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: Wood Green tube night
Grid square: Palmers Green Edmonton Tottenham
Duration: 1:24
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Recording date: 12 December 2009
Time of day: 9pm
Location: At the entrance to Wood Green tube station.
Description: On the left channel, sounds of the tube station, including recorded classical music, there presumably to have a calming effect or drive away youths. On the right channel, sounds of traffic, music from cars and a pub opposite. Voices and footsteps of people passing in and out of the station.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Additional notes: None.