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Listening to the stream and the N11 playing together

N11, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

A 83-second field recording by Felicity Ford made in Greystones, Ireland on 1 October 2002, in the afternoon. Soundscape: rivers, streams & waterfalls, streets & traffic and protests & demonstrations.

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Listening to the stream and the N11 playing together
1:23CC BY-SA 3.0by Felicity FordInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

When I revisited the Glen of the Downs site (where I had lived on a road protest in 1997) I was obsessed with the relationship between the sound of the stream which I remembered so clearly, and the din of the N11 motorway drowning it out. In this recording - a rare moment when I actually stood still for some moments and listened properly to the sounds - you can hear both the N11 and the stream together. I was very interested in the relationship between the two sounds and was still trying to understand what it means to call sounds "Nature" or "Manmade". I am still trying to understand this, because I am not sure the separation is useful. Recorded in 2002 with unknown microphone and minidisc player.

Written by Felicity Ford on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Greystones is a town of about 22,009 people in Leinster, Ireland. OttoAnna lists 13 field recordings from here.

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