Tree.fm Provides Looping Doses of Forest-Based Audio Valium
Remember those “slow TV” videos of trains gliding through the Norwegian countryside? If you’ve ever wanted some sort of audio equivalent, we present to you something called Tree.fm. Apart from providing an instant dose of serenity, though, these recordings are interesting in their own right.
- ▪Remember those “slow TV” videos of trains gliding through the Norwegian countryside?
- ▪If you’ve ever wanted some sort of audio equivalent, we present to you something called Tree.fm.
- ▪Apart from providing an instant dose of serenity, though, these recordings are interesting in their own right.
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Remember those “slow TV” videos of trains gliding through the Norwegian countryside? If you’ve ever wanted some sort of audio equivalent, we present to you something called Tree.fm. The site provides looping recordings of various forests around the world.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000790295","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"culture","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"culture,tech","TAGS":"birding,field-recordings,tree-fm","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); The immediate appeal of this site is that it’s basically the complete opposite of what you hear when you open the window: no…
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