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1167a bolier room

Belém, Lisboa, Portugal

A field recording by Piotrek Zyla made in Belém, Portugal on 20 April 2024, in the evening.

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1167a bolier room
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Recordist's notes

The exhibition presented how electricity was made in this former coal power plant. In this recording, I go inside the so-called boiler room. Binaural recording made with DPA 4560 recorded on Zoom F3 Author's website: https://piotrekzyla.com

Written by Piotrek Zyla on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Belém is a town of about 16,546 people in Lisbon, Portugal. OttoAnna lists 9 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom F3, DPA microphones and Binaural microphones. A tiny two-input 32-bit float recorder – no gain setting needed.

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