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Antrepo. Walk to roof
5:02
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Recordist's notes
Climb up a metal staircase to the roof of this harbour warehouse. Sounds of mosques, seagulls, ships. recorded binaurally - DPA mics, DAT tape. a sound from Raw Materials project - http://aporee.org/maps/projects/rawmaterials also used in the CD "The Well" made for the 10th Istanbul Biennial http://spore.soundscaper.com/thewell.html
About the place
Üsküdar is a city of about 524,452 people in Istanbul, Turkey. OttoAnna lists 24 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: DPA microphones and Binaural microphones. Danish miniature and measurement-grade microphones.
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Sources & credits
- “Beyoğlu, Turkey - Antrepo. Walk to roof” by Justin Bennett – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0