Wishaw Walk N13 February 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 12 February 2015
Time of day: 1.35pm
Location: Wishaw Walk footpath off Elvendon Road, north London.
Description: Constant hum from an electricity substation close by, birdsong, distant traffic, a car door slams in the mid-distance, a train rushes past on the line to the east.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Paul Tourle.
Tottenhall Sports Ground N13 February 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 12 February 2015
Time of day: 2.30pm
Location: West side of Tottenhall Sports Ground, north London.
Description: Distant traffic, cries of gulls, birdsong.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Paul Tourle.
Pymmes Brook N13 February 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 12 February 2015
Time of day: 2.10pm
Location: By Pymme's Brook south of Millicent Grove, north London.
Description: Trickling of Pymme's Brook, birdsong, crows caw, distant traffic, faint airplane drone, sounds of activity from nearby allotments, a man coughs loudly.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Paul Tourle.
Chequers Way N13 February 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 12 February 2015
Time of day: 2pm
Location: Chequers Way opposite the Arla dairy, north London.
Description: Constant noise of machinery from the dairy, traffic passing close by, noise of milk tankers.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Paul Tourle.
Beech Road N11 May 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 1 May 2013
Time of day: 2.40pm
Location: Beech Road by the railway line, Bowes Park, north London.
Description: A couple walk past along an alleyway flankiing the railway line, a train engine idles, birdsong, faint traffic and aircraft drone, a householder puts rubbish in a bin.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Green Lanes N13 May 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 1 May 2013
Time of day: 3.10pm
Location: Green Lanes by the junction with Princes Avenue, Bowes Park, north London.
Description: Traffic, men's voices, a woman's voice and footsteps as she passes, music from vehicles, a car door is slammed.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Fairbrook Close N13 May 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 1 May 2013
Time of day: 3.15pm
Location: Fairbrook Close off Princes Avenue, Palmers Green, north London.
Description: A vehicle pulls away, voices of men on the other side of the street, hammering, aircraft drone, birdsong.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Bowes Road N13 May 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 1 May 2013
Time of day: 2.50pm
Location: Bowes Road section of the North Circular by the New River, Bowes Park, north London.
Description: Constant, heavy traffic passing along the North Circular/Bowes Road.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Belsize Avenue N13 May 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 1 May 2013
Time of day: 3pm
Location: Belsize Avenue, Bowes Park, north London.
Description: Loud birdsong in a residential street, swifts are heard briefly, occasional traffic, a power tool buzzes in the mid-distance.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Tottenhall Road N13 May 2:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 1 May 2013
Time of day: 3.20pm
Location: Tottenhall Road by the junction with Wolves Lane, Palmers Green, north London.
Description: Loud traffic close by, faint voices of people sitting outside a pub opposite, a woman and her child walk past.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Pymmes Brook Tanners End 1:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 6 January 2012
Time of day: 1pm
Location: Tanners End Lane, Edmonton, north London.
Description: Loud rushing of Pymme's Brook as it passes beneath Tanners End Lane, passing traffic on Silver Street, 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.
New River Palmers Green 1:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 3 September 2011
Time of day: 3.40pm
Location: Immediately north of Oakthorpe Road, Palmers Green, north London.
Description: Traffic, children play outside a small mosque, birdsong, airplane drone, in a back garden a mastiff begins barking.
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.
Pymmes Brook Bowes Park 1:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 3 September 2011
Time of day: 3.25pm
Location: Bowes Park north of Bowes Road, north London.
Description: Water rushes from a drain into Pymme's Brook as it emerges from a tunnel beneath a railway line, 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.
Wood Green Shopping City 1:30
Grid square: Palmers Green, Edmonton, Tottenham
Recording date: 27 August 2011
Time of day: 4pm
Location: Inside Wood Green Shopping City, north London.
Description: Sounds recorded while wandering around the ground floor of the shopping centre with adults' and children's voices, music from concealed speakers overhead, louder and busier ambience towards the end.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x MM-HLSO/Sennheiser MKE-2 mics, Sony PCM M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Wood Green tube night 1:24
Grid square: Palmers Green Edmonton Tottenham
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.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
TQ 3231 9205 1:00
Grid square: Palmers Green, Tottenham
Recording date: 20 March 2009
Time of day: 4.45pm
Location: OS reference 3231 9205. End of Queensland Avenue, a residential street, around 400 feet due west of the grid point, which falls inside a fenced-off area of overgrown land.
Description: A sparrow chirps close by throughout, faint sounds of activity in the street: a child's voice, hammering, and less distinct noises. Steady traffic noise from the North Circular and the A10, about a quarter of a mile away.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
