ABOUT BIOSONANCE
MISSION
The Biosonance World Sound Archive is a community sourced digital repository focused on the preservation of ecological audio recordings. Our mission is to collect, preserve, and provide access to audio recordings of the extraordinary and delicate ecosystems throughout planet Earth during this period of intense climate, social, and technological change. We provide a centralized audio database for soundscape ecology research, education, and creative purposes.
We at Biosonance believe that no creature exists in isolation. Our objective is to capture, represent, and archive the soundscapes of different ecosystems in their diversity and complexity. By listening to and analyzing soundscapes as a whole, we can better understand the interrelationships between animal, natural, and human sounds. By contextualizing recordings with geolocation, season, time, and date, we can track changes in the acoustic ecology over time, and even develop connections across bioregions.
To grow the network of individuals & organizations working on audio ecological projects, Biosonance will:
Partner with scientists to focus on ecosystems of particular significance to aid in study, preservation, and long term tracking of changes.
Work with different organizations to educate, and aid in preservation and restoration projects.
Collaborate with creatives, researchers, and sound recordists to capture high quality recordings in remote places.
Invite citizen scientists to capture and share audio from their own backyards.
Broaden the scope of audio recordings of biodiversity.
Provide accessibility to the sounds of our world.
Christopher Melton is a sound recordist, artist, and multimedia archivist. He currently lives in rural Oregon, where he hikes with his dog, converses with trees, volunteers at the local historical museum, and works remotely for a private archive.
His practical focus is A/V preservation, conservation, digitization, and accessibility. He is interested in utilizing his love of sound, film, ephemeral materials, and the natural world to cultivate positive social and ecological change.