River Pool Bell Green 1:00
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 14 September 2011
Time of day: 2.55pm
Location: Near Moremead Road, Bell Green, southeast London.
Description: Close-up recording of the Pool as it flows swiftly through a narrow bend, birdsong, distant traffic.
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.
River Pool Lower Sydenham 1:00
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 14 September 2011
Time of day: 3.10pm
Location: Footpath off Worsley Bridge Road, Lower Sydenham.
Description: Trickle of the Pool as it passes over gravel, shouts of boys playing football in a sports ground opposite, airplane drone, faint birdsong.
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.
Ravensbourne Catford South 1:00
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 14 September 2011
Time of day: 2pm
Location: By Wickes DIY store off Catford Road, southeast London.
Description: Trickling of the Ravensbourne as a culvert takes it underground, a van revs its engine nearby, hum and drone of industrial machinery.
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.
River Pool Grangemill Road 1:00
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 14 September 2011
Time of day: 2.30pm
Location: By the River Pool near Grangemill Road, Bellingham.
Description: Distant voices of children at play, a dog barks, knocking sounds from a house close by, the wind stirs foliage.
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.
Ravensbourne Bellingham 1:00
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 24 July 2011
Time of day: 6.30pm
Location: Allerford Road, Bellingham, south-east London.
Description: Constant traffic on Bromley Road, the wind stirs nearby foliage, voices and music from a nearby estate.
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.
Ravensbourne Pool Linear Park 1:00
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 23 July 2011
Time of day: 2:50pm
Location: At the confluence of the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne, River Pool Linear Park, Catford.
Description: A train passes swiftly nearby, trickling of the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne, distant traffic, faint birdsong.
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.
Ravensbourne Catford 1:00
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 15 October 2009
Time of day: 4pm
Location: Under the railway bridge in Westdown Street, near Catford station, south-east London.
Description: Sound of the Ravensbourne river rushing beneath an iron cover set in the road surface. Footsteps nearby, and aeroplane drone in the background. A high-speed southbound train approaches towards the end.
Technical guff: Stereo. Audio Technica BP4025 mic and Fostex FR-2LE digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Horniman Museum 3:32
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 3 March 2007
Time of day: Not known
Location: Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, south London.
Description: Adults' and childrens' voices echo in the African Worlds Gallery at the Horniman Museum. Faint music and recorded voices from some of the exhibition displays.
Technical guff: Binaural stereo. Soundman OKM mics, Marantz PMD-670 recorder.
Recorded by: Dave Pape
Additional notes: Hear more of Dave Pape's sounds on Soundcloud.
TQ 3627 7309 1:00
Grid square: Forest Hill, Catford, Ladywell
Recording date: 20 February 2009
Time of day: 11.45am
Location: TQ 3627 7309. Kilmorie Road.
Description: Suburban street with aircraft drone, birdsong, car doors slamming, a man coughs and walks by, indistinct speech from further away.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.