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In the garden of St Barbara

Böckenhege 6, 59073 Hamm, Germany

A 3-minute field recording by radio continental drift made in Hamm, Germany on 17 September 2014, in the evening. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus, forests and crowds & voices.

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In the garden of St Barbara
3:15CC BY-SA 3.0by radio continental driftInternet Archive
3:15

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Recordist's notes

… siting on a bench in the garden of the hospital; right on the edge of the forest; early evening, light is getting dim; an eerie mix of hums from the near by hospital, high flying planes, evening birds and voices in the garden… … auf einer Bank im Garten des Krankenhauses sitzed; ganz am Rand des Heessener Waldes; Spätsommerabend; Licht schwindet und Geräusche werden lauter; elektrisches Summen der Klinkgebäude, mischt sich unheimlich mit anderen Klängen… https://archive.org/details/Nirgends_besser_als__408

Written by radio continental drift on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Hamm is a city of about 178,967 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. OttoAnna lists 129 field recordings from here.

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