Stationary DLR train Beckton 2:45
Grid square: Beckton, Woolwich, Thamesmead
Recording date: 29 December 2014
Time of day: 3.45pm
Location: Beckton Docklands Light Railway station, east London.
Description: Humming, droning noises inside a stationary DLR train, automated platform announcements.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14. Noise reduction above 4kHz in Soundforge.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Asda entrance Beckton 3:00
Grid square: Beckton, Woolwich, Thamesmead
Recording date: 29 December 2014
Time of day: 3.30pm
Location: Outside the Asda supermarket, Tollgate Road, Beckton.
Description: Constant clattering of shopping trolleys, voices of shoppers as they pass in and out of the supermarket, beeping from hole-in-the-wall cash machines, footsteps, distant traffic.
Technical guff: In-ear binaural stereo. 2 x Sound Professionals MS-TFB-2 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Northern outfall sewer Gallions Reach 2:29
Grid square: Beckton, Woolwich, Thamesmead
Recording date: 25 March 2014
Time of day: 2.30pm
Location: By the Thames at Gallions Reach, Docklands, east London.
Description: Distant traffic, echoing sound of water trickling and slashing around in the outfall sewer immediately beneath the mic position, a plane takes off from London City Airport, a pulsating mechanical hum, a crow caws.
Technical guff: X-Y coincident stereo. Audio Technica BP4025 mic, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, Roland R-05 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Nathan Budzinski.
Woolwich foot tunnel 2:30
Grid square: Beckton, Woolwich, Thamesmead
Recording date: 9 March 2013
Time of day: Mid-afternoon
Location: Mid-way along the Woolwich foot tunnel running underneath the Thames.
Description: Rumbling echoing sounds in the Woolwich foot tunnel on a Saturday afternoon. Occasional footsteps of pedestrians, a man approaches playing music on a mobile phone or small radio.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Albert Basin Docklands 2:00
Grid square: Beckton, Woolwich, Thamesmead
Recording date: 25 May 2012
Time of day: Noon
Location: By the Thames at the gates to the Albert Basin, Beckton/North Woolwich.
Description: A strong wind blows and causes metal fittings to clatter against nearby flagpoles.
Technical guff: X-Y coincident stereo. Audio Technica BP4025 mic, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Many thanks to Ben McMahon.
Creekmouth Barking 1:00
Grid square: Beckton, Woolwich, Thamesmead
Recording date: 4 November 2009
Time of day: 12.30pm
Location: Creekmouth Open Space, by the Barking Creek flood gate.
Description: A strong breeze stirs bullrushes; to the immediate north, sounds of heavy machinery from factories and scrapyards.
Technical guff: Stereo. Audio Technica BP4025 mic and Fostex FR-2LE digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
TQ 4419 8067 1:00
Grid square: Beckton, Woolwich, Thamesmead
Recording date: 18 March 2009
Time of day: 10.30am
Location: OS reference 4419 8067. This point was in the middle of a mysterious industrial estate surrounded by a high fence, hence unreachable. The recording was made around 450 feet due east, on a track by the river.
Description: Cries of birds over the Thames and faint wind noise - very quiet.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None
Woolwich ferry 1:00
Grid square: Beckton, Woolwich, Thamesmead
Recording date: 12 February 2009
Time of day: Early afternoon
Location: On the ramp leading to the Woolwich ferry, south side of the Thames.
Description: Sounds of car and lorry engines turning over as the Woolwich ferry docks at the south side of the Thames. Cries of seagulls, which are then echoed in the wailing of a siren as the ferry gates are raised.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. Sonic Studios DSM-6S/EH mics and PA-3SX preamp. Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.