Why Are the Birds So Loud at Midnight? (Cool Tapes)

It's spring as hell here in the Bay. Flowers are blooming, temperatures are rising, and the birds are staying up really late. I'm only guessing the invigorating springtime air is why we had birds singing long into the night yesterday. I went out onto my porch with my trusty Tascam handheld recorder and pointed it at the tree across the street where most of them were. I piped that recording into one of the channels on my other trusty Tascam, the Portastudio. With the other 3 channels, I plucked around ambiently on some synth patches.

I've been making a lot of tracks like this, field recordings + ambient synths, and besides this one right now I don't have any intention of releasing them publically. It's been years since I've made art just for myself and I didn't realize how much I missed that until I put together a whole tape of ambient tunes this month. It's exciting having a whole album to myself!

Nicky Flowers - 04/25/25 - I hope this is half as pleasing to listen to as it was to put together :-) - (send any comments/questions to hello at nickyflowers dot com)