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Recordist's notes
Recorded during soundwalks in Tirana, this field recording focuses on the braking sound of a city bus within the continuous flow of traffic. Rather than a uniform movement, urban traffic appears here as a cyclical structure composed of acceleration, deceleration, and repeated stops. The bus brake emerges as a distinct rhythmic marker within this flow, briefly punctuating the acoustic field and organizing attention through repetition.
About the place
Tirana is a city of about 418,495 people in Tirana, Albania. OttoAnna lists 12 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Tirana, Central Albania, Albania - Bus Brake as Urban Rhythm” by Uğur Aslan – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0