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David de la Haye is a field-recordist, composer and sound technician working internationally to explore underwater soundscapes.

David explores our perception of beauty, microsound, and more-than-human interaction with nature through meticulous underwater recording and bioacoustic technologies. His eclectic portfolio includes international tours, artist residencies, educational workshops, and gallery installations. Industry achievements include winning the Ivan Juritz Prize (2023) and Sound Of The Year Award (2020) with nominations for an Ivor Novello Composer Award and Times Higher Education “Outstanding Technician of the Year”. David is an ambassador of the Culture County initiative in Durham, where he now lives with his partner and son, and is working towards a practice-led PhD at Newcastle University.

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Environments & Ambiences Hidden Sounds Series: Aquatic Plants Play Track 27 sounds included, 70 mins total $80

Marvel at sounds of the natural world that have rarely been documented.

The first library in the Hidden Sounds Series explores the magical and unexpected sound of aquatic plants. These truly fascinating sounds have been patiently recorded in natural habitats using a selection of hydrophones. The collection features a wide variety of plant photosynthesis sounds, from intense pulses to arrhythmic percussive patterns. The delicate underwater pops and clicks are perfect for realistic documentaries, but also reminiscent of early glitch music – let your imagination go wild. Sounds have been recorded in mono or stereo and are categorised into short, medium, and long durations to fit your project requirements. This is what it’s like to hear with ears underwater!

Equipment used: Zoom F8 and Sony PCM-M10 recorders. Aquarian Audio H2a, Aquarian Audio A5, and AquaBeat hydrophones.

All files are UCS compliant and fully meta-tagged. Recorded by internationally recognised sound recordist, David de la Haye.

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Wylie Stateman

Supervising sound editor,
The Hateful Eight, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill: Vol. 1

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Gabriel Guy

Re-recording Mixer, Walt Disney Animation Studios:
Frozen, Big Hero 6

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Wayne Pashley

Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer, The Lego Movie & Mad Max: Fury Road

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David Farmer

Sound designer:
Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit trilogies

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Director, Digital - Source Sound Inc.

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