![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 193 steps Covent Garden - London Sound Survey
Station announcer at Covent Garden Underground station in central London warns of the number of steps to climb to the surface if you don't use the lift.
Keywords: London; field recording; London Underground; Covent Garden
Downloads: 6 |
| Lord Mayors Show 2008: Passing by - London Sound Survey
The procession passing by with pipe band, recorded from a side-street off Ludgate Hill. Recorded November 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Lord Mayor; pipe band
Downloads: 12 |
| Please help the disabled - London Sound Survey
A man with a distinctive sing-song mantra of 'Please help the disabled, help the disabled please' tries to raise funds from afternoon commuters at City Thameslink station. He has appeared regularly at London rail termini for at least a decade. Until a few years ago, his chant went 'Please help the handicapped'. Recorded April 2009.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; charity; fundraiser
Downloads: 43 |
| Notting Hill Carnival 2008: Masquerade 2000 - London Sound Survey
Masquerade carnival/mas float and band in parade, recorded near junction of Great Western Road and Westbourne Park Road, early afternoon. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Notting Hill Carnival
Downloads: 17 |
| Canvey Island siren test - London Sound Survey
Regular test of one of nine flood warning sirens in Canvey Island, Essex. Recorded near the seafront by Andrew Pollard in 2006.
Keywords: London; Essex; field recording; siren; Canvey Island
Downloads: 112 |
| Notting Hill Carnival 2008: Glorious Backstage Arts - London Sound Survey
Glorious Backstage Arts carnival/mas float and band in parade, recorded near junction of Great Western Road and Westbourne Park Road, early afternoon. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Notting Hill Carnival
Downloads: 17 |
| Christian preacher Ealing - London Sound Survey
A man holds forth outside Ealing Broadway station about the need to turn from sin and accept Christ. He is accompanied by a silent companion. Sounds of pedestrians entering and leaving the station, and buses and other vehicles passing nearby. Recorded in July 2009.
Keywords: London; field recording; Ealing; religion; preacher; Christian
Downloads: 52 |
| East street market cheapjack 1 - London Sound Survey
Cheapjack trader at East Street market, South London, recorded on a Saturday afternoon. The cheapjack sells household and electrical goods from a raised stall. He banters with the crowd and with his assistant, whose voice is also heard. Recorded May 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; street market; East Street
Downloads: 42 |
| Conjuror Covent Garden - London Sound Survey
A street conjuror performs magic tricks to a large crowd of onlookers at Covent Garden, revealing various objects from beneath hats placed on a trestle table. Recorded November 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; conjuror; magician; Covent Garden
Downloads: 80 |
| The Shepherd and his Flock pub - London Sound Survey
Inside the 'Shepherd and his flock' pub on Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush, west London. Laughter, voices and recorded music playing inside this small pub. A man orders drinks from the barmaid.
Keywords: London sounds; London; field recording; ambient; pub; Shepherds Bush
Downloads: 33 |
| East Street market cheapjack 2 - London Sound Survey
More sales patter from the East Street market trader from south London, continuing to seel tacky gifts and electrical goods from his stall. Recorded May 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; street market; East Street
Downloads: 35 |
| Sir Colin Campbell pub music - London Sound Survey
A small group of Irish musicians play traditional music on a Saturday night in the Sir Colin Campbell pub, Kilburn High Road, north London. Recorded November 2008.
Keywords: London; sounds; field recording; pub; Irish music; Kilburn
Downloads: 109 |
| Notting Hill Carnival 2008: Elimu Paddington Arts - London Sound Survey
Elimu Paddington Arts carnival/mas band make their way along Westbourne Park Road. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Notting Hill Carnival
Downloads: 20 |
| Iranian embassy protest - London Sound Survey
Following disputed election results and a crackdown by the Tehran regime, mainly secularist Iranian protesters chant, bang a drum and play music outside the Iranian embassy in Kensington. Recorded June 2009.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Iranian embassy; protest; demonstration
Downloads: 35 |
| Kiosk owner St Giles Circus - London Sound Survey
A kiosk owner at St Giles Circus, central London, advertises drinks and sweets with a steady stream of sales patter. Music plays over a loudspeaker mounted at the front of his kiosk. Pedestrian and traffic noise. Recorded August 2009.
Keywords: London sounds; London; ambient; street seller
Downloads: 37 |
| British Legion Brockley - London Sound Survey
Cadets and British Legion veterans assemble at Hilly Fields, Brockley, south-east London for a memorial parade to Eddystone Road. A cadet band strikes up and the marchers head off. August 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; march; parade; British Legion; Brockley
Downloads: 25 |
| Acrobat South Bank 1 - London Sound Survey
A street acrobat on the South Bank by the Thames pushes a six-inch nail up his nose, to loud cries of disgust from onlookers.
Keywords: London; field recording; South Bank; street acrobat
Downloads: 18 |
| Notting Hill Carnival 2008: Saxon Sound - London Sound Survey
The south London-based Saxon Sound system have set up at a junction of side streets a few score yards off Ladbroke Grove. They play roots and dub to themselves and a few onlookers in one of the less busy parts of the Carnival area. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; sounds; Notting Hill Carnival; reggae; dub; roots
Downloads: 102 |
| Scientology invite - London Sound Survey
Outside the Church of Scientology's centre on Tottenham Court Road, a Scientologist invites the recordist inside to watch a short film about 'Dianetics'. Recorded June 2009.
Keywords: London; sounds; field recording; Scientology; Dianetics; cult
Downloads: 55 |
| By the Thames at Hammersmith - London Sound Survey
Night-time sound map recording: Drinkers congregate outside the Blue Anchor pub on the Lower Mall, Hammersmith, west London.
Keywords: London; London sounds; ambient; field recording; Hammersmith; pub
Downloads: 32 |
| Aldgate Christian singers - London Sound Survey
A Gospel band from a North London evangelical church sing with accompanying drum at Petticoat Lane, east London, on a Sunday morning. About a dozen performers took part. Recorded May 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; religious; Christian; gospel singers; Aldgate; Petticoat Lane
Downloads: 20 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel procession - London Sound Survey
Annual procession our Lady of Mount Carmel from St Peter's Church in Theobalds Road through Clerkenwell. A speaker introduces the float honouring St Francis of Assisi, a policeman asks onlookers to move off the road, recorded music from the passing float, faint voices of singers walking by in the procession, finally a marching band comes to a halt and plays. Three extracts from a longer recording cross-faded together...
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; religion; Mount Carmel; Catholic; Clerkenwell; procession
Downloads: 40 |
| Burglar alarm Brixton - London Sound Survey
A rusty, dented burglar alarm by the side of a shuttered shop makes a racket in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, south London. There was no sign of any break-in. Recorded August 2009.
Keywords: London; field recording; burglar alarm; Brixton
Downloads: 80 |
| Battle Bonfire Parade 2008: Drumming practice - London Sound Survey
A short distance from Battle High Street, Sussex, drummers from the Section 5 team practice a few minutes before the parade begins. Cheers and applause from spectators is heard at the end. Recorded November 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; bonfire parade; bonfire night; Sussex; Battle
Downloads: 61 |
| Freerunning Trafalgar Square - London Sound Survey
Excitable commentators' voices, crowd cheers and amplified music at the 'World Freerunning Championships' in Trafalgar Square. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; parkour; freerunning; Trafalgar Square
Downloads: 20 |
| Beehive pub Brixton - London Sound Survey
Night-time sound map recording: Ambience in the Beehive pub, Brixton, south London. Loud conversations and laughter from the pub regulars. Recorded in September 2009.
Keywords: London; London sounds; ambient; pub; Brixton; field recording
Downloads: 75 |
| Anti child abuse march - London Sound Survey
A woman with a loudhailer leads call-and-response chanting on an anti-child abuse march along Piccadilly, central London, on a Saturday afternoon. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; demonstration; march; Piccadilly
Downloads: 29 |
| Columbia Road flower market - London Sound Survey
Male and female traders' cries at Columbia Road flower market, east London, including some good banter with customers. Edited down from a 30-minute recording, with the individual extracts cross-faded. Recorded in September 2009.
Keywords: London; field recording; East End; Columbia Road; street market; market trader
Downloads: 37 |
| Notting Hill Carnival 2008: Face Yaa Fear - London Sound Survey
Face Yaa Fear carnival band and float head south down Great Western Road to the junction with Westbourne Park Road. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Notting Hill Carnival
Downloads: 11 |
| Save our Stow - London Sound Survey
Demonstrators chant in protest at the threatened closure of Walthamstow Stadium greyhound track as they head towards Hoe Street, north-east London. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; demonstration; protest; Walthamstow; dog racing
Downloads: 19 |
| Freerunning Trafalgar Square - London Sound Survey
Sound action recording - Social - Other sports: Amplified music and excitable commentators' voices at a freerunning/parkour contest in central London.
Keywords: London; London sounds; freerunning; parkour; Trafalgar Square
Downloads: 38 |
| Big Issue 1 - London Sound Survey
Homeless Big Issue seller in Hammersmith, west London. The seller repeats his call every few seconds against a backdrop of crowd and traffic noise. Recorded May 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; street seller; Big Issue; homeless
Downloads: 26 |
| Chinese New Year - London Sound Survey
The day before the Chinese New Year, performers from a shaolin martial arts group put on a display featuring a Chinese dragon and percussionists. Recorded on a Saturday at the east end of Gerard Street in London's Chinatown, January 2009.
Keywords: London; field recording; Chinatown; Gerard Street; music; shaolin
Downloads: 184 |
| Harmonica player South Bank - London Sound Survey
An old man plays the harmonica on the South Bank near the London Eye. He performs while standing under a tree. A cloth cap at his feet contains a few coins given by passersby. Noises made by other street entertainers can be heard in the background. Recorded June 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; busker; South Bank
Downloads: 154 |
| Golden Eagle pub singalong 2 - London Sound Survey
More song from the regulars of the Golden Eagle pub in Marylebone Lane, central London. Recorded later on the same Friday evening. Recorded November 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; pub; singalong; Golden Eagle
Downloads: 51 |
| Platform 5 London Bridge - London Sound Survey
On a Saturday night at London Bridge train station: footsteps, a group of girls shout, laugh and chant as they make their way along the platform, other voices, a train pulls into the station followed by a station announcement.
Keywords: London sounds; London; ambient; railway; train station
Downloads: 103 |
| Hackney Marshes - London Sound Survey
Football players recorded around Sunday lunchtime at Hackney Marshes, east London. Players' cries, metallic banging from a building site, aircraft drone, fizzing of insects in a patch of tall grass nearby. Recorded September 2008.
Keywords: London sounds; London; field recording; ambient; Hackney
Downloads: 25 |
| Bus conductor Strand - London Sound Survey
A conductor on a number 11 Routemaster bus calls out the placenames at stops along the Strand, central London. Cross-fading of two extracts from a longer recording. Recorded September 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; transport; bus; bus conductor; Strand
Downloads: 61 |
| Notting Hill Carnival 2008: People's World - London Sound Survey
People's World carnival/mas float and band in parade, recorded near junction of Great Western Road and Westbourne Park Road, early afternoon. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Notting Hill Carnival
Downloads: 35 |
| Notting Hill Carnival 2008: Flamingo Carnival Arts - London Sound Survey
Flamingo Carnival Arts carnival/mas band and float head south down Great Western Road to the junction with Westbourne Park Road. Recorded August 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Notting Hill Carnival
Downloads: 50 |
| Petticoat Lane market traders - London Sound Survey
Stallholders' cries recorded at Petticoat Lane market on a Sunday morning. Most cries are for cheap clothing, some for other goods including batteries, souvenirs and bead-filled cushions. Edited down from a longer continuous recording, with the individual extracts cross-faded. Recorded April 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; Petticoat Lane; street market
Downloads: 58 |
| By Oval tube station - London Sound Survey
Night-time sound map: Ambience at the entrance to Oval Underground/tube station in south London. Sounds of traffic, footsteps, voices of people passing in and out of the station, and station announcements.
Keywords: London; London sounds; ambient; field recording; Oval; London Underground
Downloads: 154 |
| Begging for spare change - London Sound Survey
A man begs for spare change in an underpass near Charing Cross station against a backdrop of noises from pedestrians. He thanks a person who gives him some money. Recorded February 2009.
Keywords: London; sounds; field recording; beggar; begging; Charing Cross
Downloads: 83 |
| Acrobat South Bank 2 - London Sound Survey
A street acrobat performs a balancing act at the South Bank by the Thames. He makes a long and treacly speech designed to elicit sympathy and money from onlookers. Recorded June 2008.
Keywords: London; field recording; South Bank; street acrobat; Thames
Downloads: 11 |
| Kilburn High Road station - London Sound Survey
Saturday night-time atmosphere from a platform at Kilburn High Road train station, north London. A woman sings at a pub karaoke a few streets away, traffic noise from Kilburn High Road.
Keywords: London sounds; London; field recording; ambient; Kilburn
Downloads: 67 |
| Mind the gap - London Sound Survey
'Mind the gap' announcements on the District and Circle line platforms at Monument Underground station. First, announcements for an eastbound train, then a westbound train pulls in, and the instruction is repeated. Recorded July 2009.
Keywords: London; London sounds; London Underground; recorded announcement
Downloads: 6,597 |
| Evening Standard seller 1 - London Sound Survey
Evening Standard newspaper seller outside Whitechapel tube station, east London. One of very few newspaper sellers left who call out the newspaper title and edition. A short recording made in the noisy environment outside the tube station. Recorded June 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; newspaper seller; Evening Standard; Whitechapel
Downloads: 101 |
| G20 protests London - London Sound Survey
Edited down from a longer recording and cross-faded. Cyclists pedal eastwards along Tooley Street, sounding bells and whistles. Next, a jazz band leads a march northwards across London Bridge, followed by a battery-powered PA in a handcart, playing reggae. Crowd noise increases as the march reaches King William Street, with cheers and something like a cow-bell being struck. The noise redoubles when office workers are spotted peering from windows high up along Lombard Street...
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; G20; protest; demonstration
Downloads: 49 |
| Hare Krishna festival - London Sound Survey
Hare Krishna devotees drag enormous decorated wooden structures into Trafalgar Square from Pall Mall as part of the Rathayatra Carnival of Chariots. Shouts as the devotees pull on ropes, then a slow crescendo of chanting and percussion. Recorded July 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; religious festival; Hare Krishna
Downloads: 76 |
| Outside Millwall football ground - London Sound Survey
Millwall play Stockport at home. Some Millwall fans who didn't get into the ground stand at a vantage point by a footpath a few score yards south of the stadium. Recorded November 2008.
Keywords: London; London sounds; field recording; football; Millwall
Downloads: 68 |
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