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Police car PA: Lockdown Announcement, Burgos, Spain

Burgos, Alfoz de Burgos, Burgos, Castilla y León, España

A 3-minute field recording by Acoustic Mirror made in Burgos, Spain on 16 March 2020, in the evening. Soundscape: streets & traffic.

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Police car PA: Lockdown Announcement, Burgos, Spain
2:30CC BY-SA 3.0by Acoustic MirrorInternet Archive
2:30
Spectrogram of Police car PA: Lockdown Announcement, Burgos, Spain
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Recordist's notes

On the very first day of enforced confinement, police cars towing PA systems circulated around Spanish cities, booming out a prerecorded message announcing the lockdown. It sounded rather ominous, particularly to those of us who had recently watched the "Chernobyl" series. It caught me rather unprepared - I had to rush out to the balcony, recorder in hand, and set levels and ride gain as I went. Thus the technical issues with the recording. Still, it was as good as a run-and-gun recording could go, and, listening back, it does seem to irradiate that sense of shock of the first days of the quarantine.

Written by Acoustic Mirror on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Burgos is a city of about 176,418 people in Castille and León, Spain. OttoAnna lists 7 field recordings from here.

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