I'm always interested in discovering other field recording sites, although they are few and far between.
Today I received a message from Ian Rawes, the admin of a site named London Sound Survey, letting me know that he had placed a link to my blog on his site.
From what I can gather, London Sound Survey came into existence around May 2009, and already it contains a significant number of recordings. It's refreshing to see a field recording site that breaks away from the oft encountered blog format and the aesthetics are engaging.
The site is described as a small and growing collection of stereo recordings of places, daily life and events in the capital, and appears to comprise of four main sections: Sound Action recordings, Sound Map recordings, a graphical representation of the types of sound encountered across the city of London, and a Historical Sounds section. As is alluded to in the website name, the recordings you'll here are centered around the UK's capital, which I think works well in tying the audio material into a cohesive body of work. That said, restricting the recordings to a geographical area does not mean that the recordings are restricted in scope - there is plenty of variety here.
I look forward to seeing and hearing more from Ian's site.
2 comments:
Many thanks for the smashing mention!
You wrote: "I'm always interested in discovering other field recording sites, although they are few and far between."
Indeed so. That situation doesn't really seem likely to change much.
But it's a good niche to be in. Have you noticed when out and about recording, how people ask with real interest about you're doing? I've never encountered scorn from anyone.
My pleasure Ian.
Because my binaural mics are in-ear, and therefore quite stealthy, I don't tend to get noticed!
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