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Two layers of sound, young children play in the forest, while wood ants build their nest nearby

Dauerwaldweg, Westend, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, 14055, Deutschland

A 5-minute field recording by Peter Cusack made in Charlottenburg, Germany on 6 May 2025, in the morning. Soundscape: forests, crowds & voices and contact-mic recordings.

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Two layers of sound, young children play in the forest, while wood ants build their nest nearby
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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.

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

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.

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