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Laurence Loz Colbert of Oxford band Ride has made recordings of the dawn chorus in an ancient forest for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Drummer Mr Colbert and fellow sound artist Richard Bentley rose at 3.30am on May 2 – International Dawn Chorus Day – to travel to Singe Wood, near Hailey, and Wigwell Nature Reserve in Charlbury, to capture the sounds. Ride was one of the most influential bands of the early 90s and Mr Colbert been interested in “situations with microphones” since a child. He has lately been exploring the relationship between sound and architecture as part of a PhD at Oxford Brookes.