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Protest against A412 Motorway at Machilly Lake

Route de Léman, Quartier Guyon, Les Tattes, Machilly, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France métropolitaine, 74140, France

A 11-minute field recording by Philippe Martorell made in Annemasse, France on 26 September 2026, in the morning. Soundscape: streets & traffic, crowds & voices and protests & demonstrations.

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Protest against A412 Motorway at Machilly Lake
10:53CC BY 3.0by Philippe MartorellInternet Archive
10:53
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Recordist's notes

On September 26th 2026, more than 500 people took the opportunity of the national "walks for climate, peace, living world and justice" events to meet in Machilly, Haute-Savoie, France, especially to express their protest against the A412 motorway project, also named "Autoroute du Chablais", supposed to link Machilly to Thonon-Les-Bains, in this alpine area called "Chablais". The event included speeches, music, and was also the opportunity for local environmental care associations to expose their work and inform general public. This recording was performed while walking in the park located next to the Machilly lake, capturing music played on stage, intelligible parts of conversation, general backdground noise of people talking, child playing, bicycles, and then meeting speakers. Field recording performed with Zoom H5 + integrated XY microphone.

Written by Philippe Martorell on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Annemasse is a town of about 28,275 people in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H5. A modular handheld recorder with interchangeable microphone capsules.

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