Floraphonics
Floraphonics transforms the subtle bioelectrical rhythms of plants into musical narratives using the innovative PlantWave device, which converts nature’s hidden pulse into evocative MIDI data. As a progressive jazz bass player with over 30 albums released on my record label Mr. Haircut, I record plants while adventuring around the world and craft my studio tracks with vintage analog synthesizers—Floraphonics is my latest creative project.
-John Daniel Ray
SPOTIFY • APPLE MUSIC • BANDCAMP • INSTAGRAM
Witness nature’s hidden song come alive.
Immerse yourself in the lush heart of Puerto Rico’s jungle, where a majestic tree fern becomes a living instrument. Connected to the PlantWave, its subtle bioelectrical rhythms transform into an otherworldly melody, echoing through a vibrant tapestry of bromeliads, pathos, fig, and bird of paradise.
Floraphonics plant music created live in the jungle of Puerto Rico
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Embark on an adventure into the wild heart of Puerto Rico, where I set out to capture the rare song of the critically endangered Elaphoglossum Serpens fern. Once a common sight on the island’s 4000-foot peaks, these small, fragile ferns now cling to life on the solitary mountaintop of Cerra Punta—with only 26 specimens remaining. As I trekked beneath the rainforest canopy, I marveled at the fern’s resilience amid a landscape reshaped by cell towers, yet felt a deep sorrow for an ecosystem that has almost been wiped from the Earth. This track is not just an ode to adventure and nature’s delicate beauty—it’s a call to conservation. Plants like this fern go extinct everyday, unnoticed. Maybe by giving them a voice, people like you will pay attention and speak up as an advocate for our fragile ecosystem.
