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Recordist's notes
On a visit to Berlin in 2011 to perform it pays my way and it corrodes my soul with Stephen Cornford at LEAP, I made these recordings. Whenever I could I stopped and recorded my situation from the raucous queue outside a nightclub in Oxford to the escalators at Stansted and a Mexican dinner in Berlin. The recordings were made using an Edirol R-09HR. This recording was made at a quarter past midnight as i arrived in Oxford on the X39 to take a coach to Stansted Airport.
About the place
Oxford is a city of about 162,100 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 73 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Roland / Edirol R-05 & R-09. Compact Roland/Edirol recorders that were popular for early sound-map contributions.
Recorded nearby
On the A420 Thames Street opposite Butterwycke Place
Oxford, United Kingdom
On the northside of the A420 Thames Street next to the abandoned pub
Oxford, United Kingdom
Standing next to the riverbank
Oxford, United Kingdom
Where Speedwell Street meets Old Greyfriars Street
Oxford, United Kingdom
On the east side of Littlegate Street opposite Albion Place
Oxford, United Kingdom
Opposite Brewer Street
Oxford, United Kingdom
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Standing at the seven-bar gate beside the River Exe
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Aeolian gate in third marsh
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Listening to the swallows in the farmyard
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Sources & credits
- “University of Oxford, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK - 00.15 at the corner of Speedwell Street and St. Aldates” by Paul Whitty – CC BY-ND 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0