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Al Quoz - Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Traffic Through Metal Entrance Gates

62 6 St - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

A field recording by Chris Weaver made in Umm Suqaym, United Arab Emirates on 16 January 2016, in the afternoon. Soundscape: streets & traffic, construction & industry and contact-mic recordings.

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Al Quoz - Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Traffic Through Metal Entrance Gates
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Recordist's notes

Traffic recorded through the metal gates at the entrance of the complex known as the "Court Yard". Recorded using a Zoom H4 and Cold Gold contact microphones. This sound was for the soundtrack to a work by Fari Bradley and Chris Weaver called Tracing The Chora. "Tracing The Chora" was a sound walk around the industrial zone of mid-Dubai. Tracing The Chora https://soundcloud.com/farib/tracing-the-chora-fari-bradley-chris-weaver

Written by Chris Weaver on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Umm Suqaym is a town of about 16,459 people in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. OttoAnna lists 5 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n and Contact microphones. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.

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