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Playing the railings and bouncing on the paving stones

27B Albany St, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 3QN, UK

A field recording by Felicity Ford made in Edinburgh, United Kingdom on 22 March 2016, in the afternoon. Soundscape: streets & traffic.

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Playing the railings and bouncing on the paving stones
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Recordist's notes

19 Albany Street was another address at which Catherine Hogarth lived in Edinburgh as a young girl. I went to stand outside this building, to listen to its ambiences and atmospheres, to play its railings, and to hear the sounds that are present now. Obviously, there is much traffic. However fortuitously there is also a loose paving stone on which one can invent mischievous percussion, and also the sound of some glass recycling being done elsewhere further down the street...

Written by Felicity Ford on radio aporee ::: maps.

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Edinburgh is a city of about 514,990 people in Scotland, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 21 field recordings from here.

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