A small collection of recordings made around London during the hours of darkness. So far it includes night-time West End crowds, a few pubs and street scenes, and some festivities in Croydon.
Above: graphic based on a night-time satellite image courtesy of the Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. Each red grid square is 2.5 miles or 4 kilometers across. Left: drawing by Kaffe Fassett, 1966.
File name: Man throws pots at drunks
Grid square: Waddon, Croydon
Duration: 2:29
Recorded by: Dave Pape
Recording date: 17 March 2006
Time of day: Not known
Location: Croydon High Street
Description: *Contains strong swearing* Croydon town centre has a large number of bars, where people get noisily and often aggressively drunk at weekends. Here, at the end of the High Street where the tram tracks head down the hill, we hear the sound of an annoyed resident in a 3rd-floor flat throwing plant pots and random objects down at drunk men, who shout back as their women look on.
Technical guff: Binaural stereo. Soundman OKM mics, Marantz PMD-670 recorder.
Additional notes: Learn more about Dave Pape's activities at Museum of Techno.
File name: Castrate their balls
Grid square: Waddon, Croydon
Duration: 0:54
Recorded by: Dave Pape
Recording date: 30 August 2004
Time of day: Not known
Location: Church Street, Croydon
Description: Two women and a man walk along Church Street. The women discuss how animals are castrated while the man struggles to hold his own with his companions.
Technical guff: Binaural stereo. Soundman OKM mics, Marantz PMD-670 recorder.
Additional notes: Learn more about Dave Pape's activities at Museum of Techno.