SANCTUARY – a peaceful journey of wind chimes and the sounds of nature.

Sanctuary began with a simple idea: to bring together the pure tones of wind chimes and the sounds of nature that surround my home here in Apollo Bay. I wanted to create something really pure and simple that would help you to feel relaxed, calm and refreshed.

I recorded over 500 hours of nature sounds for this album, all in the forests and gardens surrounding my recording studio. This is a beautiful part of the world, and these are the sounds that accompany my everyday life. I selected my favourite moments from all those recordings and carefully blended them into a continuous soundscape.

The recording technique I used captures the environment in such a lifelike, three-dimensional way that, when I listen to this album on headphones while I’m outside, sometimes I can’t tell if the birds I’m hearing are part of the album or actually singing around me!