Foxes playfighting at night 2:09
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 2 July 2014
Time of day: 2am
Location: Avignon Road, Brockley, south-east London.
Description: Two juvenile foxes playfight in the street at night, seemingly unconcerned by my presence about 15 yards away. They were eventually fled at the sight and sound of a passing car.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp and Roland R05 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Telegraph Hill Park 3:00
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 24 July 2014
Time of day: 2.30pm
Location: South end of Telegraph Hill Park near Kitto Road, New Cross.
Description: Sounds of a small park recorded on a weekday afternoon. Footsteps, voices of children at play, a bus heads uphill along Jerningham Road, a baby begins crying.
Technical guff: Spaced omnis with Soundblock acoustic baffle. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp and Roland R05 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Al Ayaan coffee bar Peckham 1:55
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 31 January 2013
Time of day: 3pm
Location: At the back of an indoor market off Rye Lane, Peckham.
Description: Voices of customers sitting nearby, two members of staff work behind the coffee bar, sound of the espresso machine.
Technical guff: In-ear binaural stereo. Soundman OKM II Classic/Studio mics and Edirol R09-HR recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Ravensbourne Elverson Road 1:00
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 23 July 2011
Time of day: 1:10pm
Location: Near Armour Way and Elverson Road DLR station, Lewisham.
Description: Faint trickling of the Ravensbourne, clattering of wheels as a DLR train approaches and stops at Elverson Road station, faint voices, distant 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.
Ravensbourne Deptford Bridge 1:00
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 23 July 2011
Time of day: 12:50pm
Location: By Deptford Broadway underneath Deptford Bridge DLR station.
Description: Loud sound of traffic passing with individual vehicle engines prominent, airplane drone, grinding of wheels of a DLR train as it approaches Deptford Bridge station.
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.
Ravensbourne Deptford Creek 1:00
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 23 July 2011
Time of day: 12.10pm
Location: Green Quay, Deptford Creek, south-east London.
Description: Cries of gulls or terns, sound of a boat's engine on the Thames, faint footsteps and voices of passersby, a road-sweeping machine passes on the opposite side of Deptford Creek.
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.
Mysterious junction box Nunhead 1:00
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 29 April 2011
Time of day: 10.30pm
Location: Junction of Gibbon Road and Oak Street, Nunhead.
Description: Loud humming and rattling noise from a junction box. Faint footsteps heard briefly.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Edirol R09-HR recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Deptford market 3:00
Grid square: New Cross, Lewisham, Brockley
Recording date: 19 March 2011
Time of day: 1.30pm
Location: Deptford market, south-east London.
Description: Saturday afternoon market atmosphere with music from stalls, voices of passersby and stallholders.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Brockley Barge Thursday night 1:00
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 20 January 2011
Time of day: 9.30pm
Location: In the Brockley Barge pub, southeast London.
Description: Busy pub ambience with general hubbub and more distinct voices closer by as a group of men discuss football.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x MM-HLSO/Sennheiser MKE-2 mics and Edirol R09-HR recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Laundrette Brockley 2:12
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 21 March 2010
Time of day: 2.30pm
Location: Laundrette on Brockley Road, south-east London.
Description: Three excerpts from a longer recording with sounds of washing machines, the spin dryer, and tumble dryers. Voices of staff and customers.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. MM-HLSO/Sennheiser MKE-2 mics and Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Car wash 2:50
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 3 March 2010
Time of day: 3.45pm
Location: Sainsburys garage car wash, New Cross Gate.
Description: Three extracts from a longer recording of a car wash cycle made, fortunately, from inside a car.
Technical guff: Stereo. Audio Technica BP4025 mic and Fostex FR-2LE digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Ed Lawrenson.
Rye Lane Peckham 4:42
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: May 2008
Time of day: 4.30pm
Location: Walking south along Rye Lane from Peckham Rye station.
Description: Weekday late afternoon on Rye Lane. A busker plays a guitar in the station, sounds of street cleaning vehicle, traffic, butcher's cleaver hitting a wooden block, music from shops, and passersby.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. Sonic Studios DSM-6S/EH and PA-3SX preamp. Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Greenwich foot tunnel 3:47
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 2005
Time of day: Not known
Location: Greenwich foot tunnel, passing under the Thames between Greenwich and the Isle of Dogs.
Description: "Opened in 1902, Greenwich Foot Tunnel runs under the river Thames, connecting the Isle of Dogs with the borough of Greenwich. Its rounded diameter and tiled walls give it peculiar acoustics, which are being explored here by children imitating police sirens. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent." – Matthias Kispert
Technical guff: Not known.
Recorded by: Matthias Kispert
Additional notes: Recording from soundtransit.nl, covered by a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.
TQ 3627 7688 1:00
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 25 May 2009
Time of day: 2 pm
Location: OS reference 3627 7688. St James, a cul-de-sac off New Cross Road, opposite New Cross Gate station.
Description: Constant background traffic noise from New Cross Road. Sounds of people walking past the student accommodation block on St James, a car pulls up and its occupants get out and talk.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Nunhead foxes 1:26
Grid square: New Cross, Brockley, Lewisham
Recording date: 9 May 2009
Time of day: Around midnight
Location: Near the railway cutting east of Nunhead station.
Description: A fox screeches every few seconds then, after a while, a second fox joins in. Sounds of vehicles passing over a road bridge and a continuous buzz from a nearby electricity sub-station.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
