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Recordist's notes
This recording is part of a Sound Diaries project investigating the soundscape of football pitches in Oxford and builds on Get Rid! a project that explored the sounding cultures of grassroots football. This project titled 'One goalpost for informal kickabout' explores the soundscape of the city through a series of soundwalks starting and ending at the SARU studio at the Old Fire Station, Oxford, England and visiting one football pitch at a time. During the walks I have made a series of 1'00" recordings. The project will document public and private spaces. This recording was made on the A420 Thames Street opposite Butterwycke Place with a Tascam DR-40.
About the place
Oxford is a city of about 162,100 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 73 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Tascam DR-40. A four-track handheld with adjustable X/Y–A/B microphones and XLR inputs.
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Sources & credits
- “Thames St, Oxford OX1 1TR, UK - On the A420 Thames Street opposite Butterwycke Place” by Paul Whitty – CC BY-ND 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0