Ángel Pérez Grandi

A while back I spent time recording some truly extraordinary sounds from replicas of prehistoric and medieval musical instruments. Bronze horns, stone flutes, bone whistles… primal sounds that have accompanied rituals and gatherings for hundreds of years. That work became the Ancient Music Ireland Vol.1 Sound Library, and PALEOSONIC, a companion Kontakt instrument. It still feels like a special collaboration to me so I wrote a few words about the process. (Link in Bio) If you work with sound or simply love the rawness of ancient sounds, give it a read and a listen. #soundlibrary #soundeffectslibrary #sounddesign #filmsound #gamesound #samplelibrary #ancientsounds #ancientmusicireland #prehistoricsounds #soundark #composer #sounddesigner

Unidentified stridulations inside a tree stump. This recording was inspired by the adventures in soil ecoacoustics of my friend Les Goodyer - who has recorded this and other wonderful sounds before. #wildlifesound #wildlifesoundrecording #vibroscape #biotremology #soilecoacoustics #soilacoustics #fieldrecording #soundsofnature

Excited to share that I’m a contributor to Perspectives on Wildlife Sound Recording: An Overview of Modern Practice, written and edited by Mark Ferguson. This book brings together diverse voices and approaches in the field of wildlife sound recording, and I’m proud to play a small part in it. It’s a real honour to be featured alongside peers whose work I deeply admire: 
Izabela Dłużyk, Simon Elliott @simonsound5 , Samuel Kudjodzi @csem_official , Jo Kennedy @jokennedysound , Greg Green @soundgreg , Nikki Sheth @nikkimsheth , Axel Drioli @axelwildsound , Jana Winderen @jana.winderen , Matt Mikkelsen @matthewmikkelsen , Laura Giannone @laurag_ets , Seán Ronayne @irishwildlifesounds , Hans van den Berg, Andy Martin @andymartinnaturesound , Helen Hedworth @helesonic and Mark Ferguson. Looking forward to seeing it out in the world soon! Release date: 5th May 2026 🎉 (Available for Pre-Order) Further details here 👉 /collections/mark-ferguson/products/perspectives-on-wildlife-sound-recording?variant=55976116355450 (link in Bio) #wildlifesoundrecording #wildlifesound @pelagicpublishing #fieldcraft #soundrecording #wildlife #bookrelease

Had the pleasure to mix this audio docuseries for @TATE , focused on the life and work of artist Ithell Colhuquon. Captivating stuff made all the more interesting by Gwenno’s soundtrack. A beautiful collaborative effort guided by the brilliant @scoxalis . Full production credits: PRODUCER Scott Morris @scoxalis SOUND DESIGN Written and performed by Gwenno @gwennosaunders with Additional processing and mixing by Rhys Edwards SOUND RECORDISTS Simone Carty, Georgia Guilmard, Alex Hanton Rhys, Matt Hughes, Richard Jones SOUND EDITOR Tess Davidson SOUND MIX Ángel Pérez Grandi VOICEOVER ACTOR Aurora Fearnley CONTRIBUTORS Emma Chambers, Amy Hale, Bharti Kher, Stewart Lee, Lally Macbeth, Katy Norris, Gwenno Saunders, Matthew Shaw, Richard Shillitoe

Introducing our new team of Sound Magazine editors! Greg, Ángel and Graham were each asked to pick a sound recording from a previous issue that inspired them in some way. ➡️ Here is Ángel @soundarkstudios presenting a recording by Les Goodyer from November 2022: Sounds from the soil. Angel says “hearing these sounds was a ground-breaking moment”. Send us your choices! Is there a recording from a previous Sound Mag that stayed with you? Or why not join WSRS and send us your recordings to be featured in the Sound Mag? We welcome all contributions. Good, bad, interesting, informative, travelogues, funny… #wildlifesoundrecordingsociety #wildlifesound #wildlifesoundrecording #naturesounds #bioacoustics #biotremology

📣 @bioportraits  presenta especie #3 “Canto del Tero común y Saltamontes” - Pantanos del Río Paraná, Argentina  Angel Pérez Grandi (ES) 📣 Los lazos familiares con Argentina hacen que sea un lugar que llevo en el corazón. Quince años después de mi primera y única visita, volví. Esta vez con una grabadora en la mano y ganas de explorar. Esta grabación se realizó en los pantanos que bordean el río Paraná, el segundo más largo de Sudamérica después del caudaloso Amazonas. . Se escuchan Teros (Vanellus chilensis) como se les conoce localmente, muy comunes en estas zonas y en toda Sudamérica excepto en los bosques densos. Los teros se han beneficiado de la extensión del hábitat de pastizales abiertos gracias a la ganadería generalizada. Las otras especies predominantes en esta grabación son los saltamontes, una de las principales fuentes de alimento del Tero. . Podría decirse que estos sonidos son una muestra representativa de este vasto paisaje verde. Es mi presentación al proyecto @bioportraits dirigido por @vermillion_project y @damianjalf en Argentina, que pretende mostrar la naturaleza a través del sonido y la ciencia. 🔊 — Grabación de campo realizada en un atardecer de Verano cerca Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina las 19:32 PM 🎤 •Grabación: Ángel Pérez Grandi @soundarkstudios • Fotografía: Leonardo Santoro leosantoro •Dispositivo usado: Fostex FR2-LE, Rode NT4 •Localidad: en algún lugar cerca de Zárate, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina •Fecha y hora: 31 de diciembre de 2009, 19:32 BIO: Angel P. Grandi (ES), Artista sonoro y grabador de campo. Inspirado en la naturaleza para realizar sus trabajos. También dirije SoundArk, que ofrece servicios de producción y postproducción de audio. Actualmente reside en el Reino Unido y ha viajado por todo el mundo en búsqueda de nuevos sonidos. Pueden conocer más sus trabajos en su cuenta oficial de instagram ! /// Agradecimientos a quienes aportan a estas nutritivas investigaciones y a quienes comparten, difunden y se dedican a la preservación, conservación y enseñanza sobre la naturaleza Argentina y del mundo entero. #terocomun #sonidosdelanaturaleza #ConservacionSonora #ecologiaacustica #bioacustica

Chatting on occasion of World Gorilla Day with my daughter, and inspired by @colinhuntersound Mountain gorilla sound recording on @wildlife_sound socials, we made this. She did it all really. The words and performance are entirely hers. So proud of her. There’s a mere 1037 mountain gorillas left in the wild, folks. Yes there’s more of the other 3 species, but they are all in decline. And yes, mountain gorilla numbers are increasing, but 1000… — Gorilla by Isla Pérez (11) Gorilla, Silver backed, pure black, Muscles working. Gorilla, Loving caring, always sharing, Milk with its young. Gorilla, Tropical bear, finds the glare, Of leopard lurking. Gorilla, Swipes and swipes, and swipes again, Blood is washed off by the rain. Gorilla, Sees the glint of hunters gun, Turns around and starts to run. Does not make it far. Gorilla, Chest is rising falling, falling rising, This is what gorilla baby saw. Hoping dreaming, loving, Seeing the chest rise and fall. And never rise again. — 📸 Eastern Lowland Gorilla Infant_Joe McKenna_CC BY 2.0 #wildlifeconservation #worldgorilladay #poetry #spokenword #natureconservation #poem #nature @wwf @wwf_uk

Celebrating 🥳 receiving the Richard Margoschis Trophy from the Wildlife Sound Recording Society! Loving the silver 🦉 and I have to say it, it’s quite special having my name next to such legends of the field 👀 The piece is a documentary-style short story, mixing wildlife with memories. It was fun to make and also useful for myself and my family. 🙏 With that i’d like thank my two eldest daughters for the inspiration and for their time. Huge thanks to @wildlife_sound for this recognition, to the judges for the comments and to former Sound Magazine editor Simon Elliot @simonsound5 for insisting on having a go at narrating. Lastly, a special thanks to WSRS member and Audio Producer extraordinarie Diane Hope @inthesoundfield for her invaluable insight and guidance in audio storytelling. She sugested this subject. I’ll keep saying it - if you’re into nature and sound, the Wildlife Sound Recording Society is an amazing place to be. It costs close to nothing to join and there is a world of interesting folk there. You can listen to the full piece on SoundCloud (link in bio). #wildlifesound #wildlifesoundrecording #wildlifesoundrecordingsociety #storytelling #audiodocumentary #shortstory #audiostorytelling #naturesounds

Cool shot on an assignment for @tmagazine . Merci @jeromemonnot for the 📸 and the 🤙 #locationsound #soundrecording #locationaudio #soundmixer #locationsoundrecording #soundrecordist #filmmaker

Missing Ireland this week🇮🇪 - especially the west coast with its cold Atlantic waters. Here’s some wildlife sounds to celebrate it. And a chance to practice some voice over with IGs ruthless ‘one-take-no-edits’ voice over function 😎 Alt text: a slideshow showing barnacle geese on grass fields and taking off. #wildlifesound #wildlifesoundrecording #fieldrecording #geese #honking #soundsofnature #atlanticway #westcoast #soundrecordist #birdmigration #ireland #soundark #acousticheritage @wildlife_sound

Silent Roar by Johnny Barrington is having its Spanish premiere at @atlantidamallorcafilmfest on Thursday 25th of July in Palma! Delighted to have contributed to sound design and recording sound effects on location 🏄 (Catalan) Amics i amigues de Mallorca, aquesta pel·lícula en la qual he treballat s’estrena aquest dijous al festival de cinema @atlantidamallorcafilmfest . No us la perdeu! 🏄🏼‍♂️ (Spanish) Amigos y amigas de Mallorca, esta peli en la que trabajé se estrena en el Festival de cine @atlantidamallorcafilmfest este Jueves. Os la recomiendo! 🏄‍♀️ Film stills by Ali Tollervey @alitollervey Festival background image by @atlantidamallorcafilmfest Video by Ángel Pérez Grandi @soundarkstudios #amff2024 #soundeffectsrecordist #sounddesign #filmsound #filmsounddesign #filmsoundeffects #surf #filmmaking #filmmaker #filmpremiere #estrenopelicula #silentroar @silent_roar_movie @youngfilmfsyf @johnnybarrington

An underwater audio and video contraption i put together. Very carefully engineered: 2 Aquarian hydrophones gaffer taped to a GoPro 😎. The idea was to get a visual on potential sound sources, with fish being my ultimate goal. I got a macro lens magnification adapter to focus on what’s right in front of the microphones. Visibility is poor in freshwater and invertebrates are small. It looks cool but the results were mixed to poor. A net and a transparent container would a) be cheaper and b) more efficient for IDing, at least for invertebrates. I’d love to hear suggestions or other ideas you’ve come up with to identify the weird and wonderful sounds of the underwater realm. 1 - Front view of GoPro with Aquarian Audio hydrophones stuck to sides. 2 - Back view of GoPro with Aquarian Audio hydrophones stuck to sides. 3 - Gopro footage with hydrophones in view as they dip underwater. The footage once underwater is sped up 10x to highlight invertebrates movement. #wildlifesound #underwater #underwatersound #fieldrecording #wildlifesoundrecording #freshwater #bioacouatics #underwateracoustics #soundrecording #soundrecordist #fishsounds #invertebrates #soundarkstudios #gopro @wildlife_sound