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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
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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Sources & credits
- “St. Barbara-Klinik Hamm-Heessen, Am Heessener Wald 1, 59073 Hamm, Germany - In the garden of St Barbara” by radio continental drift – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0