The complete list and official playlist of the definitive “Katydid Chirping of Japan Archives” series, a four-album compilation of the sounds of 69 grasshopper species, an insect that has long been popular in Japan as a representative of chirping insects, are now available.

The complete list and official playlist of the definitive “Katydid Chirping of Japan Archives (Insects Grasshopper Nature Sounds)” by Hideo Ueda, which compiles the sounds of 69 grasshopper species, on four albums, are now available. The series is available now on all music subscription digital platforms!

List images of jacket images (cover art) of all four titles in the “Katydid Chirping of Japan Archives” series. Vol.1 (top left) Gampsocleis ryukyuensis, Vol.2 (top right) Xestophrys javanicus, Vol.3 (bottom left) Psyrana amamiensis, Vol.4 (bottom right) Mecopoda niponensis (All photo by Hideo Ueda).

A list of all 69 katydid (grasshopper) species in this series is now available. It is also useful for searching.

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The official playlist for “Katydid Chirping of Japan Archives (Insects Grasshopper Nature Sounds)”, which includes a complete list of all 69 species included in this series, is now available.

[Series Summary]

The katydid (grasshopper) is an orthopteran insect that has long been popular in Japan as a representative of singing insects and as a seasonal seasonal poem that evokes a sense of wabi-sabi and elegance. There are a great many species of katydids, each with a diverse chirping sound. This “Katydid Chirping of Japan Archives (Insects Grasshopper Nature Sounds)” is the definitive series of “sound katydid library” that complete the sounds of 69 species of katydid allies in four albums. You can easily listen to and compare the competition of precious insect songs. Please enjoy the emotionally rich sound universe of the natural world. The recordings were made by Hideo Ueda, a nature sound artist, a pioneer of nature sound recordings and a leading field recording artist in Japan. It is a highly valuable work as a digital educational material, digital archive, etc. that stimulates curiosity and fosters a spirit of inquiry, and at the same time, as healing nature sounds, it is ideal for relaxation, sound therapy, deep sleep, chill out, meditation, and background music for work.

[Special note for this series]

Some of the very high frequency sounds recorded in this work may be difficult or completely inaudible depending on the specifications and characteristics of the playback equipment used (simple players, speakers, headphones, etc.). Thank you for your understanding in advance. (We hope you will try it out to see if you can hear it as a reference source for your equipment and to check your hearing and audibility.)

[Artist Profile]

Hideo Ueda: Born in Tama City, Tokyo, Japan in 1953. Nature sound artist. Founded and represented “Ueda Nature Sound” in 1990. Japan’s leading field recording expert and pioneer of natural sound recording. He continues to digitally record the sounds of wild birds, insects, frogs, mammals, and other creatures in general, as well as the sounds of natural scenery. There are more than 500 species. He also shoots video and photography, and has published numerous books and CDs. The vast sound library has provided materials for a wide variety of applications, including co-authored books, textbooks and teaching materials, and commercials. His works are actively disseminated on his official websiteYouTube, and SNS. He has released a wild bird sound albums “Bird Songs of Japan 100” (7 titles in the series), a frog / toad sound albums “Frogs Croaking of Japan Archives” (4 titles in the series), a cicadas sound albums “Cicadas Singing of Japan Archives” (2 titles in the series) and a katydid (grasshopper) sound albums “Katydid Chirping of Japan Archives” (4 titles in the series) on all digital platforms.


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