Cimex Resonare (disquiet0494) by acoustic_mirror published on 2021-06-18T09:49:24Z The Cimex Resonare is a rare, and strange, species of beetle. It is strange in the sense that, unlike other insects, it is unable to generate its own vocalizations. All it can do is pick up sounds from the environment (mostly, from other insects and animals), filter them, and reproduce them in a highly modulated form. From this point of view, the Cimex Resonare is an example of complete sonic interdependence - without other species around it, or without environmental sounds it can process and resonate, it would remain mute forever. Except, of course, that the Cimex Resonare is completely fictional. That is, I made it all up. These sounds were synthesized as a response to the Disquiet Junto Project #0494 - Insect Menagerie, which, at this stage, asks participants to record the sound of an invented insect. This project was prompted by Tobias Reber, and is the first stage of a collaboration between the Disquiet Junto project and this year's Musikfestival Bern. Stay tuned. (((o))) More about the Disquiet Junto here: https://disquiet.com/2021/06/17/disquiet-junto-project-0494-insect-menagerie/ More about Musikfestival Bern here: https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/ Image credit: "Heliothrips rubrocinctus", from the Historic Entomology Archive of Wageringen University, via BibliOdyssey: https://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2012/04/insect-wall-charts.html