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: Roadside snack bar Battersea
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Duration: 1:39
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Recording date: 6 February 2010
Time of day: 10.45pm
Location: Snack bar on Queenstown Road by Battersea Bridge.
Description: Voice of the snack bar owner, sizzling of food being cooked on a griddle, clattering of kitchen utensils, traffic passing by on Queenstown Road.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Additional notes: None.