
It all started when Jake Harper was studying rainforest sounds.
"In a rainforest, everyone lives in their own privileged acoustic niche," he said. "As a result, it allows the soundscape of the rainforest to be an organized orchestra of information. So, in a single frame, standing in a single spot, you can literally hear tens of thousands of pieces of information, and it’s all hyper-accessible, where you can peel out so much from your environment."