, www.naturesound.com.au
'Songs of Disappearance' Arrangement | Simone Slattery
Album Production, Editing, PR | Anthony Albrecht
Album Design & Concept | The Bowerbird Collective, www.bowerbirdcollective.org
Scientific Advisors | Prof. Stephen Garnett & Sean Dooley, birdlife.org.au
Special Thanks
Liam Kennedy
Maggie Slattery
Paul Sullivan
Sean Dooley
Samantha Winnicki
Natalie Davey
Stephen Green
Mark Bolton
Eric Pilkington
Supported by the Government of Western Australia

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