Beverley Brook Priests Bridge 1:00
Grid square: Kew, Chiswick, Mortlake
Recording date: 12 November 2011
Time of day: 4.40pm
Location: Priests Bridge off Upper Richmond Road, Barnes/Mortlake.
Description: Loud rushing sound as part of Beverley Brook is diverted to a tunnel running beneath the Halfway House pub on Priests Bridge, passing traffic.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, Sony PCM M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Beverley Brook Barnes 1:00
Grid square: Kew, Mortlake, Chiswick
Recording date: 11 Septemver 2011
Time of day: 3pm
Location: Rectory Road, Barnes, southwest London.
Description: Whine of jet engines as an airplane flies overhead yowards Heathrow, sound of the wind rustling foliage, birdsong.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, Sony PCM M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Kew Gardens conservatory 1:08
Grid square: Kew, Chiswick, Mortlake
Recording date: 6 February 2010
Time of day: 9.40am
Location: Kew Gardens palm house conservatory, south-west London.
Description: Loud hissing from plant misters which quickly subsides, then constant dripping of water onto plant leaves all around.
Technical guff: Stereo. Audio Technica BP-4025 mic and Fostex FR-2LE digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Ed Lawrenson.
TQ 2043 7688 1:00
Grid square: Kew, Mortlake, Chiswick
Recording date: 30 May 2009
Time of day: 2pm
Location: OS grid reference TQ 2043 7688. Cavendish Road, overlooking the Westminster University sports ground.
Description: Continuous sound of distant traffic, a motorbike engine from closer by, a cricket match is in progress on the sports ground, with clapping and cries from the players.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Brentford Steam Museum 1:48
Grid square: Kew, Mortlake, Chiswick
Recording date: 22 February 2009
Time of day: Early afternoon
Location: Brentford Steam Museum, near Kew Bridge
Description: Recordings of different stationary steam engines at the museum, edited and cross-faded. First, a Hathorn Davey rotating engine, built in 1910 in Leeds, then the sound of steam escaping from a pipe join on the Grand Junction 90-inch engine. Last, a recording from the small engine section of the museum, with a Beck & Co Three-Throw water pump most prominent. The burping, grunting sound in the background is made by an Easton & Amos rotating engine, built in Southwark in 1863.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Kew Gardens 1:00
Grid square: Kew, Mortlake, Chiswick
Recording date: 11 February 2009
Time of day: Around noon
Location: Prince of Wales conservatory, Kew Gardens
Description: In the tropical plants section of the Prince of Wales conservatory are heard: visitors' voices, running water from a stream, water dripping from a miniature waterfall, and the hiss of an overhead plant mister.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.