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End of 2017 Celebrations
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Recordist's notes
New Year Fireworks displays from private homes around North Western Johannesburg. Wind, dogs barking, fireworks and a light aircraft taking the aerial view of the celebration of the passing of 2017. Piezo EM172's on a Jecklin disc to SD702
About the place
Randburg is a city of about 337,053 people in Gauteng, South Africa. OttoAnna lists 14 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Primo EM172 capsules and Contact microphones. Tiny, very low-noise electret capsules at the heart of many DIY and boutique nature-recording mics.
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Sources & credits
- “63A 9th St, Linden, Randburg, 2104, South Africa - End of 2017 Celebrations” by Neville Smithers – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0