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Crane Boom
1:05
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Recordist's notes
Contact mic attached to a metal lattice boom of a crane abandoned in the woods. The boom is approximately 30 feet long partially suspended above ground. Trees and other plants grow up through the lattice. The wind blows branches and leaves across the boom.
About the place
Wildwood is a town of about 35,899 people in Missouri, United States. OttoAnna lists 62 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Contact microphones. Piezo pickups that record vibrations in solid materials instead of airborne sound.
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Sources & credits
- “Crane Boom, Zombie Trail, Missouri, USA - Crane Boom” by Pierrot Desperes – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0