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Fountain, square ambience

Ebertpl. 15-17, 50668 Köln, Germany

A 3-minute field recording by udo noll made in Köln, Germany on 22 August 2018, in the evening. Soundscape: crowds & voices, parks & gardens and fountains.

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Fountain, square ambience
3:00CC BY-SA 3.0by udo nollInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

after a long time, this fountain has been activated again, probably for a series of event in order to revive this place and attract people to stay. Ebertplatz was abandoned for a while, and seemingly has become a rather problematic neighbourhood. (Sony PCM D50, Primo EM172)

Written by udo noll on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Köln is a city of about 1,024,621 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. OttoAnna lists 772 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Primo EM172 capsules. Tiny, very low-noise electret capsules at the heart of many DIY and boutique nature-recording mics.

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