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Recordist's notes
A group of young kids on a day trip accompanied by teachers are playing games in the forest. A wood ant colony, very common here, builds its nest amongst a fallen tree trunk. A chaffinch sings. The two layers are recorded simultaneously, the children with normal microphones, the ants with contact mics resting on the mound they are creating. The layers crossfade from the external to the internal as the track plays.
About the place
Charlottenburg is a city of about 129,359 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 81 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Contact microphones. Piezo pickups that record vibrations in solid materials instead of airborne sound.
Recorded nearby
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Teufelsberg atmosphere in wind, tree creak, unpredictable bird song…
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Lücke in Autobahn 115 Brücken
Charlottenburg, Germany
Windy day recording from under a heap of dry leaves
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Self-actuating panel with contact mics
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Urban beach
Charlottenburg, Germany
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Whistling windgenerator
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Hoscheid, sound object, buried resonance
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Hoscheid, sound object, forestgong
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Sources & credits
- “Two layers of sound, young children play as wood ants build their nest, Dauerwaldweg, Westend, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, 14055, Germany - Two layers of sound, young children play in the forest, while wood ants build their nest nearby” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0