Grosvenor Waterside fountain 1:40
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 6 August 2015
Time of day: 2.50pm
Location: By the Grosvenor canal inside the Grosvenor Waterside private housing complex, Pimlico.
Description: Loud, rapid clatter of a fountain where thin sheets of water fall a short distance into a stone trough.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Mouth of the Westbourne 2:30
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 6 August 2015
Time of day: 2.15pm
Location: Inside the mouth of the Westbourne river, Chelsea Embankment.
Description: Faint trickling sound of water from beneath one of the two floodgates inside the Westbourne's tunnel, airplane noise, traffic, brief cries from a gull.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Chelsea Harbour 3:30
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 4 July 2015
Time of day: 1pm
Location: East side of Chelsea Harbour.
Description: Distant traffic, creaking of boats' rigging as they drift slightly at the moorings, airplane and helicopter drone, faint voices, an electric bell rings, the wind stirs nearby foliage.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Battersea Park fountain 1:30
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 21 September 2012
Time of day: 3.30pm
Location: Batterses Park.
Description: Peter writes: "Battersea Park, fountains and aircraft. Initially all fountains operating, then the main bank, to my right, switches off and aircraft passes overhead."
Technical guff: Stereo. Olympus LS3 internal mics and Rycote windshield.
Recorded by: Peter Jeffels
Additional notes: Many thanks to Peter Jeffels for sharing this recording. Visit his Soundcloud page at soundcloud.com/macferret.
Queenstown Road station 1:20
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 1 April 2012
Time of day: 3.30pm
Location: Queenstown Road railway station, Battersea.
Description: Traffic, airplane drone, a recorded platform announcement, a train passes at high speed, faint music from a nearby house.
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.
Battersea Park 5:30
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: Unknown
Time of day: Early morning
Location: By the lake in Battersea Park, south London.
Description: Loud airplane drone, birdsong and calls of waterfowl, splashes, a cyclist passes by, a faint siren in the distance.
Technical guff: Stereo.
Recorded by: Sam Appleby
Additional notes: Many thanks to Sam Appleby for sharing this recording via Soundcloud. Visit Sam Appleby's website to see examples of his landscape photography and audiovisual work.
Clapham Junction walkway 3:00
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 15 May 2011
Time of day: 6pm
Location: Walking northwards along the covered inter-platform walkway at Clapham Junction station.
Description: Voices and footsteps, two men run past to catch a train, grinding sounds of train wheels, faint aeroplane drone, station announcements over speakers.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Edirol R09-HR recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Nine Elms Sunday market 4:00
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 8 May 2011
Time of day: Noon
Location: Nine Elms Sunday market, Vauxhall.
Description: Busy market atmosphere with voices of market-goers and stallholders, loud recorded music, growing quieter in an indoor part of the market towards the end.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Edirol R09-HR recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Car boot sale Battersea 1:40
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 25 April 2010
Time of day: 2.30pm
Location: Car boot sale off Battersea Bridge Road, south-west London.
Description: General hustle and bustle of the boot sale, humming from a snack bar's generator, voices of stallholders and customers.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x MM-HLSO/Sennheiser MKE-2 mics and Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Roadside snack bar Battersea 1:39
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
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.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
TQ 2835 7688 1:00
Grid square: Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham
Recording date: 30 May 2009
Time of day: 5.00pm
Location: OS grid reference TQ 2835 7688. Prince of Wales Drive, near the junction with Macduff Road, overlooking Battersea Park.
Description: Vehicles pass along Prince of Wales Drive, a resident nearby slams shut the door to a block of mansion flats, the traffic dies down, allowing the voices of children and adults from the park to be heard, along with birdsong and the drone of a distant motorbike.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
