Favourite London Sounds


Resources and Links:

Essentials

Resonance FM <http://www.resonancefm.com> - London's first radio art station and the original inspiration for Your Favourite London Sounds. Broadcasts on 104.4Mhz in Central London and on the internet.

London Musicians Collective <http://www.l-m-c.org.uk> - for ordering "Your favourite London Sounds" plus LMC info, monthly concert calendar, LMC archives and much more.

London's official noise strategy

The Greater London Authority's Ambient noise strategy can be found here <http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/noise/index.jsp>

Highlights of 'Sounder City', Londons final Ambient Noise Strategy are available for download free of charge here. <http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/noise/downloads.jsp> The site also has downloadable examples of 'Sound-Conscious Urban Design' from London, Paris, Seattle, Hong Kong and more.

London noise maps and noise mapping information <http://www.noisemapping.org>. See the traffic noise levels in your local area shown in beguiling colours.

Children's concentration at schools under the main Heathrow flightpaths news item. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4603189.stm>

London Green Maps <http://www.londongreenmap.org>

London Wildlife Sounds <http://wildweb.london.gov.uk/wildweb/Wildsounds.do>

Other cities and the world

New York City sounds <http://www.nysoundmap.org/>
map based

Berlin.Soundscape-FM : A City of Sounds <http://berlin.soundscape-fm.net> - map based archive of Berlin sounds

SoundTransit <http://soundtransit.nl> - map based archives of worldwide sound recordings, put together by Derek Holzer, Sara Kolster, Marc Boon, Gerard van Dongen. There is an open invitation to upload your own contributions, so browsing the many recordings is fascinating.

Finland 100 Soundscapes: <http://www.100aanimaisemaa.fi/ohjeet_en.php>

Acoustic ecology and phonography sites

Phonography.org <http://www.phonography.org> - the essential field recording site. Its email list is constantly full of practical information and open discussion by those most active in the field. Phonography is documentary sound recording with an ear towards the aesthetic and creative possibilities of environmental sound.

World Forum for Acoustic Ecology <http://www.wfae.net> the overal organisation for studies in acoustic ecology. It's site has a comprehensive selection of links, writings and information. There is also an email list and extremely useful monthly newsletter.

The Acoustic Ecology Institute www.acousticecology.org - anyone interested in soundscape, acousticecology and field recording should visit this site set up by Jim Cumming in paralell to his Earthear CD label <http://www.earthear.com>. An invaluable resource.

Soundwalks <http://cec.concordia.ca/econtact/Soundwalk/indexandra.html>

The Handbook for Acoustic Ecology <http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/Soundwalk.html> edited by Barry Truax

Individual recordists and artists sites

Francisco Lopez <http://www.franciscolopez.net/about.html>

Aaron Ximm, the quiet american <http://www.quietamerican.com>

Chris de Laurenti <http://www.delaurenti.net>

Derek Holzer <http://www.umatic.nl>

Chris Watson <http://www.chriswatson.net>

Hildegarde Westerkamp <http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/bio.html>

Andra McCartney <http://andrasound.org>

Janet Cardiff <http://www.abbeymedia.com/Janweb/jan.htm>

Dallas Simpson <http://www.dallasmasters.co.uk/dallas/home.shtml>