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Recordist's notes
A recording of a seemingly intact natural habitat dwelling over chemical waste in the polluted grounds of Bitterfeld. If you go down to the ground, you get the smell of strange evaporations. Binaural mix from an ambisonic recording with a Sennheiser Ambeo
About the place
Bitterfeld-Wolfen is a town of about 36,592 people in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. OttoAnna lists 3 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones and Ambisonic microphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.
Recorded nearby
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Schkeuditz, Germany
Echos of a Monday demonstration
Halle (Saale), Germany
Tramfahrt Linie 8
Halle (Saale), Germany
Spaziergang in den Franckeschen Stiftungen
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Montagsdemo
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Sources & credits
- “Antonienstraße 33, 06749 Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Deutschland - chemical nature” by golo.foellmer – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0