A Week in Hawaii: Island Jungle

[uncredited artist] - A Week in Hawaii: Island Jungle

CD released in 1987

On the east coast of the island of Hawaii, about five miles north of Hilo on Route 19, there is a small, unassuming sign which reads "Scenic Drive -- 4 Miles." It was very early on a Sunday morning (exactly 24 hours after I had landed at Kona airport) that I traveled past this modest landmark and decided it might be worth investigating.

Scenic Drive is a narrow road which winds through a beautiful, lush jungle. Occasional small streams gurgle beneath rustic wooden bridges and everywhere there is the pleasant background of the ocean below the cliffs and the noisy din of rustling leaves and native birds delighting in their leafy green kingdom. At the top of a crest where the ocean once again emerges into view, I pulled over and began recording. The result is a cacophony of sound; the jungle came to life as the sun rose over the Pacific.  (Toby Mountain)

Technical Notes

The following equipment was used: 2 Schoeps microphones (a pair of cardioids), 1 custom mic pre-amp built by Scott Kent of BKM Associates, 1 Sony PCM-F1 digital processor with Sony SL-2000 Beta video deck. Equalization was occasionally used to "roll off" the low end (80 Hz). This low end ambience is a strange phenomenon which the microphones "hear" but that our psychoacoustic system appears to filter out.

This is a part of the series of the "A Week in Hawaii" releases. I hope to find the rest sometime soon.

Tracklisting:

1.  A Week in Hawaii: Island Jungle  {59:58}

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