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Ridding a talkative bike

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

A field recording by senkamilutinovic made in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 9 January 2019, in the evening. Soundscape: wind, harbours, ports & boats and construction & industry.

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Ridding a talkative bike
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Recordist's notes

This was recorded by taping a zoom recorder to my leg while ridding a bike next to the Merwehaven, an industrial port in the far west of Rotterdam, neighbouring the town Schiedam. Due to the embodied nature of the recording, and the weather of the Netherlands, you can prominently hear the wind in the beginning as well. The bike itself was in a somewhat poor condition, and provided a lot of cackly repetitive noise.

Written by senkamilutinovic on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Rotterdam is a city of about 868,135 people in South Holland, The Netherlands. OttoAnna lists 106 field recordings from here.

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