I'm in love with things Australia and New Zealand, as you may be able to tell. So I have these CDs of Australian birdsong, and of sounds of the Outback and rainforest. Of course environmental sounds cds are highly mediated, I know that. But even that is interesting to me—to figure out someone's view of how they would aesthetically translate the rainforest, for instance, may add to the experience rather than subtracting from it, since there is no unmediated access to objects (right?).
These mediations are by Andrew Skeoch and Sarah Koschak of Listening Earth. Their website has an informative blog.
Yes yes I know it says “The Pure Sounds of Nature.” I'm a hypocrite not a cynic, remember?