Kelly Moran reworks bat recordings in new piece "Sodalis" for Field Works' Ultrasonic album

"Sodalis" is the second track to be revealed from Ultrasonic, after Eluvium's "Dusk Tempi".

Discussing her piece, Moran says, "There wasn’t really much "collaborating" in the sense of how I usually define that word. (I typically think of collaborations as a back-and-forth, where both parties are actively shaping the material.) Stuart sent me a folder with dozens and dozens of bat samples, and I combed through all of the sounds until I found one that resonated with me. It was this gentle, rhythmic pulse, and I realized I could use the rhythm as a basis for the piece."

Stuart Hyatt's latest Field Works LP is centred around the federally endangered Indiana bat. Moran, alongside artists such as Mary Lattimore, Christina Vantzou, Sarah Davachi, Ben Lukas Boysen, Machinefabriek, Felicia Atkinson, Noveller, Chihei Hatakeyama, and more have reworked sounds of the Indiana bat into 14 tracks championing the endangered species.

The Field Works project is funded by the IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute and the National Geographic Society.