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Recordist's notes
A barge from a gravel dredging operation sits partially buried in a gravel bar. The cavernous interior is covered by sheet metal. A contact mic is attached to the sheet metal and records low sounds from a very slow motorboat in the Meramec River. The harmonics of the sound change as the boat approaches and passes the barge. Random objects also fall on the barge.
About the place
Wildwood is a town of about 35,899 people in Missouri, United States. OttoAnna lists 62 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Contact microphones. Piezo pickups that record vibrations in solid materials instead of airborne sound.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “Barge, Yeatman, Missouri, USA - Motorboat Barge Contact Mic” by Pierrot Desperes – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0