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Sachsenhausen Russian Camp

csr · July 2019August 2019

The Russian Camp section at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, near Berlin. It goes without saying, an emotionally deafening experience, still over 80 years past. Past inmates of the Russian Camp that was used between 1945 and 1950, are interrupted by a helicoptor buzzing over head.

Tagus River Side

Tagus River Side

csr · July 2019January 2020

The huge Tagus river cuts past Lisbon and it’s globally familar icons in the form of a bridge strikingly similar to the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco and a the Christ the King (Christo Rei) figure that plays homage to the Christ the Redeemer statue located in Rio de Janeiro stare down at the …

Pavilhao Carlos Lopez Flag Lanyards

Pavilhao Carlos Lopez Flag Lanyards

csr · July 2019July 2019

São Jorge Castle

São Jorge Castle Fountain

csr · June 2019July 2019

The peaceful and cooling sound of birds and a fountain in one of the precinct courtyards of The Castelo de São Jorge, Lisbon.

Castelo de São Jorge

São Jorge Castle Sprinkler

csr · June 2019July 2019

Tejo Power Station Turbo Generator Hall

Tejo Power Station Turbo Generator Hall

csr · June 2019July 2019

No longer reverberating with the sound of electricity generation, the Turbo Generator Hall at Tejo reverberates with the sounds of staff tidying up from a polite function just held over lunch. External sounds from the nearby train line can be heard but all other sounds of industry have disappeared.

Budapest Metro Escalators

Budapest Metro Escalator

csr · June 2019July 2019

Wooden escalators are still prevalent across the Budapest Metro system and each station has its own particular sound. This is the sound of the escalator descending to the M2 Blue line at Nyugati pályaudvar waiting to travel north.

Line 1 Metro Budapest

csr · June 2019July 2019

Field recording of three stops on the Line 1 of the Budapest Metro. Recorded from inside the Metro carriage. The M1 line is the oldest metro line in continental Europe. The journey starts from Hősök tere and finishes at Oktogon.

Nyugati Station Budapest

Nyugati Station Budapest

csr · June 2019July 2019

Nyugati pályaudvar or Western railway station, opened on 1877 and built by the Eiffel Studio is currently one of Budapest’s principal railway termini and the terminus of the first railway to enter Budapest. The interior is vast and like many European train stations lack train height platforms enable sound to reverberate throughout.

Geevor Tin Mine

csr · June 2019July 2019

Luton / Budapest May 2019

csr · May 2019July 2019

Cable Car descending from The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Montallegro

Cable Car from The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Montallegro

csr · September 2018July 2019

Descending the cable car from Sanctuary of Nostra Signora Di Montallegro, near Rapallo, Liguria. There is a light rain. The chatter of cable car riders mixes with the sound of the rain which is amplified as it hits against the sides of the metal gondola.

San Francisco Cable Car

csr · March 2018July 2019

San Francisco Wave Lapping

csr · March 2018July 2019

Alcatraz Cell Doors

Alcatraz Cell Door Slam

csr · March 2016August 2019

If you have ever wondered what it sounds like when the cell doors slam on Alcatraz… Or a combination of doors opening and shutting at the same time.

San Francisco Rain and Beach

csr · March 2018July 2019

Apparently it never rains in San Francisco.

San Francisco Seals at Pier 39

San Francisco Sea Lions

csr · February 2018July 2019

The Sea lions at Pier 39 have added to the tourist attractions originally intended having first appeared at Pier 39 in late 1989, Since then numbers have steadily increased.

Singapore Botanical Garden Evening

Singapore Botanic Garden

csr · February 2018July 2019

This is a three hour sound walk at the Botanical Garden in Singapore but edited into about ten minutes. Starting with the underfoot crunch of walking along a stone path to the discovery of a small waterfall. Moving away from the sound of water to encounter the sound of barking and then to the smaller …

Singapore Metro Early Morning

Singapore Metro Early Morning

csr · January 2018July 2019

A sound recording from Chiangi Airport to the City on the Metro. The hyper polite, hyper organised and usually hyper efficient Singapore metro system is worth the experience; people stand in neat rows around doors at stations and stand in neat rows inside carraiges. Get a seat at the front if you can as trains …

Castle Williams Ghosts

csr · August 2017July 2019

Castle Wiliams is located on Governor’s Island about half a mile offshore from Manhattan Island. Castle Williams has been in use since 1807 and for many years used as a military prison. Although the building has changed throughout it’s use, it easy to get a feel for how conditions must have been when in …

Back at the beach

csr · June 2017July 2019

Dublin Bells

csr · November 2016July 2019

Processed field recordings from St Patricks Cathedral and Dublin Castle, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

Munich

Munich

csr · November 2011July 2019

Processed sound memory of Munich

Geevor Mine

csr · September 2011July 2019

Lisbon Lobby Echoes

csr · May 2011July 2019

Lisbon Streets

csr · May 2011July 2019