| Format | Audio CD |
| Ordering Number | SFW45095 |
| Barcode | 093074509524 |
| label | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Release date | 8/14/2026 |
Manufacturer- Company nameGalileo Music Communication GmbH
- AdresseGutenbergstr. 9, Puchheim Puchheim, DE
- e-Mailinfo@galileo-mc.de
Jim Nollman is a sound artist and author who has
dedicated his practice to playing music with nonhuman
individuals. Following his 1982 album on
Folkways, Playing Music with Animals, Nollman
established an artistic residency and community
space at a cove in British Columbia, dubbed
Orcananda after the orca residents that have
dwelled in its deep waters for centuries. Nollman
and his cohort took a considered approach to
developing sonic relationships with the orcas and
other animals they encountered, always keeping
a respectful distance as they found one another
with their ears. Orcas’ Greatest Hits collects
hydrophone recordings drawn from over 60 hours
of interspecies collaboration recorded between
1985 and 2002, showing the playful ways in
which Nollman engaged the orcas from the
portable studio floating above their home. What
we hear is the focused listening by the cetaceans
and humans as they search out sonic space among
one another, finding in that dialogue potential
common ground for deeper understanding.