http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk Latest posts, audio recordings and historical entries about London's sounds. RSS Channel Writer Mon, 02 May 2011 16:20:44 GMT Mon, 02 May 2011 16:20:44 GMT http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/post/coming_soon_the_london_sound_survey_vinyl_lp/ A vinyl LP featuring 25 recordings from the London Sound Survey’s virtual vaults is due to be released in the next few weeks. My friend Nick Hamilton has been the driving force behind this and it’ll be the first release on his new Vittelli label. The tracks are now being mastered by Graham Lambkin. Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:11:39 GMT 6CF16A4E-7043-46A4-A1A2-B09AEB3CAC9D http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/post/crossing_the_thames_at_woolwich/ Some years ago there was meant to have been an attempt by an estate agent to rename Battersea as South Chelsea. People like that need strangling, but this is probably an apocryphal tale along the lines of Streatham being passed off as St Reatham. If it was true, it would be the second instance of a district with a single root name being split in two by the Thames. The other is Woolwich. Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:10:43 GMT 18A50902-9B75-40D7-9A6A-EDF6D608811B http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/81/35/ Where: The Broadwalk, Regent's Park. Description: Close-up recording of a fountain, indistinct voices of adults and a child heard in the background. Recordist: Jonathan Prior. Duration: 3:00]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:08:43 GMT 4567A08F-A69E-4515-B80C-33140DBC49EC http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/97/35/ Where: On the Hungerford footbridge, central London. Description: Cries of gulls, footsteps, sounds of trains passing over the rail bridge to and from Charing Cross station, a child's voice. Recordist: Jonathan Prior. Duration: 5:05.]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:07:00 GMT C3D05D94-EF0F-44D4-9813-5C22877FD005 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/97/35/ Where: Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury, central London. Description: Faint voices and laughter, birdsong, distant traffic and airplane drone, footsteps of passersby, a taxi comes to a halt nearby and its engine idles. Recordist: Jonathan Prior. Duration: 6:30.]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:05:12 GMT 71C7E4A1-0206-4B19-B7DE-23F3FF92081D http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_recordings/1940s/1791/ Description: Four short recordings featuring buskers playing a variety of instruments, including accordion, home-made xylophone and mouth organ. Duration: 3:24.]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:03:15 GMT E080A965-ADBC-4E75-8FEA-291F98FE20DE http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_recordings/1940s/1789/ Description: Fast-talking market traders' voices, a street singer belts out a medley of patriotic songs. Duration: 2:41, 0:57 and 2:43.]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:01:40 GMT 8CC59C95-6E96-417E-95FA-B6FEDDAD2E7C http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_recordings/1950s/1779/ Description: Exhibits at Eccentrics' Corner, Buddicom steam engine, children pass through a turnstile. Duration: 1:10, 1:17 and 2:14.]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:57:06 GMT D5051491-C8E6-4DE3-8307-DFFFE31C1881 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_recordings/1930s/1775/ Description: Park keepers call to clear out Kensington Gardens for the night, souvenir sellers and crowd sounds at Admiralty Arch. Duration: 0:56 and 0:43.]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:56:41 GMT FDF73748-1228-4258-8762-062B92F6A399 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1783/ The recent update to Flash player version 11.6.602.171 has clobbered this site’s HTML5/Flash hybrid audio players in Google Chrome. They just won’t work now. This is a nuisance because various estimates of worldwide desktop browser usage put Chrome at number one. Therefore I’ve switched the players on the London Sound Survey back to their original Flash-only type. Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:31:15 GMT 01C0E92B-5C9D-4461-8885-6591797BA845 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_ec2/economic2/1781/ Where: Hungerford Bridge, central London. Description: A busker sings to a backing track under Hungerford Bridge. Loud sound of trains passing overhead, voices of passersby. Recordist: Jonathan Prior. Duration: 5:40.]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:09:19 GMT 9FBEA861-A0B5-4B52-891F-887DFE4CA239 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/96/35/ Where: Cartwright Gardens, Bloomsbury. Description: Aircraft drone, birdsong, sounds of a tennis match in progress close by, traffic. Recordist: Jonathan Prior. Duration: 7:00.]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:06:06 GMT 037A3743-7A5A-439E-8766-43111032B750 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/81/35/ Where: Regents Park, central London. Description: Ambient recording of the boating lake in Regents Park from a footbridge. Recordist: Jonathan Prior. Duration: 4:00.]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:04:23 GMT 79DBF60E-6356-4770-94D1-AA177CEF4EBC http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1777/ In The Field symposium in London on field recording, have a look at the one on the Some Landscapes blog. One unexpected turn was a brief foray into a holism-versus-reductionism argument. It was the first time I’d come across that in relation to field recording, phonography – whatever you want to call it.]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:50:25 GMT 3B97DA1E-328E-43B4-932F-8E63D18C4986 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1774/ As society becomes wealthier and better organised, so the sounds of the urban environment grow less varied and dramatic. This mostly reflects developments for which we ought to be grateful. Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:49:37 GMT E924BA7A-AF22-4C87-90A2-A200A2C98151 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_ec2/economic2/1772/ Where: Junction of Elgin Crescent and Portobello Road, west London. Description: A man plays a dulcimer mounted on a portable stand. Faint sounds of voices of onlookers and passersby, a car sounds its horn. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:25.]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:40:44 GMT EDEB6665-D447-4753-A6C9-C9ADD32BC944 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/95/35/ Where: Portobello Road, west London. Description: The recording starts and ends with the bustle of the street outside. In between are the voices of the traders and their customers, and a man tries out a violin before deciding whether to buy it. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:40.]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:39:08 GMT 5C21007C-1A17-44B9-BDE0-074CEC0E6E90 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/97/35/ Where: Inside Tower Bridge. Description: Recording of a stationary steam engine once used to raise Tower Bridge, allowing tall ships to pass through. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:37:52 GMT A7C3C3E3-B9D7-409E-BF72-D305A2301962 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/97/35/ Where: Inside Tower Bridge. Description: Echoing sounds of traffic passing on the road surface above, water drips onto a tarpaulin, constant hum from a pump motor. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:36:20 GMT 9F294AD3-8A53-405A-9842-55F655046113 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1766/ THE GREAT AND Powerful Oz manipulated his voice to give it the authority of reverberation. Oz set the tone for disembodied beings in series like Star Trek and its British derivative Space: 1999. The reverb voice is ideal for telling viewers you’ve slumbered for thousands of our years but can now feel again and live again, before getting the hots for a crew member. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:25:41 GMT A7DE2C34-5F5E-49B4-A35D-9022C410E6D1 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/holocene/posts/the_british_climate_during_the_holocene/ Climate research is resolving the prehistoric Holocene trends of rainfall and temperature to millennia and individual centuries. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:25:07 GMT A4A802E8-4E94-4381-A5B9-BB1240F13D9F http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_ec1/economic1/1765/ Where: Off Farringdon Street, Smithfield. Description: A crowd jostles and shouts outside Hart's the butcher during the Christmas Eve meat auction. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 4:30.]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:30:12 GMT 59949BD1-A217-43A2-924F-E773D4A40749 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/96/35/ Where: Dean Street, Soho. Description: Atmosphere inside Bar Italia, one of the last old-school Italian coffee bars left in the West End. Voices of staff and customers, the radio plays in the background, continuous faint hiss from the espresso machine. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 3:20.]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:29:00 GMT 62D40E24-554C-4FDC-988F-85F9CA8ED3F3 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_ec2/economic2/1763/ Where: Hungerford footbridge, central London. Description: On the Hungerford footbridge, a man plays Sleigh Ride on a shallow steel drum. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:10.]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:26:05 GMT 2E134B3E-6564-4EA6-B00A-646F7C2B6DC5 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1762/ London's at its best between Christmas and New Year. The streets are quieter and that pleasantly slow-moving melancholic mood you get when you’re hungover pervades everything. Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:01:21 GMT EB9D783B-D439-471E-A931-53B1CE49F769 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_so2/social2/1760/ Where: Piccadilly Circus, central London. Description: Around 150–200 people rollerskate along the road through Piccadilly Circus in Santa costumes. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:30.]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:59:52 GMT DE569562-0D0C-4C03-9E0C-83C231652E25 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_ec2/economic2/1759/ Where: Oxford Street near Oxford Circus, central London. Description: A man crouches on the pavement and plays a single bongo drum. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:35.]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:55:26 GMT AE957909-ADDA-4219-A3FF-FADBAD98C083 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_ec1/economic1/1758/ Where: Middle of Hyde Park, central London. Description: A clattering fairground ride whisks people along a convoluted track high above Hyde Park. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:54:05 GMT 3798FCC8-A316-4E4A-B0FB-E59BFA2F0892 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_recordings/1930s/1756/ Description: The song of lavender seller recorded in an auditorium. Duration: 1:35.]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:51:32 GMT 51F6659F-1C20-4C2A-9450-E8BEE677645E http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_recordings/1940s/1754/ Description: A group of people witness part of the Battle of Britain from Sussex. They talk excitedly against a backdrop of distant gunfire and droning engines. Duration: 3:42. ]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:06:40 GMT 19FB0DF3-1265-41B3-9D02-FCE7174AD74C http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_recordings/1940s/1753/ Description: Two women, interviewed by Olive Shapley, describe the personal cost of the bombing raids on London. Duration: 1:13.]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:04:46 GMT http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/holocene/graphics_entry/central_england_temperatures_from_pollen/ New graphic integrating the 'traditional' view of climate stages and changing vegetation with Central England temperature proxies for winter and summer obtained from pollen remains. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:02:47 GMT 1439D240-3711-4970-8A9A-1751EB811E5A http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1752/ 'Beware the Cat' is a short novel written in 1552 by William Baldwin, a poet and printer’s assistant who lived in London. Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:07:19 GMT 845BAD2E-1E2A-4A60-AB37-2B2A552E2866 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1751/ Last Friday in Dean Street, Soho, there was an Association of Motion Picture Sound talk given by Jez riley French. Pretty much anyone with an interest in field recording must have heard of him, and quite a few will own one of the hydrophones or contact mics which he makes and sells at very affordable prices. Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:08:26 GMT 33009D06-D621-4D7A-A056-47D8680380B4 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmapsnight/more/96/36/ Where: District and Circle Line platforms, Victoria. Description: The sound of running water emanates from beneath an iron grille set between the tracks at the east end of platforms. Could it be the Westbourne passing underneath? Voices of passengers, a train approaches. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:30.]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:05:47 GMT 850E6438-45E6-4441-BD86-9493C6A1391D http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_po1/political1/1749/ Where: By the steps of St Pauls Cathedral. Description: Recorded while walking around the perimeter and inside the St Pauls anti-capitalist protest camp. Voices of passersby and camp visitors, a man plays the guitar briefly, a woman sings to piano accompaniment. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:20.]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:04:08 GMT 95BFC0F6-EF5C-413C-AD07-134E45FE7A91 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/historical_am/ambient1/158/166/ When: 1552. Title of work: Beware the Cat. Author: William Baldwin. Category: Ambient - General sounds of street and town.]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:00:19 GMT 193705BE-7B84-49B5-9478-A89ADC7E69DA http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmapsnight/more/97/36/ Where: Waterloo station concourse. Description: Sounds recorded while walking north across the station concourse. The station is busy with people going out for the night and heading home. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:00.]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:59:15 GMT B011D0B4-29A5-4B19-9F5A-2AD033F20C65 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_po1/political1/1746/ Where: Whitehall, central London. Description: Members of the far-right National Front march from the Cenotaph along Whitehall on Remembrance Sunday. Contains swearing. Recordist: 2:28. Recordist: IM Rawes.]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:57:15 GMT 05FFEE54-FAB8-4492-B986-EB47F03CABDC http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1745/ If you've felt the urge recently to rattle a stick along a row of railings or tap some bit of metal street furniture to hear what noise it makes, then make your way to James Saunders’s Make Sound Here sound map. Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:15:31 GMT DAE7007D-9A20-4F5A-B9BD-5A31ED9679C3 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/holocene/posts/first_steps_to_a_timeline/ The Holocene sound project aims to describe likely changes in the local auditory environment across time and space. In practical terms, this means being able to say something informative about how Piccadilly might have sounded two hundred years ago, or Bermondsey 7,000 years ago. Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:14:42 GMT 4084A015-928E-44DA-B217-B1A92DF73777 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/holocene/graphics/ A new section to display larger-size graphics for the Holocene sound project. Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:13:33 GMT 4733F9D2-52E7-4A3E-8C71-7ED7255B85C1 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1741/ One of the most talked-about features on this site is the modest collection of actuality recordings from the 1930s and 1940s. Nearly all of them were originally made by the BBC, and it’s with the kind permission of BBC Worldwide that they appear here. Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:12:38 GMT 81031B7E-071B-45C2-8D48-9291C163A50D http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1737/ Kinokophonography sound listening events have around for a couple of years at least. Now us Londoners have a chance to hear and take part as Kinokophonography will be visiting the British Library on Tuesday the 13th of November. Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:11:49 GMT 237E6996-35FF-4A22-AC84-780C37998FD8 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1736/ Most nationalities are more religious than the English. So you’d expect the sounds and sights of religious observance to become more common in London when many people move here from abroad, as they have in recent decades. Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:10:41 GMT 9D4D3DC1-4F97-4B7A-97B2-F3B114EDA146 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/holocene/posts/the_lie_of_the_land/ A contour map of the London area shows the extent of the Thames floodplain and the action of water on the surrounding landscape. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:29:49 GMT BA70586B-5A03-44F6-A0D2-35333B2759FD http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/holocene/posts/welcome_to_the_holocene/ The start of a new site section exploring changes to the sounds of the middle and lower Thames valley over the last 12,000 years. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:29:14 GMT 60B5296F-A40E-4327-89F4-704C1091CFAD http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/holocene/ Developer blog for the Holocene section, which aims to explore likely changes in the local sound environment since the end of the last glacial period 12,000 years ago. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:28:19 GMT F009A902-909E-427C-A81D-E1E26B7EDF10 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_po1/political1/1735/ Where: Speakers Corner. Description: A black nationalist speaker holds forth while surrounded by two dozen or so supporters. He describes President Obama as the stooge of powerful white men. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:05.]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:42:34 GMT 89315CAA-B652-4707-AF01-B162D22123ED http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_po1/political1/1734/ Where: Speakers Corner. Description: A man perched on a step-ladder defends the existence of Israel. Another man standing with his back to the recordist argues fiercely with the speaker. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:25.]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:41:03 GMT 7C43CB5A-1CAE-4D30-8F11-830326062868 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_re1/religious1/1733/ Where: Speakers Corner. Description: A Christian preacher is surrounded by a small knot of people, mostly onlookers amused by the exchanges. The preacher argues vigorously with those who challenge him. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:20.]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:39:06 GMT ECB22953-F1AC-4796-A2ED-AA3FCC1A1C52 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/83/35/ Where: Mare Street north of Hackney Central station. Description: A bus drives past, voices and footsteps of passersby, faint music from shops. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:29.]]> Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:32:09 +0100 C8B0C3B3-C9C8-41FE-9053-BE1F0BB4D2B9 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/82/35/ Where: Seven Sisters Road, Holloway. Description: Recorded while walking around the indoor market arcades. Music from a record stall, voices of stallholders and their customers. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:23.]]> Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:31:00 +0100 3B19FFD4-5C19-4E79-8081-2FE9CB50767C http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_re1/religious1/1729/ Where: Seven Sisters Road, Holloway. Description: A man broadcasts a redemptive message to a busy street via the medium of rap. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:27. ]]> Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:29:46 +0100 23D0A592-8820-4B81-8CDB-2A0FCC674EA2 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1727/ Getting a reader's pass for the British Library costs nothing, and once you’re in you have access to an impressive array of electronic resources. One which has been demanding my attention recently is the British Newspaper Archive. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:28:12 +0100 95957520-FB82-4DBC-ADE2-C761974DCC43 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1726/ Three recordings have arrived at the London Sound Survey’s Soundcloud DropBox courtesy of Aberdonian recordist Peter Jeffels, a.k.a. MacFerret. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:26:48 +0100 50E2E863-9CE6-421D-8DEC-FC1EBBC9E5C6 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_re1/religious1/1725/ Where: High Road, Wood Green. Description: A Christian proselytiser leads religious singing on the pavement in Wood Green. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:28.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:19:39 +0100 AAB95352-852B-4052-969D-5247EDB5E5E9 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/82/35/ Where: Near junction with Seven Sisters Road. Description: Voices of stallholders and their customers recorded while walking around the boot sale. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 5:25.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:18:12 +0100 CE986BB4-1531-4D6F-AF41-E811EA164A6B http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_re1/religious1/1723/ Where: Southwark Cathedral, Borough. Description: Southwark cathedral organ recorded while kneeling in front of the organ pipes on the south side of the cathedral. Recordist: Peter Jeffels. Duration: 0:54.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:16:52 +0100 27EC5613-09E0-413D-978E-F458B0D7CBB0 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_ec2/economic2/1722/ Where: Hungerford Bridge, central London. Description: Hungerford bridge with female mandolin-playing busker, fireworks to the south-east and pedestrians walking by. Recordist: Peter Jeffels. Duration: 2:02.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:14:51 +0100 85079D26-D8F3-4F27-8B9A-09D97EEB49CB http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/96/35/ Where: Paddington Station, central London. Description: Loud roar of air conditioning vents, sound of taxis moving slowly around the rank, a train leaves the station. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:00.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:13:10 +0100 9E010E72-B165-4FF2-8EA2-4A0F4C5DDA7E http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/81/35/ Where: Kings Cross station concourse. Description: Recording made while walking through the station from the Pancras Road entrance to the York Way entrance. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:55.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:11:54 +0100 BC648662-7FA3-4F4F-B2D7-1A88CC7AA845 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/109/35/ Where: Battersea Park. Description: Initially all fountains operating, then the main bank switches off and aircraft passes overhead. Recordist: Peter Jeffels. Duration: 1:30.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:10:16 +0100 06E38F64-5B42-4A29-B350-5221A55B72C6 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_so2/social2/1716/ Where: Guildhall, City of London. Description: Morris dancers perform at the Pearly Kings and Queens harvest festival. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:55.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:08:28 +0100 A669E33F-40EF-47F6-9493-4B9465CC4F53 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_so2/social2/1715/ Where: Guildhall, City of London. Description: Music from a Dean's fairground organ mounted in the back of van at the Pearly Kings and Queens harvest festival. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:29.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:06:38 +0100 5455C5C1-E1D4-4B4E-B357-EFD860276BA8 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/historical_so/social1/161/278/ When: 1896. Title of work: Illustrated Police News. Author: Unknown. Category: Social - Local celebrations.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:03:59 +0100 C2AB877A-BA50-4FB7-804F-4E290042C117 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/historical_ce/ceremony1/156/202/ When: 924. Title of work: Gesta Regum Anglorum. Author: William of Malmesbury. Category: Ceremonial - Coronations.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:01:24 +0100 86245BA3-28E2-4584-B80B-2C5AB33EBF82 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1711/ Realising the Vision than Obeying the Voices.]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:07:45 +0100 C9BEF9D0-832B-48DF-A372-064AADE3A1CA http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1710/ Sound Cases is a series of occasional talks on a wide range of sound-related topics hosted by the British Library. On Monday the 24th of September, starting at 1pm, it’s the turn of sound artist and composer Mark Peter Wright and it’ll be well worth attending.]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:06:35 +0100 57EE997C-C529-4662-94B1-650C6156F572 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_so2/social2/1709/ Where: Victoria Embankment. Description: Bangs and shrieks of fireworks recorded close by at the 2012 Thames Festival. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:25.]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:55:20 +0100 BCE472DE-83D7-42F7-B33C-3BF327935A7E http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1708/ Here's a mock-up of a forthcoming sound map. The idea is to record people’s voices in public, and then try to create a pattern of samples which represents the city’s overall demographic profile. Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:54:18 +0100 BF9ACAD4-A7A3-49B9-87E6-66CDD8A2A8A4 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_ec2/economic2/1707/ Where: Bankside. Description: A street seller at Bankside demonstrates a warbling bird whistle toy. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 0:41.]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:53:09 +0100 742C3422-198D-4A50-BB2C-A69526C33402 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmapsnight/more/97/36/ Where: By the More London development, Tooley Street. Description: Water trickles down the sides of the rectangular water feature at More London, voices, traffic. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 2:00.]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:50:56 +0100 A839866F-8EA6-418E-9C95-1E4C270BD86D http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_recordings/1940s/1704/ Description: BBC radio actuality of women in the Prospect of Whitby pub, Wapping, celebrating the announcement of VE Day in May 1945. Duration: 2:13.]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:34:31 +0100 83C567DB-57D7-446C-AAB5-D403253087F5 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1703/ One of the biggest changes in London over the past few decades is how the focus for what’s new and fashionable has shifted from the west to the east. Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:33:19 +0100 0B1D42A7-2343-459D-A2AC-DA09907E2C95 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundacts_so2/social2/1700/ Where: North Weald station, Essex. Description: The 'Pitchford Hall' locomotive sounds its whistle and slowly begins to leave North Weald Station bound for Ongar. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:20.]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:31:43 +0100 2541CF5D-C615-4FDF-AD4E-2203CC8E67DF http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/99/35/ Where: North Greenwich cable car terminal. Description: Voices of the children and adults queueing to ride on the cable cars, rattling of cable cars passing overhead, loud humming of the winch motor. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:26.]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:29:58 +0100 9ADF5B3C-CD74-4D73-B9B9-95F8A870D7B4 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1697/ Both sides of the Thames estuary offer some good walks and on the Essex bank there’s a promising-looking path going eastwards from Purfleet to Grays. Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:28:43 +0100 02A5EFDF-8FCB-479D-8867-1376A39214A4 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/estuary/ Where: Thames path at Purfleet. Description: A gas freighter's engines idle during loading, sound of waves on the Thames shore, a child's voice from a housing estate nearby. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:27:23 +0100 61E1E429-D7EF-420D-A924-74F31B4E20DC http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/estuary/ Where: West Thurrock near the Thames. Description: Constant industrial noise from a factory immediately behind St Clements church, faint rasping of grasshoppers in the churchyard. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:25:40 +0100 3A59AB0A-3920-474F-821E-1F16B3C2020F http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/96/35/ Where: Shepherd Market, Mayfair. Description: Voices of drinkers and diners in the evening in Shepherd Market. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:34:23 +0100 793B33BB-DB16-49A7-AA5A-CB2C11A678A6 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/95/35/ Where: Near Holland House, Holland Park, Kensington. Description: Voices of clusters of people out in the sunshine in Holland Park. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:33:09 +0100 DF12A45F-2FE9-4E2C-82C3-74FE5FFC919F http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmapsnight/more/97/36/ Where: Long Lane, Borough, south London. Description: Voices of passengers on board a C10 bus bound for Canada Water. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:31:43 +0100 DA7D74B7-3C7C-4871-AC8F-820C41327708 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/97/35/ Where: Paternoster Square, City of London. Description: Voices of large crowds of tourists and office workers clustered outside bars in Paternoster Square. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:29:48 +0100 31F062F9-AA27-4CA7-B45D-EE92AB5E9387 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/81/35/ Where: Chalton Street, north London. Description: Voices of shoppers, market stallholders and people sitting at tables outside two cafes. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:27:08 +0100 89316FA2-21AC-463F-8269-962DC29FB566 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/98/35/ Where: Watney Street market, east London. Description: Voices of adults and children recorded while walking through Watney Street market. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:25:37 +0100 0F0AE1DB-3EAE-46FD-99E3-7C34FB05FDDE http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/blog_comments/1688/ Some kind of sporting event in east London seems to have passed without incident. Among the many security measures put in place, including ground-to-air missile batteries and high-speed powerboats, was a sonic projector called the Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD for short. Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:22:47 +0100 018D866B-BE28-47D6-A228-D783183D9B7A http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/historical_po/political1/157/267/ When: 1456. Title of work: Calendar of letter-books of the City of London. Author: Unknown. Category: Political - Political, sectarian and inter-ethnic violence.]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:19:54 +0100 33A16CBC-EEDE-449C-B5A5-73044614908B http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/walthamstow_marsh_wildlife/ Where: Walthamstow Marsh, north-east London. Description: Short bursts of song. Recordist: Richard Beard. Duration: 2:36.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:28:05 +0100 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/walthamstow_marsh_wildlife/ Where: Walthamstow Marsh, north-east London. Description: Ticking, churring and varied song. Recordist: Richard Beard. Duration: 1:39.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:26:54 +0100 AE08EA7C-B484-4661-B5F2-49DD852AD412 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/walthamstow_marsh_wildlife/ Where: Walthamstow Marsh, north-east London. Description: Typical bubbling song. Recordist: Richard Beard. Duration: 1:52.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:25:39 +0100 38DE7111-8C15-4E6D-9B50-7085ECA61181 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/walthamstow_marsh_wildlife/ Where: Walthamstow Marsh, north-east London. Description: Short, warbling song. Recordist: Richard Beard. Duration: 0:54.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:24:27 +0100 1D2DBC4E-1FF3-4E53-B0F9-92F60E28BE93 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/walthamstow_marsh_wildlife/ Where: Walthamstow Marsh, north-east London. Description: Songs of various birds recorded before sunrise, including Song Thrush, Blackbird, Wren, Woodpigeon, Reed Warbler and distant Tawny Owl. Recordist: Richard Beard. Duration: 3:09.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:23:18 +0100 E9866346-0CF9-4072-968A-3C3BED4C19AC http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/walthamstow_marsh_wildlife/ Where: Walthamstow Marsh, north-east London. Description: Flock calls in flight. Recordist: Richard Beard. Duration: 0:46.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:22:08 +0100 ACAC20BF-0D60-4355-9B01-97F38CA74466 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/springfield_park_wildlife/ Where: Springfield Park, north-east London. Description: Loud 'tchick' call. Recordist: Richard Beard. Duration: 0:29.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:20:20 +0100 E03734A2-47EA-4941-AEFD-3019CFF945F6 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/93/35/ Where: Ealing Broadway shopping centre, west London. Description: Voices and footsteps of shoppers in a partly-covered courtyard in the shopping centre. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:18:51 +0100 8C9F828C-BC3C-436F-9291-D7D166EAE2F7 http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/95/35/ Where: Shepherds Bush, west London. Description: Voices of shoppers and stallholders recorded while walking southwards through the market. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:17:35 +0100 B8D7ECAA-5238-40F2-85F8-08FE44F7090A http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/95/35/ Where: Shepherds Bush, west London. Description: Voices and footsteps of Westfield shoppers, faint clattering noises from nearby cafes and restaurants. Recordist: IM Rawes. Duration: 1:00.]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:16:16 +0100 68676D99-9C4B-4E2D-8E58-4D709BE9BE0C