‘Chipmunks were obsessed with my mics’: the man who recorded a tree for a year

In a year-long effort to capture the sounds of a single tree in New York’s Catskill Mountains, Joshua Bonnetta created *The Pines*, an haunting four-hour album that offers a poetic window into nature’s rhythms. Through meticulous recording and editing with experts like Holger Klinck and Josh Berger, Bonnetta distills the natural world’s complexity into something deeply personal yet universal. The result is a sonic collage that resonates with listeners as much as it mirrors Bonnetta’s awe for the environment he documents, urging viewers to slow down and appreciate the beauty of the natural world.