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Recordist's notes
This recording was made inside the Octagon: an old, Octagonal structure built by the Freemasons. Kids play, wind blows, fire burns, traffic passes way below at the bottom of the valley along the N11. The recorder is a lovely old wooden one belonging to Jeff. Lower notes are harder to get, and the wind kept blowing into the microphones, so the recording's not pristine. You can hear the strange acoustic of the Octagon. Recorded with the EDIROL R09.
About the place
Greystones is a town of about 22,009 people in Leinster, Ireland. OttoAnna lists 13 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
Fireside Music
Greystones, Ireland
Listening to the stream and the N11 playing together
Greystones, Ireland
Listening to the stream in the Glen of The Downs
Greystones, Ireland
Listening to the N11
Greystones, Ireland
Revisiting the site of a road protest where I'd lived in 1997
Greystones, Ireland
Birds and cars
Greystones, Ireland
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Sources & credits
- “Inside the Octagon, Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland - Chamber Orchestra” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0