stopGOstop: field recordings, sound collage, and sound art

A binaural field recording, from my studio in Sunset Park to my apartment in Harlem. I say hi to M.E. and then hop on the N at 36th Street, transfer at Times Square and head uptown on the 1. The photo is from looking west from the 125th stop, they have since built a very large building in the hole. The episode is about 77 minutes long.

A stereo recording of biking from Harlem to the Bronx. The audio’s a bit muted because the mic is in my backpack. This episode is about 56 minutes long.

A 17 minute binaural field recording, starting on the 7 train in the morning heading towards Main Street-Flushing. After exiting the train at 111th Street, I walk through down 111th in Corona, then into the park near the Hall of Science where someone is playing with an electronic toy car. The walk ends in front of the museum.

A stereo recording of sitting in a backyard, Boulder, CO. The recording isabout 6 minutes.

A binaural field recording, from the Queens Museum to my apartment in Harlem via the MTA. It took about about 81 minutes from door to door. It was raining, I had an umbrella. The museum is located in the middle of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, site of both New York World’s Fairs. As you will hear it is also in near LaGuardia Airport. The trip is a fifteen minute walk to the 7 Train, to 42nd Street-Times Square where I transfer to the Uptown 1 Train, to 125th-Harlem. I stopped at a Bodega for a couple things. I did not record the walk up to the fifth floor.

A stereo recording of a basketball game, about 7 minutes. Columbia ended up losing to Harvard, but it was a fairly close game. Plenty of cheering, defense and announcing and whistles.

A binaural field recording of walking in Central Park after a snow storm. I start at the edge of the park, so there is some traffic noise. Once I enter the park there are horses, families playing, people talking and eventually me walking in Strawberry Fields covered in 8 inches of snow. It was a windy day, so there is some wind noise.  No introduction, about 20 minutes.

A binaural field recording, sitting near a light house in Florida. My dad is fishing somewhere in the background. No introduction, the episode is about 15 minutes.

A stereo recording on an airplane from New York to St. Louis on a Boeing 737-300. It is about halfway through the flight. No intro, about 12 minutes.

a binaural field recording, walking from my studio to the train. about 13 minutes. JW