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: Camden High Street
Grid square: Hampstead, Tufnell Park, Camden
Duration: 2:32
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Recording date: November 2008
Time of day: 10.30pm
Location: Parkway, Camden High Street, and Camden tube.
Description: Sounds of Saturday night revellers: shouts and conversations, a scooter buzzes past, music from shops and nightclubs, a bottle clatters down some steps at Camden Underground station. Extracts edited together from a longer recording.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. Sonic Studios DSM-6S/EH mics and PA-3SX preamp, Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Additional notes: Thanks to Chris Low.