In recent years, “edible crickets” and “entomophagy” have been attracting attention, but Japan has long had a culture of loving the emotional sounds of insects, and crickets are a representative example of such “chirping insects”.
There are many different species of crickets, and they make a wide variety of sounds and chirps.
We hope you will enjoy the tasteful chirps of crickets not only through “food” but also through “sound,” and not only through “taste” but also through “hearing.
Here are some of the nature sounds of “insect sounds” that can be easily enjoyed on many subscriber music services!
The first two releases of the definitive “Chirping of Crickets” series, a compilation of the chirps of the insect “cricket” friends in four albums, have been completed. Currently, a total of 40 types are being distributed.
The high-quality and valuable “Crickets Chirping of Japan Archives Vol.1 (Insects Nature Sounds)” and “Crickets Chirping of Japan Archives Vol.2 (Insects Nature Sounds)” by sound artist Hideo Ueda, a pioneer of natural sound recording and a leading field recording artist in Japan, known for his many books and CD publications, are now available through Rest In Records, Inc. Now available on major music distribution services (Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Spotify, etc.)!
These are the latest in a series of “sound creature album” following Birds, Frogs, Cicadas, and Grasshoppers.
List images of jacket images (cover art) of all two titles in the “Crickets Chirping of Japan Archives” series. Vol.1 (left) Teleogryllus occipitalis, Vol.2 (right) Oecanthus rufescens (All photo by Hideo Ueda).
A list of all 40 cricket species in this series is now available. It is also useful for searching.
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The official playlist for “Crickets Chirping of Japan Archives” which includes complete coverage of all species in the series (40 species in total in the first two titles), is also now available.
The second two albums in the series will be released in the fall of 2025!
[Series Summary]
Experiments have shown that “insect sounds” have a relaxing effect on listeners. In Japan, the culture of loving “the sound of insects” has been established since ancient times. The definitive series that compiles the chirps of the insect “cricket,” a representative of such chirping insects, has been realized. You can easily listen to and compare precious insect sounds and insect songs. 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 website, YouTube, 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), a katydid (grasshopper) sound albums “Katydid Chirping of Japan Archives” (4 titles in the series) and a crickets sound albums “Crickets Chirping of Japan Archives” (First two of four titles in the series) on all digital platforms.