Midcoast Maine

This sample pack is a time capsule of Midcoast Maine in the spring.

Maine based producer Charles Van Kirk chronicled the sounds of flora, fauna and industry near his home along Muscongus Bay and the Damariscotta River from April – June 2022. Sounds include wood frogs croaking during mating season in a vernal pool, kayaking to nearby islands and playing percussion on driftwood sculptures, singing in an abandoned stone fort and most prominently, an exhaustive collection of the sounds of oyster farming: sifting small oysters, upweller pumps, dragging bins on boardwalks, untangling lines of nursery bags on the river and individual foley of harvested oysters. Charles has created Sensory Percussion kits using these found sounds to create loops in a myriad of styles and tempi inspired by the source material.
Special thanks to Smokey, Dylan and Luke at the Pemaquid Oyster Company