Blackstock Road N4 June 2:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 25 June 2015
Time of day: 3.20pm
Location: Blackstock Road by junction with Ambler Road, Islington.
Description: Loud traffic on Blackstock Road, voices of adults and children walking past.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Nick Hamilton.
Romilly Road N4 June 2:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 25 June 2015
Time of day: 3.15pm
Location: Halfway along Romilly Road, Islington.
Description: Footsteps, voices of children and adults, birdsong, slamming of car doors, cars move slowly along Romilly Road, distant traffic, music from a car, the wind stirs nearby foliage, calls of swifts.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Nick Hamilton.
Quill Street north N4 June 2:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 25 June 2015
Time of day: 2.55pm
Location: North end of Quill Street, Islington.
Description: Airplane drone, the wind stirs foliage nearby, a front door is slammed shut twice, voices and footsteps of passersby, a train passes along a nearby railway line, noises from a van being unloaded.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Thanks to Nick Hamilton.
Plimsoll Road N4 April 2:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 20 April 2013
Time of day: 3.40pm
Location: Junction of Plimsoll Road and Prah Road, Finsbury Park, north London.
Description: Faint voices in a quiet residential street, a car passes playing music, birdsong, a woman pushes a buggy along the pavement, two men emerge from a pub and talk.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Rock Street N4 April 2:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 20 April 2013
Time of day: 3.30pm
Location: Junction of Rock Street and Prah Road, Finsbury Park, north London.
Description: Traffic, voices of men standing around and passing the time in small groups at the junction, someone rides slowly past on a bicycle, music from a passing car.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Thunder and rain Stoke Newington 1:56
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 22 June 2009
Time of day: 6.28pm
Location: Stoke Newington, north-east London.
Description: Raindrops and rush of rainwater, thunder, the rain grows more intense, faint birdsong
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 4060 mics, Nagra Ares P2 recorder.
Recorded by: Richard Beard
Additional notes: Many thanks to Richard Beard for sharing this recording.
Bendy bus Stoke Newington 1:45
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 28 February 2006
Time of day: 5.25pm
Location: Stoke Newington, north-east London.
Description: Sounds recorded inside a moving bendy bus with deep growl of engine, rattling of interior fittings, ding of the bell.
Technical guff: Stereo. Nagra stereo mic, Nagra Ares P2 recorder.
Recorded by: Richard Beard
Additional notes: Many thanks to Richard Beard for sharing this recording.
Supermarket checkout Stamford Hill 1:08
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 11 March 2006
Time of day: 11.20am
Location: Morrisons supermarket, Stamford Hill.
Description: Supermarket ambience with beeping of checkout tills close by, rustling of carrier bags, a mobile phone rings and a man answers.
Technical guff: Stereo. Nagra stereo mic, Nagra Ares P2 recorder.
Recorded by: Richard Beard
Additional notes: Many thanks to Richard Beard for sharing this recording.
New River West Reservoir 1:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 29 December 2011
Time of day: 3.15pm
Location: By West Reservoir, Manor House, north London.
Description: Cries of gulls and ducks on the West Reservoir, distant traffic, faint airplane drone, the wind stirs nearby 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.
New River Hornsey Depot 1:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sister, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 27 August 2011
Time of day: 3pm
Location: On the New River path by Hornsey train depot, north London.
Description: Distant traffic, faint sound of the breeze stirring leaves on trees, a train passes and sounds its horn.
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 Seven Sisters Bridge 1:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 27 August 2011
Time of day: 2.15pm
Location: By Seven Sisters Bridge near junction with Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, north London.
Description: Loud traffic from Amhurst Park and Seven Sisters Road, deep noise of water churning and bubbling in a covered culvert feeding into the New River.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, Sony PCM M10.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Many thanks to Matthew Saywell.
New River Harringay Ladder 1:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sister, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 27 August 2011
Time of day: 2.40pm
Location: Duckett Road, Harringay, north London.
Description: Quiet ambience in a residential street with traffic passing along Wightman Road to the west, faint birdsong.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, Sony PCM M10 recorder.
Recorded by: I M Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Seven Sisters Road 1:30
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 15 September 2010
Time of day: 9.30pm
Location: Seven Sisters Road under Finsbury Park station.
Description: Slight echoing ambience of traffic on Seven Sisters Road under Finsbury Park station, voices of passersby.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Perfect Chicken Blackstock Road 1:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 15 September 2010
Time of day: 10pm
Location: Perfect Chicken takeaway, Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park.
Description: Hubbub of voices inside a busy fast food takeaway. Sound of chicken wings dumped in the deep fat fryer, voices of staff at the counter.
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.
Seven Sisters indoor market 1:55
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 7 July 2010
Time of day: 4.30pm
Location: Seven Sisters indoor market, next to Seven Sisters tube station.
Description: Recorded while walking around the maze-like interior of the market. Voices of staff and customers at a cafe in the market, voices and recorded music from various stalls and little shop units.
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: Marred in places by wind noise, to which these mics are very sensitive. The wind source was ceiling fans in the market.
Marcus Garvey Library Seven Sisters 2:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 7 July 2010
Time of day: 5.30pm
Location: Marcus Garvey public library, Tottenham Green Centre, Seven Sisters.
Description: Library ambience with air conditioning hum, people turning pages of newspapers and books, a man mutters briefly to himself.
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.
TQ 3231 8826 1:00
Grid square: Stroud Green, Seven Sisters, Stoke Newington
Recording date: 16 February 2009
Time of day: 3.00pm
Location: OS reference TQ 3231 8826. Entrance to Arena Business Centre off Oakdale Road.
Description: A constant and regular clattering noise from equipment used to repair the railway line just east of Harringay Green Lanes station. Some other sounds made by workmen, and aircraft drone.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Olympus LS-10 digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
