Departure: Trondheim, Norway.
Jonas leads a discussion about ambient sounds with a group of elementary school kids.

[John Hopkins]

Via: Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Waiting on gate 80 of Newark airport New York or New Jersey.

[Leandros.Ntounis]

Via: London, United Kingdom.
In the middle of the northerly roundabout at the Elephant and Castle in south London is a large, box-shaped stainless steel monument to Michael Faraday, the scientist, who is best known for his work on electricity and magnetism. Inside the monument is a transformer and electricity sub-station for the Northern line of London's Underground train network, which runs through Elephant. This recording was made in early December 2007 by attaching a contact mic to the monument. Some eq-ing has been applied.

[Will Montgomery]

Arrival: Bali, Indonesia.
On a full moon night we passed a little village where a full moon religious celebration was going on. A lot of gamelan, and people in a trance, dancing the whole night.

[Jarra Schirris]

Departure: Brisbane, Australia.
The floating walkway lies on the Maiwar/Brisbane river. As boats go past the resultant waves lift the walkway and cause the metal handrails to sing. In this excerpt, they are accompanied by crows, walkers, joggers and bicycle.

[Christine White]

Via: London, United Kingdom.
The foyer of London's Royal Festival Hall before a concert begins. The PA system plays a single repeated note on the piano for five minutes which seems to lend cadence to the other incidental sounds.

[Stephen Cornford]

Arrival: Montreal, Canada.
from a blind soundwalk with Sophie Le-Phat Ho, 2004_recorded by tobias c. van Veen.

[tobias c. van Veen]

Departure: New York, United States.
Guitar player at the Staten Island Ferry station.

[Marco "misterbabu" Targa]

Via: Danum Valley, Malaysia.
Rain and cicadas.

[Caspar Ström]

Via: Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lots of people, some shouting of excitement and fear and whizzing machines at the amusement park Tivoli in Copenhagen. Someone passes by crackling a plastic cup.

[Nko]

Via: Pula, Croatia.
At the tip of the Istrian Peninsula, Pula is the site of a massive Roman Colosseum, an old Yugoslavian Army barracks and a city of underground tunnels. This sound, however, comes from a simple drainpipe encountered late one night onthe way to my hotel.

[Derek Holzer]

Via: London, United Kingdom.
Busy, noisy atmosphere in this traditional East End cafe on Bethnal Green Road. Noise of the coffee machine, clattering of plates and cutlery, customers' voices, a member of staff asks an elderly customer what he wants for lunch. Places like this are fast disappearing from London.

[Ian Rawes]

Via: Bodenstedt, Germany.
Summer morning - cars passing by - street at Bodenstedt near Braunschweig. 19.08.2009, 09:48. Recording with artificial head - headphones recommended.

[Clemens von Reusner]

Arrival: Johannesburg, South Africa.
South African Soccer Atmosphere recordings Orlando Pirates vs Moroka Swallows Alexander Stadium Johannesburg South Africa July 1996 1 Fans sing .

[John Jacobs]

Departure: Bansko, Bulgaria.
Sveta Troitsa (or the Church of the Holy Trinity) was built in Bansko, Bulgaria, between 1810 and 1850. The four bells heard in these recordings were cast in 1855 by the Veleganovi brothers, who inscribed the name of the Turkish sultan on them so that they would not be thrown from the tower. The recording was made on the rainy morning of 27 December, 2009 and we hear playing by Boris Ivanov Hadjipopov, Ivan Todorov Hadjipopov and George Lazarov Pitsin.

[Derek Holzer]

Via: Pushkar - Rajahstan, India.
on Divali, the Indian night of light, millions of fireworks are set off all over India. Recorded off the hotel rooftop as people were setting off fireworks with no end, which to me sounded like a warzone.

[Sebcatlitter]

Via: St Louis, MO, United States.
Not everyone knows this, but the hub of a South City Saint Louis apartment is actually the back stairwell.

[Thomas Park]

Via: Ile De Vassiviere, France.
One afternoon simple scene, rivets northern island of the Lake Vassivi.

[Cedric Peyronnet]

Arrival: Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal.
Ambient sounds of Annapurna base camp. 4130 meters above sea level.

[Benjamin Woods]

Departure: Kallo, Belgium.
a compressor in the basement determines the sound in the power-plant of kallo.

[Planktone]

Via: Montreal, Canada.
from the window of a youth hostel in old Montreal.

[Ben Owen]

Arrival: Turpan, China.
sound of a nodding donkey in the TUHA oil field in Xinjiang province China.

[Peter Cusack]

Departure: Brussels, Belgium.
an evening recording in a corridor of a rest home. steps , voices , distant sounds , radio ,...

[Bram Bosteels]

Via: Bogota D.C., Colombia.
A mirla or Turdus fuscater singing at 5.00 a.m. in a park.

[Luis Caballero Barreto]

Arrival: Delhi, India.
Dawn at Taj Palace Hotel, Sardar Patel Marg (25/09/04 5:45). New Delhi, India.

[Leandros.Ntounis]

Departure: Dresden, Germany.
A theatre performance at the opening of an exhibition in the "Marmorsaal" (Zwinger).

[Alexander Klich]

Via: Oakland, United States.
Carnival music and the general ambiance around the carousel at the amusement park area of the zoo in Oakland, California.

[Lawrence Dolton]

Via: Rif, Austria.
This is me, smoking a cigarette at the terrace of my parents house. Everytime I hear this recording (one of my favourites), it reminds me on me, smoking a cigarette at the terrace of my parents house.

[Johannes Tröndle]

Via: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Outside the modern art museum in Amsterdam, walkways over the water beside the Botel. Quiet weekend activity.

[Stephen Cornford]

Via: Kolkatta - Calcutta, India.
tramway in tram terminal Kolkatta.

[Jean Francois Cavro]

Arrival: Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A man with leprosy and no legs drags himself around and sings, while a boy walks with him and sings out to people who throw coins from their apartment balconies.

[Timothy Watson]

Departure: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
subway journey underneath copacabana. train drones, whistles, brakes, high pitch, speaker information, automatic doors, ambience. M-Audio microtrack - 16bit - 48khz.

[Vanessa De Michelis]

Via: Berlin, Germany.
undergrounding welcome committee [Potzdammer Platz].

[Mads Bech Paluszewski]

Via: Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom.
Porthcawl, South Wales, Autumn 2004: as part of the 2004 Elvis Presley Festival in Porthcawl, the Mayor and Mayoress renewed their wedding vows, with a minister and an Elvis impersonator in attendance. The recording starts with a poem by the Mayor, and ends with Elvis presenting rings to the couple.

[Dave Pape]

Arrival: Sydney, Australia.
Rainbow Lorikeets at dusk. Hornsby, Sydney.

[Deon Rowe]

Departure: Santiago De Cuba, Cuba.
My wife swings on a swingset on the sea cliff near the Castillo de San Pedro del Morro. This sounds splendid slowed down a few octaves.

[Aaron Ximm]

Via: Montreal, Canada.
Freight Train passing near the Lachine Canal in St-Henri. March 16, 2010.

[Chris Carriere]

Via: Yokohama, Japan.
http://www.yokohama2005.jp/ many flags were flattering in the wind at the wharf.

[Jai]

Via: Berlin, Germany.
have a nice stay or welcome home at the non-place.

[Jan Philm]

Via: Girona, Spain.
In a corner just off the main Rambla there was a busker playing next to a stone staircase on a little square. The acoustics bounced of the walls, as well as the people's voices.

[Sebcatlitter]

Via: Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
recording of variuos sounds in the centre of frankfurt city. recorded in june 2001.

[Lasse-Marc Riek]

Arrival: Brussels, Belgium.
another 'eavesdrop'recording. recorded in a garden on a summer night . people laughing and talking using strange intonations & words.

[Bram Bosteels]

Departure: Mechelen, Belgium.
up in the sky, 100 meter above the city of mechelen, close to the bells, noices on the street, wind.

[Planktone]

Via: Teheran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of.
Big Market of old Teheran.

[Cedric Deloche]

Arrival: Kapellen, Belgium.
during a " criterium " cyclists passing guided by police & music.

[Planktone]

Departure: Sagaing, Burma.
Sagaing lies 21km south-west of Mandalay. I was half way to the top of the hill. I heard a sutra read by woman from speaker. Some children passed me by.

[Eisuke Yanagisawa]

Via: Montreal, Canada.
from a blind soundwalk with Sophie Le-Phat Ho, 2004_recorded by tobias c. van Veen.

[tobias c. van Veen]

Via: Portland, United States.
Recorded in Ladds Addition, SE Portland, OR 10/27/05. Ladds is a residential neighborhood known for it's maze of small alleys and streets lined with huge trees. Security light drones thru alley way, as the train echoes thru all of SE Portland.

[Zachary Reno]

Via: Berlin, Germany.
The Platz is a riot of fresh spring greenery on a working day afternoon, the kids have left the playground, leaving only birds behind. [Goslarer Platz, Charlottenburg].

[John Hopkins]

Via: New Mexico, United States.
exceprt of sound-walk through an eerie complex in fort stanton.

[Jeff Gburek]

Via: London, United Kingdom.
Underwater view of the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge.

[Steven Dye]

Arrival: Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia.
Crickets (and passing tourists) recorded on the western side of Uluru - May 2002.

[Somaya Langley]

Departure: Dublin, Ireland.
Aikenhead Terrace 20/09/2009 – 2:50 PM.

[Roland Etzin]

Via: Torino, Italy.
Extract taken from the Gay Pride recording, Turin 2010.

[Folk Cinema]

Via: Antwerp, Belgium.
the engine-room of mexico-bridge sounds as chellos and double basses.

[Planktone]

Via: Attapu, Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Attapu is one of the most rural area in Laos.Many ethnic minorities live in this area.Each ethnic play several kinds of instruments on the special occasions like welcoming guests,building new houses,weddings and funerals.The ceremony is usually accompanied by the drinking rice wine called"Lao Hai".They play many gongs and string instrument while drinking and dancing. This recording was made in a village of lawae ethnic.

[Eisuke Yanagisawa]

Via: Guangzhou, China.
Outside a KFC restaurant an advertisement on a continuous loop is wishing every passerby a happy birthday. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.

[Matthias Kispert]

Via: Manchester, United Kingdom.
Trams and a couple of drunks. 9am October 28th 2008.

[Steven Brown]

Arrival: Rönninge, Sweden.
Great green bush-crickets (Tettigonia viridissima) and distant train.

[Caspar Ström]

Departure: Denver, United States.
the mini cyclone is the smaller version of the terrifying cyclone ride at lakeside park...rides are a few quarters a piece...lakeside is a very charming amusement park with sounds you just don't here at the newer park down the road.

[Toby Sinkinson]

Via: New Orleans, United States.
New Orleans has made a start at recovering from Hurricane Katrina. The devastation is so intense, yet the spirit of the people seems strong. Joy and anger and healthy amounts of sarcasm are apparent to a new visitor, depression certainly less so. The wild-side tourists are coming back and spending bucks; Bourbon Street is hopping, with at least 15 live bands in a 6-block stretch on a weeknight.

[John Tenny]

Arrival: Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
This is a recording I made while walking from a villa to the beach in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.

[Timothy Fodness]

Departure: Sydney, Australia.
cars boat birds and planes on a sunny sunday afternoon.

[Anthony Magen]

Via: Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A man with leprosy and no legs drags himself around and sings, while a boy walks with him and sings out to people who throw coins from their apartment balconies.

[Timothy Watson]

Via: Shanghai, China.
A pair of workers hurling glass shards onto a lorry with their shovels at night in central Shanghai. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.

[Matthias Kispert]

Via: London, United Kingdom.
On 20th March 2003, the day after the invasion of Iraq, demonstrations were held around the world in opposition to the war. In London, people gathered in Parliament Square in the afternoon, shouting slogans at the Houses of Parliament that Guy Fawkes tried to blow up centuries earlier. Later in the day, drum band Rhythms of Resistance joined the protest with their infectious rhythms, making sure the noise of public anger will penetrate the shielded corridors of power.

[Matthias Kispert]

Via: Bel, Brazil.
By day, Bel.

[Derek Holzer]

Via: Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
recordings from the landing and starting of aeroplanes in the near of the airport/frankfurt am main, recorded in may 2003.

[Lasse-Marc Riek]

Arrival: Santa Marta (Rodadero), Colombia.
Frogs singing at ROdadero SMR.

[Luis Caballero Barreto]

Departure: Brisbane, Australia.
The floating walkway lies on the Maiwar/Brisbane river. As boats go past the resultant waves lift the walkway and cause the metal handrails to sing. In this excerpt, they are accompanied by crows, walkers, joggers and bicycle.

[Christine White]

Via: Paris, France.
At metro station Jacques Bonsergent -Paris, France (20/01/08 13:00).

[Leandros.Ntounis]

Via: Grad Krk, Croatia.
Enviromental sounds throuth the Hostel's window in front the main belltown of the City of Krk. At a certain point you can ear a very strange single bell toll.<br> It came from the main belltown without resonating in the environment because it was expressly blocked. I dont know why and how.

[Massimo Rizzo]

Via: New York, United States.
New York Public Library (Humanities and Social Sciences Library), Wednesday, March 30, 2005 circa 4:30PM.

[Sal Randolph]

Via: Tocha, Portugal.
The sound of the mediterranean sea in Tocha's beach... water + people.

[Luís Antero]

Via: Croydon, UK, United Kingdom.
Church Street, Croydon. A man in a BMW rolls past Argos, his stereo playing. He suddenly decides to pull in, and fails to indicate. The woman tailgating him is forced to stop suddenly. Annoyed, she comments: "Fuckin' indicate, will you - fuckin' idiot!" and drives past. The man in the BMW, enraged, sounds his horn and gives chase. Two old women, standing outside a clothes shop, provide an impromptu commentary.

[Dave Pape]

Arrival: Vinales, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
Penned pigs owned by a tobacco farmer in the lush vale of Vinales, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. This near-binaural recording benefits greatly from headphone listening -- at one point a pig nibbles my hair.

[Aaron Ximm]