The Field Recording PodCast by Thijs Geritz

I made this recording during a few days of vacation with my wife and daughter. For two days in a row, it was about 34 degrees Celsius, and cooling off in this spring was a good idea.

The Wouter Spring is a natural swimming pool in Belgian Limburg. It's an ideal biotope for several rare species of frogs and salamanders. These amphibians are completely harmless to humans, which unfortunately is not always the case the other way around. Every day, about a million liters of drinkable spring water bubble up from the natural springs at the bottom of the pool.

On the map: https://aporee.org/maps/work/?loc=65032

Photocredit: wouterbron.be

https://www.wouterbron.be/natuurzwembad/

This recording was obviously not planned. I had to drive at walking pace due to terrible rainfall, which allowed me to simply grab my recorder and place it on the dashboard.

It became a recording of a very specific situation. You can hear the rain and the occasional thunderclap. In addition, you can hear the rhythm of the windshield wipers that had to work hard. The sudden silences in the recording are moments when I drove under an overpass.

Een korte wandeling over de Kelfkensbos markt in Nijmegen. Een wekelijkse markt met bio-producten. Opgenomen met een Zoom H2n en Sound Professionals SP-TFB-2 binaural microphones.

On the map at Aporree: https://aporee.org/maps/work/?loc=64266

Recordings of frogs in a pond in the Drielsche Zeeg.

On the map at Aporree: https://aporee.org/maps/work/?loc=64234

Recorded standing next to the A50 highway, which runs from Zwolle to Eindhoven (and of course, in the opposite direction).

On the map at Aporree: https://aporee.org/maps/work/?loc=64233

General atmosphere at the playground on the Fahrenheitstraat in The Hague.

Aporee: https://aporee.org/maps/work/?loc=62585

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Note: Despite the mention that 'this track was mastered,' Soundcloud's mastering option was not used for this track. I did test the option with this track but ultimately did not use the mastered version. Unfortunately, it is not possible to remove the mention afterward. Additionally, the automatic mastering feature is designed for music and is not particularly useful for field recordings.

You hear, among others, German and American tourists in Cusco. We walk around the Plaza de Armas in Cusco in search of a restaurant. Restaurant staff promote their menus. A passing woman asks if I want a massage. And you probably hear much more than I do if you give it a try.

Aporee: https://aporee.org/maps/work/?loc=62586

Recording I made while waiting in a parking lot to get out until the rain shower was over.

The sound of a medium-sized underground parking garage.

Binaural recording of travelers at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on a busy summer day. Schiphol is a so-called 'silent airport,' meaning no flight announcements are made. But there is, of course, plenty to hear.