coffeeflavouredtea

The Beach in Brighton

coffeeflavouredtea — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:49:58 +0000

From the last really warm day of summer – I think it was about 12 or 13 Setpember. And it was lovely

Opera under a bridge

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:53:13 +0000

During the Thames Festival a few weeks back, two opera singers set up with a small PA in the brick arch under one of the bridges.

Fireworks

coffeeflavouredtea — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:08:32 +0000

Fireworks to close the Thames Festival 2009, from the South Bank.

Hyde Park

coffeeflavouredtea — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:50:05 +0000

The Women’s 5K Challenge took place in Hyde Park last weekend. Here’s some atmos, in mono from camera audio.

Under the Bridge at Carnival

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:50:22 +0000

Notting Hill Carnival, last weekend. I’d love to know how to convey in a recording the LOUDNESS. It’s as much about that as anything else – I haven’t chopped it for interesting content, it’s linear.

Also on Audioboo

coffeeflavouredtea — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:56:17 +0000

‘Sup? I did a wee bit of recording at Carnival yesterday, and hope to post some this week. In the meantime, just to let you know I’ve also been making the odd Audioboo – when even getting out the LS-10 is too embarrassingly geeky for me, just take out the iPhone, and record and upload from the same app. Mine be here.

My lovely kitchen

coffeeflavouredtea — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:06:56 +0000

There is a lovely atmospheric sound in my kitchen. It’s hard to trace – it took me nearly a month. I’m not telling what it is though, you can guess…

I’ve done something rare: normalised it. The first part to -3 dB, the second all the way to 0.

MS recording with the Sennies and Fostex.

Atlantic Road 1

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:20:32 +0000

Atlantic Road in Brixton, from the High Street to Cold Harbour Lane. I live nearby so hopefully this is the first of many such recordings.

Sloppy rocky Irish sea

coffeeflavouredtea — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:26:23 +0000

A simple recording from a sunny summer day. I dropped a stereo pair of lavs down among the rocks at the shorline in Dun Laoghire, Co Dublin. An aircraft from Dublin airport, far across the bay to the north, takes off in the first half.

The Gamelan Kids of London

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:32:02 +0000

I stumbled across a family Gamelan workshop at the Southbank Centre in London yesterday. Here’s a snippit.

Not far from home

coffeeflavouredtea — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:20:45 +0000

Is a small road, surrounded by dense wet scrub – willow, elder, iris, reeds, rushes, and songbirds. Robins, blackbirds, great tits, chaffinches, bullfinches…

Hidden from view, but not from earshot, is a ring road. Boo.

Further up and off the road is an old graveyard.

All recorded on a Sunday morning, at about 0800.

Getting all David Attenborough

coffeeflavouredtea — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:42:44 +0000

A recording from a week ago in a saltwater stream near Wexford. Beyer M 58 in one channel, Dolphin ear pro in the the other, of a Fostex FR-2LE.

Aaaaand the original version of this had the wrong sub-mix attached! I’ve changed it now, but I don’t think people subscribed when the post went up will get it re-sent.D’oh! Ah well. I really really should have auditioned before uploading…!

Freaky hydrophone recording

coffeeflavouredtea — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:51:25 +0000

Just noticed a rather more established recordist than I trying out the same type of hydrophone as I have. And d’oh! I remembered I had never out up my funkiest hydrophone recording. It’s from a briny polluted stream under a railway bridge in Porirua, New Zealand. I asked the country’s leading frog expert, Dr Phil Bishop, what he thought it might be, and he said this:

Hi Connor Thanks for the email and the mp3. Very strange and yes it does sound a bit like a frog - but it also sounds a bit like some bubbles being forced through a tight opening under water - very interesting. My best guess would be that a frog was being ‘molested’ by something under water and it was producing a release call. But it certainly warrants further investigation. I’d be keen to hear if you find any further information about this mystery.

So there.

Big Ben

coffeeflavouredtea — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:25:20 +0000

When in London…

Update 11 June 2009: A fab Audioboo from Stephen Fry

Cuatro years ago 的 me.

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:40:16 +0000

In May 2005 I acted as translator at a wedding in Spain. I say acted because I can’t speak Spanish. Anyway it was lovely. All recorded on a Beyer M 58 going into (I reckon) a Panasonic MiniDisc recorder. In case you’re listening on headphones, there are some loud parts for about a minute, from about 2 minutes in.

Blacksmith

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:15:11 +0000

Visiting an old house reminds a blacksmith of an event in his youth.

Binaural in the ‘burbs

coffeeflavouredtea — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:52:17 +0000

More specifically in a rhodenderon, which was in full bloom three weeks ago – now some of the higher pink flowers are withering. The rustling near the end is a thrush that was inside the tree. Best listened to as I have done while editing it – on headphones, with similar songs mixing in through the open conservatory door. Still, on sound is dominant, and I wish it wasn’t.

BJS Flooding 2006

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:57:44 +0000

Sorry for the absence! Still not fully back up to speed, so here’s an oldie I stumbled across yesterday. It’s from the first podcast I made. The recording is made at Beijing Capital Airport, in 2006 – probably 31 July, with my brand new Edirol R09, fresh from Tokyo.

How can you miss a foghorn?

coffeeflavouredtea — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:54:17 +0000

So I went to a port on a misty day, and heard this loud, repeated, foghorn sound, without realising it was a foghorn (until later in the recordings when I had stopped narrating). Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. In mono, of all things.

Road bridge from underwater

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:18:42 +0000

This is a hydrophone recording made at Ferrycarrig, Wexford, 50 or more metres away from the bridge. Mp2 available on request.

Rosslare waves

coffeeflavouredtea — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:50:10 +0000

Just the waves, near-field, at Rosslare Strand. Looking across at the ferry. MP2 available on request.

Another Brussels wedding

coffeeflavouredtea — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:49:06 +0000

This time at a big roundabout in the grotty parkland near the Atomium. One is an SUV going backwards with people sticking out the windows, some are quadbikes doing donuts in the centre of the roundabout, others are BMW saloons. And the cops managed to close off… one.

Wellington

coffeeflavouredtea — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:37:20 +0000

Field recordings of Wellington, New Zealand. An older batch. No new content for this week, hence this archive piece. This may be used in an episode of Unknown Country on Resonance FM later this year.

Rugby in an Irish pub

coffeeflavouredtea — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:18:42 +0000

The final minute of the 6-Nations 2009, watched at De Valera’s Irish Pub in Brussels. Lot’s of handling noise and shaking the mic. Probably some swearing in the mix too.

Beijing Brolly, without

coffeeflavouredtea — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:15:06 +0000

My first doc that never was. Summer, 2004, Beijing, and one of those huge rainstroms. I desperately wanted to wrap the CRI willy-phone in cling-film and go out, recording the storm and talking to the people selling umbrellas from kiosks or at shop doors. But I was terrified to. I was too scared. All I could do was go out and record the natural sounds. I believe I missed a delicious doc out of it, and I remember the experience and I am more corageous for having had that block.

Demo outside Justice Palace

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:37:16 +0000

Last weekend, here in Brussels.

No idea what this is

coffeeflavouredtea — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:01:45 +0000

I recorded this in November, but I didn’t log it. Now it vaguely rings some bells, but mostly, I can’t figure out what on earth it is. Enjoy.

Podcast sting

coffeeflavouredtea — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:57:21 +0000

This is a small sting I made for a podcast project that is unlikely to see the light of day. It was designed as a separator between 30′ - 1′00 reports, to be dropped together with no need for up to date narration other than something generic that was in the can. It’s for a serious organisation, hence the serious tone. Might make an okay sms ringtone I guess, but the organisation I made it for still owns it, so copyright is theirs.

Spring morning in a Brussels nature reserve

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:05:11 +0000

Early-ish this morning in a nature reserve in Brussels. I went hoping for frogs, but got woodpeckers instead! Using the LS-10 and coat-hanger.

Blowy Brussels

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:06:17 +0000

This is what it’s like to work in an office high above Brussels, when the wind is strong and your office takes the brunt of it.

Tunnel

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:36:02 +0000

A disused train tunnel near Upper Hutt

Kaikoura pier hydrophone

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:35:00 +0000

Mono hydrophone recording from Kaikoura, New Zealand, in February 2008. Snapping shrimp, seaweed, and possible (distant!) dusky dolphins.

Glassy Banks

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:32:37 +0000

Recorded on a workshop with Chris Watson, on the shore by the Greenwich Yacht Club. Part of moving over some stuff from my old Podcastspot account.

Pre

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:02:35 +0000

I’ve just been laying out some tracks for a project. Without aligning them, I hit play just for the fun of it. And hey, not a nightmare… Copyright here to The Penguin Cafe Orchestra, WNYC, and India Arie.

Chatelain noodles in the evening

coffeeflavouredtea — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:58:28 +0000

A perfectly fine field recording half-heartedly mixed with mindless narration. Could have been better done, let’s say.

Metro morning

coffeeflavouredtea — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:17:09 +0000

A cold Sunday morning just before Christmas, at a tram stop in Brussels.

A Country Wind Farm

coffeeflavouredtea — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:57:12 +0000

A snippit of a cold winter day at Richfield Wind Farm, Co. Wexford.

Christmas Eve on Main Street

coffeeflavouredtea — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:27:50 +0000

Wexford.

Wedding Bells

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:51:46 +0000

December 20 2008, a wedding in the Cathedral, central Brussels.

Hawm

coffeeflavouredtea — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:57:20 +0000

Louise sounds.

Voxpopping in Antwerp

coffeeflavouredtea — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:04:17 +0000

Last week my piece was used in BBC Cantonese’s My Europe slot. Part of the process was doing vox pops on the streets of Antwerp, with the help of my pre-arranged interviewees…

The BBC piece is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/chinese/mp3/myeurope.mp3

Filming East Festival IV

coffeeflavouredtea — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:11:04 +0000

Ruhua has done an interview with the director of the Filming East festival in London, for London Chinese Radio. The show it was due to go out on was cancelled, so I’m putting it in here to spread the love.

Over the Prison Wall

coffeeflavouredtea — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:42:37 +0000

The sounds over the prison wall one night in Brussels.

A note about the players

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:44:15 +0000

If you play audio in some of the players ont his page, it will be slightly faster than natural. This is because I record in 24 bit 48KHz or higher, and that just happens. I could re-sample down, and I might. Need to think about it. But basically, for now, I’m using Podbean to provide download links rather than flash players. That’s all

In a Railway Hotel

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:39:05 +0000

In a Railway Hotel. Probably the most typical media-student piece I’ve ever made! Explicit.

Funky traffic lights near ULB/VUB

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:39:33 +0000

As the man says, funky traffic lights near the University in Brussels.

Life goes on

coffeeflavouredtea — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:51:23 +0000

In this case, in Brussels. I like it here.

Wreck of the Penguin

coffeeflavouredtea — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:33:53 +0000

I made this for Radio New Zealand National early in 2008. Never got a contract so I would like to keep it hear-able so here it is! Still, please do not redistribute, edit or broadcast this episode, without getting it cleared by me and RNZ first. Thanks!

From the RNZ website: New Zealand’s worst shipwreck, was not the Wahine but something older and much less well remembered. Today in our New Zealand Society feature, Deidre Wogan takes Connor Walsh around the graves of some of the victims, in Wellington’s Karori Cemetry.

The disaster is covered in the book “The Wreck of the Penguin” by Bruce Collins. The Ship sank 12 Feb 1909 A Mass funeral was 16 Feb 1909

Dawn train

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:39:08 +0000

The dawn train heads towards Wexford, while I have a Chris Watson-style coat hanger. Very stereo.

Cactus

coffeeflavouredtea — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:37:21 +0000

Me, a cactus, and a microphone, in suburban London.