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Field recording · Germany

The Hinterhof from my 3rd floor window. Monday, 3 days after Covid-19 restrictions

Berlin, 10117, Deutschland

A 5-minute field recording by Peter Cusack made in Prenzlauer Berg, Germany on 23 March 2020, in the morning. Soundscape: wind and crowds & voices.

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The Hinterhof from my 3rd floor window. Monday, 3 days after Covid-19 restrictions
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Spectrogram of The Hinterhof from my 3rd floor window. Monday, 3 days after Covid-19 restrictions
Spectrogram of the full recording (time left to right, frequency bottom to top), generated by the Internet Archive.

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Recordist's notes

The Hinterhof is eerily quiet. It's as if many of those living here don't exist. Maybe they've gone away. I'm not hearing children any more. This tone is often present and sounds no different from always (it is an accidental wind flute from one of the external pipes from the heating system) but it's detail is more apparent with less urban rumble. There's a slightly harmonic hiss associated with it hasn't been clear till now. Also the city's sub bass is more audible. Interesting which sounds are revealed when normal acoustic backdrop changes. There also more sirens, presumably ambulances.

Written by Peter Cusack on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Prenzlauer Berg is a city of about 148,878 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 19 field recordings from here.

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