Explore the globe in field recordings

<figure> <img alt="Earth Garden interactive field recording explorer." data-caption="Around the world in 80 WAVs. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-05-at-5.23.38-PM.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Around the world in 80 WAVs. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I love field recordings. I love making them. I love them when they're incorporated into my <a href="https://www.theverge.com/22175193/ambient-music-2020-pandemic-quarantine-at-home">ambient music</a>. They're great background noise for working or sleeping. But they're also great for active listening, focusing in on the fine nuances of burbling brooks or urban chaos. <a href="https://earth-garden.alen.ro/">Earth Garden</a> gives you a globe to explore with real field recordings taken from various locations. Earth Garden is inspired by <a href="https://radio.garden/">Radio Garden</a> (which you should also check out) except, instead of exploring the world via radio, it's environmental sounds. There are waves lapping at the shores of remote islands in the Atlantic, a chorus of crickets in Tanzania, and rainfall on …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/990873/earth-garden-globe-field-recordings">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>