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Northern Coast

from From Shore To Sanctuary by Mark Brennan

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Northern Coast is a journey through the varying soundscapes of Nova Scotia’s most northerly coastlines. Situated on Canada’s East coast its acoustic ‘song’ varies as much as the coastline itself. Recorded in full stereo with a variety of recording equipment, Mark Brennan has taken 2 years to produce this 21 minute track.

We start our journey gently on the Northumberland Strait at Melmerby Beach where temperatures are dipping into the -20 degrees C, offshore is a Canadian ice breaker some 14km away. From winter amongst the ice we travel into spring and Taylor Head where the morning chorus in early April is in full swing. We hear the Wood Frog, the boats of the lobster fishermen in May as we find ourselves in tiny coves overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Late spring brings storms as huge waves pound a rocky shoreline at Moore’s Cove, Cape Breton at dawn, while a Song Sparrow sings above the roar. Rocks tumble and crash through surf on the Atlantic Coast as Terns protect their nests from maurading crows. Then comes silence where on the Northumberland Strait near Powells Point, a calm summer morning, gentle waves wash up in an inlet, the sounds of Gulls and a Bald Eagle enter the soundscape.

Our journey continues through summer in a coastal marsh at Caribou Island, Pictou County where Red Wing Blackbirds call from the Bull Rushes and listen to the deep rhythmic base of a fishing boat far offshore. As fall begins the shorebird migration has begun at Port Morien and Donkin, Cape Breton Island. We hear the sounds of Gulls gathered near a dead Minke Whale and then the mudflats of a huge sandbar at dawn where wind rushes through stunted Larch while Yellow Legs and Gulls call in the dawn light. We have come full circle and once again hear the Arctic wind at Big Island, amongst the frozen ice cakes of the coast.

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from From Shore To Sanctuary, track released January 1, 2012

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Canadian Visual artist & Nature Recordist, Mark Brennan's, interest in wild places has led him on a path of self discovery. As a landscape painter, naturalist & nature recordist his travels have taken him to Wilderness areas across Canada. From Banff National Park to the windswept coastlines of Labrador, his relationship with nature has deepended over time & with it - his work in wild nature. ... more

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