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Electromagnetic hum

A33, Reading, Reading RG2, UK

A field recording by Felicity Ford made in Reading, United Kingdom on 12 January 2015, in the morning. Soundscape: soundwalks.

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Recordist's notes

I wanted to hear the electricity that makes all this possible - that makes recording sounds and uploading them to aporee and sharing them online etc. etc. into a feasible thing. I took an electric pickup coil and walked underneath the nearest accessible pylon to my home. You can hear in the recording that I am walking under and around the cables of the pylon; the loudest sounds are when I am standing directly beneath the wires. It's amazing to think of how this sound imbricates all our gadgets and the landscape.

Written by Felicity Ford on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.

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