The song of the dunes

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  • The song of the dunes introduced by Stéphane Douady. Since Marco Polo this strange sounds that can be heard in some deserts fanscinates. Here Stéphane Douady shows the different sounds that can be made, as soon as this singing sand it is sheared, with the hand, the feet, or in avalanches. Recorded on a singing dune in Morocco. A movie from Etienne Chaillou and Mathias Thery.

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  • @squidsquiddly5970
    @squidsquiddly5970 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1221

    Ah the tubas of time... Could you imagine getting lost out there and dehydrated with a sad farty sound every step

    • @eac-ox2ly
      @eac-ox2ly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      lmao

    • @mihailokovincic9399
      @mihailokovincic9399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This comment made the video for me.

    • @toomay609
      @toomay609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LMAOOO

    • @safaatib1174
      @safaatib1174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @TechnoSan09
      @TechnoSan09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sad farty sound LMAO 🤣🤣

  • @TarunoNafs
    @TarunoNafs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    I can imagine if there's a strong wind sweeping over the sand, one can hear the sand dunes YELL.

    • @FarceeTheFire
      @FarceeTheFire ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@gamerzone0764Thank you so much omg

  • @xLoLRaven
    @xLoLRaven 5 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    I came here after hearing about the "ghosts of the desert" in Marco Polo's book, this is truly fascinating to watch.

    • @nikitakrim02
      @nikitakrim02 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Blue

    • @xLoLRaven
      @xLoLRaven 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nikitakrim02 Yup, he and Red always introduce me the most interesting things. :D

    • @pngpeng7424
      @pngpeng7424 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/YkJCHZO8PxY/w-d-xo.html

    • @JeramieCurtice
      @JeramieCurtice 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here.

    • @akkoismydaughter3573
      @akkoismydaughter3573 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I came here after watching a video about the biography of Marco Polo

  • @maxmazza2987
    @maxmazza2987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Here from OSP. Didn't realize this is what Marco Polo was talking about in his work when he claimed there were "ghosts" in the desert until today. Fascinating stuff.

    • @andrewlagno9482
      @andrewlagno9482 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think he means when the wind shifts huge amounts of sand

  • @jakobschultz1663
    @jakobschultz1663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Wow, I've just seen the behind the scenes of the SFX of Dune and this is amazing!

  • @theScarletLetter86
    @theScarletLetter86 10 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    You know what eerie is that in an little as a days time there with no sign that they were there at all. The winds will wipe the slate clean. You could go insane without a proper way to guide yourself out of there.

  • @brickboiler
    @brickboiler 9 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    STOP! You are going to attract a sandworm!

    • @yoymate6316
      @yoymate6316 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Relax. Mongolia’s too far away from where he is.

    • @distranthegloriouslydeform9259
      @distranthegloriouslydeform9259 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Bless The Maker and His Water, Bless the Coming and Going of Him.

    • @supercalo79
      @supercalo79 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Step....drag....drag.....step.....step.....wait....drag....step

    • @walterclements8905
      @walterclements8905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      brickboiler
      Bro u need to walk without Rhythm

    • @chica1081
      @chica1081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's a SandWorm

  • @smkirk29
    @smkirk29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    I feel like I'm being pranked

    • @PandemoniumZ-367
      @PandemoniumZ-367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its actually real. Science will explain it, I found a video explaining it. I've been there before and found some booming sand dunes. I named a dune Julio.😂

    • @Ahmed-cy7bf
      @Ahmed-cy7bf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I swear to God man. I gotta check this myself to believe it 😂

    • @smkirk29
      @smkirk29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ahmed-cy7bf I saw another video explaining that some beaches here in Australia squeak too and that it's to do with the uniformity of the granuals. And wet sand doesn't do it apparently

    • @r.m.3430
      @r.m.3430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i can confirm the squeak sound from beaches in australia, i was fascinated but compared to that dune sound - this is way more impressive.

  • @mikedicewrites
    @mikedicewrites 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    12 Years later and this is still pretty dope.

  • @boinghd
    @boinghd 12 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Wow... It's like nature's record scratch. It's been worn down to such a fine grain. This is awesomee

  • @RegebroRepairs
    @RegebroRepairs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I wrote a song in 2001, called Desert Lullaby, where I have the lyrics "the dunes they sing for you". Little did I know. :-)

    • @carmenlara8191
      @carmenlara8191 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woah😦that freaky

    • @RegebroRepairs
      @RegebroRepairs ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@carmenlara8191 No, just an awesome coincidence. 😀

    • @migram4190
      @migram4190 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where can I hear this?

  • @Kiwi_Tea
    @Kiwi_Tea 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Sounded a lot like flatulence most of the time, but then, at the end when he slid down the dune....my god that was beautiful, and so loud it went almost to my bones.

    • @CaroBVB09-pn4vz
      @CaroBVB09-pn4vz หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I know how the sounds are generated, but now i can not get the mental image of the dunes having the farts out of my brain 😂😂😂 thank you for that, i needed this

  • @1TakoyakiStore
    @1TakoyakiStore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    That's some pretty dry sand! I've also experienced something similar to this in Dunes Park Florida. When you run on the sand on a particularly dry day the sand will "chirp." I can only describe it like dragging a pencil eraser on a table and getting the pencil to vibrate from it.

    • @loop5720
      @loop5720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're the satisfying type of sand, and knowingly sand is already satisfying to begin with.

  • @internetdinosaur8810
    @internetdinosaur8810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I came here after watching "The Sounds of Dune" for the movie Dune. Incredible!

    • @borogove
      @borogove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought all you did was dashing birds and cacti? Happy to hear you also have some time for recreation left.

  • @prince-solomon
    @prince-solomon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Man this is so crazy yet real... nature is awesome...frightening and awesome

  • @TLSf553
    @TLSf553 10 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Darude - Sandstorm

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +TheLittleSimon The Original and Best version.

  • @benjaminwebb5759
    @benjaminwebb5759 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is 1 thing I want hear before I die, a beautiful symphony from mother earth,

  • @meadow_maker
    @meadow_maker 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    How does this not have more views?

    • @mandokir
      @mandokir 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joslyn Sarshad Because it's fake.

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Joslyn Sarshad Not too many people know about it, apparently. I came here only after reading Marco Polo's account of it. The Europeans didn't believe him at the time, either!

    • @قناةخاصهللقرانالكريموالاذكار
      @قناةخاصهللقرانالكريموالاذكار 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joslyn Sarshad this is real watch another video similar to this th-cam.com/video/WCrwPMwOcCw/w-d-xo.html

  • @hahaha9076
    @hahaha9076 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best example of how this works on here. 15yrs ago.

  • @debbiehenri7170
    @debbiehenri7170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'd heard of this a couple of years back - but surprised just how 'haunting' the sound is when he slides or sets off an avalanche.

  • @anderson34ism
    @anderson34ism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I came here after watching 2021 dune film. This is just awesome !!!

  • @jameshansen1148
    @jameshansen1148 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful video, was surprised when it was finished and before I left I checked the date - 15 years ago!
    I hope this soft-spoken person is doing well wherever they are

  • @jaked1549
    @jaked1549 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    These dunes are now on my bucket list. (pun intended.)

  • @HyeKari
    @HyeKari 11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That sands seems sooo soft! It's more like powder than sand. I'd love to touch such soft sand. Here I only know the rough one xD

    • @MegaBoilermaker
      @MegaBoilermaker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Following a sandstorm, "hollows" between Dunes can fill with powdered sand as fine as Talc. This can be very dangerous as I knew a couple of Americans that actually "drowned" in such a powdered sandpit .

    • @aylayzrianne
      @aylayzrianne 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i heard that it can get so fine it can get into your lungs and be dangerous for your health

  • @nvmskullworks4794
    @nvmskullworks4794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I really hope Denis Villeneuve watches this and incorporates it in the Dune film...

    • @LacoSinfonia
      @LacoSinfonia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And here I am a year later because Villeneuve referenced this video in a behind the scenes feature about Dune’s sound design

  • @garfiduper5822
    @garfiduper5822 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    That is so darude.

  • @UnWorthyDaisy42
    @UnWorthyDaisy42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's almost like crunching snow

  • @cmessett11
    @cmessett11 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Something new for the bucket list. I could sit out there and do that for hours...or until i got dehydrated!

  • @isoinic4575
    @isoinic4575 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just read about it on wikipedia and had to hear it. Amazing, thanks for the video, great introduction and presentation

  • @oBseSsIoNPC
    @oBseSsIoNPC ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What the heck. I never heard of this before! How odd and wonderful at the same time

  • @babycakes9551
    @babycakes9551 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That looks like so much fun!

  • @tomhubbard8510
    @tomhubbard8510 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They need to use this sound in the Dune films when they need some ominous backing backing music.

  • @theweirdshow2860
    @theweirdshow2860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow, that's incredible!, it's like a really big instrument that you can walk on lol.

  • @toc1955
    @toc1955 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely amazing!!

  • @ghostern3020
    @ghostern3020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watched this about a year ago in school and I’m so glad I found this…

  • @kevinmatrischitz3050
    @kevinmatrischitz3050 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing! The Sound of Dune sent me here and it was totally worth it to follow that lead.

  • @SjoeperdKnoepert
    @SjoeperdKnoepert ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can imagine the desert wanting to speak (or sing) to us after being so 'deserted' for so long. Yes pun intended. Amd thanks for the video I am thinking of sampling this and using it in a song.

  • @juleyse2431
    @juleyse2431 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was just looking for the new "Dunes" movie's soundtrack but I am happy I ended up here XD I wonder why I cannot do the same at the beach though...

  • @macaskillmegavalanche6271
    @macaskillmegavalanche6271 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Beautifull sound

  • @mrheisenburg3758
    @mrheisenburg3758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    here because of marco polo biography

  • @solangeholme7995
    @solangeholme7995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Canções das Dunas...
    Neste vídeo Stéphane Douady mostra-nos a canção das dunas (em Marrocos). Diferentes sons são produzidos através do movimento das areias ao serem deslocadas com a mão, o pé ou em avalanche.

  • @ericpreston5826
    @ericpreston5826 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing. I love the look on the guys face when he looks into the camera at 1:49 . Looks like he's saying "yea, you try to explain this shit."

  • @Shadowguy456234
    @Shadowguy456234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Welp, congrats on the trippiest video I've ever seen

  • @swatijha7054
    @swatijha7054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thousand splendid suns brought me here 😂❤️

  • @lukasdias9766
    @lukasdias9766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He is calling the Shai-Hulud

  • @hOurworld11
    @hOurworld11 ปีที่แล้ว

    What comes to mind...you heard those loud noises that no one knows where its coming from or what it is?
    Just makes you think about The Trumpets.

  • @sparklem500
    @sparklem500 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a strange and beautiful sound! Thanks God for created our Mother Earth that continuously surprises us! 🙏🏻❤️

  • @yehezqielrivaldoonazi7244
    @yehezqielrivaldoonazi7244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:20 it's like the sportcar sound!😁🏎️

  • @johnschroeder548
    @johnschroeder548 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    fantastical thank you

  • @mini03984
    @mini03984 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought when he was going up the hill he was stepping on an old man. I DIED.

  • @ohmsanti7914
    @ohmsanti7914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I discovered this phenomenon naked on pot brownies and made sound with my whole body rolling down dunes. What a day!

  • @blakespower
    @blakespower 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came here after I was on the Great Basin website in the Nevada Desert it has singing sand also I guess anyplace with huge sand dunes can make the sound

  • @lukegreen5696
    @lukegreen5696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    3:15 Als hätte Benjamin Blümchen seine Antidepressiva vergessen :D

  • @patrickcross1571
    @patrickcross1571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It almost sounds like some creature is lurking under the sands, and the noise is it 'purring' as it's being pet by the puny human on top of it.

    • @hhone748
      @hhone748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol that almost sounds cute

  • @kappabravomusic2101
    @kappabravomusic2101 ปีที่แล้ว

    That sand is squeaky clean!

  • @urusaiyatsu
    @urusaiyatsu 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The sand is so fine it looks liquid-ish.

  • @bekzhanshamshat9457
    @bekzhanshamshat9457 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    1:51

  • @angieangel135
    @angieangel135 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful.

  • @bettifield
    @bettifield 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Last move made the best sound 😆

  • @lawrencecole6564
    @lawrencecole6564 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What I like about it is you talk but you shut up long enough for us to hear it good job man

    • @mojojoji5493
      @mojojoji5493 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Foreal too much TH-cam channels go straight into mindblown screaming and going omg omg a bunch after hearing it 😂

  • @steltzsm
    @steltzsm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful video.

  • @unitymomentum
    @unitymomentum ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful and so interesting

  • @LeizyDaHusky
    @LeizyDaHusky 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's not a prank lol. The sounds were produced by collisions between grains of sand that caused the motions of the grains to become synchronized, causing the outer layer of a dune to vibrate like the cone of a loudspeaker, producing sound.

  • @RatRaceAce
    @RatRaceAce 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video, and nice research on the phenomenon.

  • @jonhilderbrand4615
    @jonhilderbrand4615 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.” Selah. Psalm 66:4

  • @beejyt
    @beejyt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    there are beaches in Wollongong that do this

  • @NightShadowReal
    @NightShadowReal 12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    the sand is so fine. there must be some sort of health hazard

  • @megadata5790
    @megadata5790 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    12 yrs later,my english teacher recommend me to watch ..

  • @tiegerkater582
    @tiegerkater582 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is only the sand skibbling against itself, like when windscreen wipers skibble when they are dry.

  • @ricardualan
    @ricardualan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i came for the dune movie

  • @T.J
    @T.J ปีที่แล้ว

    Géniale petite vidéo, je ne m’attendais pas à ça ! Merci !

  • @filipinatigereyes1743
    @filipinatigereyes1743 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice. but last time we went, we did not hear the sound.

  • @cate4310
    @cate4310 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first noise when he slid down the hill, sounded either like a bass guitar and someone running their finger down the lowest sounding string, or like someone cut the cheese.

  • @sandsings
    @sandsings 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Darude - sandstorm
    sorry.

    • @chiron9536
      @chiron9536 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      420/10-IGN

  • @truthseeker6869
    @truthseeker6869 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really we’ll explained! Merci beaucoup!

  • @jamesmccourt9782
    @jamesmccourt9782 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it the air escaping from the sand and vibrating to make the sound?

  • @kylestevens5835
    @kylestevens5835 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I hear this I understand where Hans Zimmer got the inspiration to write the music for dune in fact you can actually hear the sand song in the music so cool that’s why he’s one of my favorite composers!

  • @maciekkk123
    @maciekkk123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool sounds!
    Could you share what mic and recorder was used in this recording and it's placement?

  • @MiuFiuStudio
    @MiuFiuStudio ปีที่แล้ว

    So many ppl here because they read about the sound from the Marco Polo book… me too! I want to play in this sand so bad looks so amazing!

  • @blurryface9910
    @blurryface9910 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if there's any correlation between this and the sound of music you hear at Mosques.

  • @zanecosgrove4820
    @zanecosgrove4820 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You get this at the beach here in Australia... while amazing, I've seen this plenty of times before. It's just the sound of silica sand moving

  • @kentinjivek
    @kentinjivek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    C’est impressionnant…fabuleux…je cherche s’il y a une variation de fréquence avec le désert en Namibie

  • @lilinguhongo2621
    @lilinguhongo2621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    weird... dope... fascinating...

  • @_UNISTAR_
    @_UNISTAR_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Came here from Dune.
    What an interesting little phenomenon.

  • @justingreen2432
    @justingreen2432 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When he used three fingers......the dune really liked that. 😂

  • @braydenhancock3907
    @braydenhancock3907 ปีที่แล้ว

    So it’s kinda like how a beach “squeaks” but on a large scale with smooth sand

  • @daviddulac1911
    @daviddulac1911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the souls of dead moan with their fleeting breath as they are stepped on

  • @constantinosschinas4503
    @constantinosschinas4503 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    may i presume that all this happens because all sand particles in these dunes are extremely similar in size and they resonate?

  • @whithercanada
    @whithercanada 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fascinating, but it makes my skin crawl

  • @nawdawg4300
    @nawdawg4300 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing. It's hard to believe it's real!

  • @anotheridiotoninternet6635
    @anotheridiotoninternet6635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What do play?
    Me: Desert

  • @cristianolivari
    @cristianolivari 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    that's incredible.

  • @henrijs1733
    @henrijs1733 ปีที่แล้ว

    that's amazing

  • @Atlas_1906
    @Atlas_1906 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:08 is the earth moaning?

  • @SamuelPGM
    @SamuelPGM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is awesome

  • @myopicthunder
    @myopicthunder 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing

  • @maero1557
    @maero1557 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sounds like my stomach in class while taking an exam in silence

  • @marcp5099
    @marcp5099 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    magical

  • @velesoid
    @velesoid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sounds like a swarm of pissed off hornets

  • @MadApplesWA
    @MadApplesWA 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We need some pros to go on AGT and do some music from the sands!