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Spontaneous carnival combo

Trankgasse 9, 50667 Cologne, Germany

A 4-minute field recording by udo noll made in Köln, Germany on 20 February 2012, in the night. Soundscape: trains & stations, trams, metros & buses and crowds & voices.

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Spontaneous carnival combo
3:35CC BY 3.0by udo nollInternet Archive
3:35

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Recordist's notes

arriving in Köln at carnival Monday (Rosenmontag) is madness, if you're not prepared or in a bad mood. however, nice things can happen: a musician with a trombone, waiting for his underground train, sees other musicians at the opposite platform and tentatively starts to play (not on the recording, too late...). the others respond, and so a spontaneous mini concert takes place. people enjoy it, until the arriving trains dissolve everything. (tech note: olympus ls5)

Written by udo noll on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Köln is a city of about 1,024,621 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. OttoAnna lists 772 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Olympus LS series. Olympus's LS line (LS-10, LS-11, LS-14, LS-100, LS-P4) – small recorders with good built-in mics.

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