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Field recording · Belgium

Place ambience

Bruxelles - Brussel, Ville de Bruxelles - Stad Brussel, Brussel-Hoofdstad - Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België / Belgique / Belgien

A field recording by Flavien Gillié made in Brussels, Belgium on 10 May 2023, in the morning. Soundscape: streets & traffic, crowds & voices and cafés, bars & restaurants.

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Place ambience
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Recordist's notes

Café Terrace, conversations, cars in the street. Somebody moving repeatedly a metal chair until someone asks him to stop. People throwing empty bottles in the glass containers. Sirens. Dogs. Tech Note : Ambeo Smartheadset binaural -> iphone, listen with headphones.

Written by Flavien Gillié on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Brussels is a city of about 1,019,022 people in Brussels Capital, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 565 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones, Ambisonic microphones and Smartphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.

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