Carillon, Sint Janskerk, Gouda, Netherlands in June 2023 – by Paul Ridout
“Here are some Dutch bells from last week. I was cycling from Amsterdam to Lille and stayed overnight in Gouda where I went to the market square just before 11pm […]
“Here are some Dutch bells from last week. I was cycling from Amsterdam to Lille and stayed overnight in Gouda where I went to the market square just before 11pm […]
“I was in Greece last week, on my first full day there I was on an early morning walk when I started to hear this distant sound of bells but […]
“Thousands of protestors gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice to call for the decriminalisation of abortion. Abortion in England and Wales still falls under criminal law in 2023 – […]
“I was having an afternoon dose on Monday when the stormy weather rolled in around South London. My room is situated within a block of flats, and the courtyard reflects […]
“12.06.2023. Caught in a thunderstorm on a hot London day in Abney Park cemetery. A passer by on her mobile phone remarks ‘not soaked, soaked…'”
“The history of the Wolzenalp chairlift, in eastern Switzerland, goes back over 50 years. It was built in 1965. The slow journey from the valley to the mountain takes a […]
“Icebergs break off the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier and drift through the water into the Atlantic Ocean, some of them glowing a surreal, bright blue – others vast and blackened like old ships. […]
“More than 300 marble columns create a space that could hold 80,000 cubic metres of water. The space hums with constant reverberations from the slightest sounds. I stood at the […]
“I made this tiny recording of bees in Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of Newfoundland. It was August, 2022, peak summer, and the big bees were zooming in […]
“I’ve been walking past this music college on the way to work for nearly fifteen years. Each year, as the weather gets warmer, the musicians open the windows of their […]
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“I was at the Jack in the Green procession in Hastings Old Town earlier today and managed to get a quick recording of the various players (in wonderful garbs) drifting […]
“At the bustling Chesterfield flea market, I was immersed in the vibrant sounds of a funfair. This popular weekly market is one of the largest in the UK.” Photo: David […]
Two minutes before the testing of the emergency alert system. photo: Oxford Circus tube station building, London by Eluveitie
“I was waiting to meet a friend and there were at least two woodpeckers in the trees in the park. I couldn’t see them, but I could hear them really […]
“This is a short snippet of an afternoon in a traditional coffeehouse in Vienna, Austria in March 2023. Vienna is famous for its coffeehouse history, this coffeehouse being over 100 […]
“On Saturday 15 April, a pigeon showcased it’s cinephile credentials by joining a packed audience in the BFI Southbank’s biggest auditorium (NFT 1) for a screening of Mervyn LeRoy’s classic […]
“Made on the tidal beach on the river Thames watching people mudlarking just under Waterloo bridge… trains pulling into Waterloo station above and simultaneously waves lapping below… Towards the end […]
“Cadogan Pier, North Bank of the river Thames, beneath Albert Bridge near Chelsea Embankment. Built in 1841 Cadogan Pier has been Chelsea’s only river transport link for over 150 years […]
“Hundreds of people gather to demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament whilst MPs hold the second reading of the ‘Illegal Migration Bill’, a piece of legislation that denies asylum to […]
“Myself and my co-editor (at The Sonification) went to cover a story about a mining company that has permits to start an open pit project in a rural area about […]
“A soundscape recorded on December 27, 2022 at around 10 a.m. in Bacău. It immortalises ‘Alaiul datinilor’ 56th edition, a special day when people from all over the Moldova region come to […]
“I was fascinated by these sounding stairs on the entrance / exit of a park in Kaunas, Lithuania. I heard the sound from afar, and thought it was in my head until […]