- Bernie Krause
Bernie Krause (born
8 December ,1938 inDetroit, Michigan ) is an American bioacoustician. He coined the term, "biophony ". In a previous career as amusician , he was a member ofThe Weavers , and was one of the first players of the Moog Synthesizer in the 1960s. He formedBeaver & Krause with fellow synthesistPaul Beaver (who had played the instrument on a Monkees recording, "Star Collector "), to makeelectronic music featuring the Moog and other instruments.In November 1968, Krause demonstrated the Moog for Beatle
George Harrison , who was visitingCalifornia ; a recording of the session became the basis of "No Time Or Space", a track featured on Harrison's "Electronic Sound " album the next year. Krause also providedsoundtrack music for "Rosemary's Baby", "Love Story ", "Dr. Doolittle ", and "Apocalypse Now ".Krause holds a Ph.D. in
bioacoustics fromUnion Institute inCincinnati , and is also remembered as the "Pied Piper" who lured a strayhumpback whale from theSacramento River Delta back to thePacific Ocean , through the use of sounds.Krause's 1970 album "
In a Wild Sanctuary " was the first to employ the sounds of nature on a large scale, as a source of musical tones and rhythms, and to make a statement about the environment. Krause continues to compose and produce electronic and environmentally-themed music, including a popular series of albums forThe Nature Company .In 1998, Heyday Books published Krause's autobiography, "Into a Wild Sanctuary: A Life in Music and Natural Sound".
In 2002, Wilderness Press published his instructional "Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World" with companion CD.
In 2007, Krause demonstrated a KML layer to Google Earth and Google Maps that makes it possible to listen to the soundscapes from all over the world. He's planning to make part of his sound collection available via this add-on.
Discography
*Bernie Krause & the Human Remains. "
Gorillas in the Mix ":Rykodisc , 1989.
*Bernie Krause. "In a Wild Sanctuary ": 1970.External links
* [http://www.wildsanctuary.com/ Bernie Krause biography at "Wild Sanctuary"]
* [http://www.google.com/earth/ Google Earth]
*imdb name|0470177|Bernard Krause
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