Spooky Underwater Metal

This is a documentary feature that is also a drama – it constantly plays between the lines of documentary and drama (docu-drama). Ostensibly it is concerned with the phenomenon of Dracula, the Bram Stoker character that it seems everyone in the world knows, no matter what colour or creed they be.
It traces the author’s roots in Marino, Dublin; his early days in Trinity College, Dublin; and his fateful meeting with the great actor Henry Irving (perhaps the human model for Dracula) at the Shelbourne Hotel, also in Dublin.
Then it switches countries, as did Stoker himself, and visits London, England. Along the way it meets various experts on aspects of the phenomenon of Dracula: Veronica Dunne on the technological innovations within the novel; Amanda Harder on the first Dracula’s to make a huge impression in the cinema (Nosferatu and then Dracula). It switches continents again and visits radio artist Christian Bulwer in Bremen, Germany to talk about the audio only Dracula and particularly the script for Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater on the Air radio production.
Then it contacts Natasha Robson through Skype in New York, America to hear what she has to say about Hammer films and its versions of Dracula; and then Frank Keane on the telephone in Paris, France, to talk about Dracula in television -particularly in the world of the Munsters and Sesame Street.
Finally at a games arcade in Dublin, Ireland things take a turn and the initial play between the worlds of documentary and drama is turned on its head. It seems it was a gigantic leg pull all along. Or was it: with the story of the stranger outside of the Irish town; the voice of a woman coming and going and often telling the magpie rhyme (One for Sorrow…); experts suddenly becoming storytellers as the piece develops; choices of experts -now a man, now a woman, no, a woman will do; doors opening mysteriously; people developing sudden chills…
You know much, Van Helsing is the quote from the book; You know too much, Van Helsing is a Hollywood fabrication that just about sums it up

You Know Too Much, Van Helsing

"The Scope of my dream was melting ... At first, on the upper side ... I was hearing something like a fireworks, strange sounds in the middle of the day... Watching carefully, I realized it was not lights or fire in the sky, but human people... They where falling dawn heavily... making the earth tremble

Then I reach the underground... In spite of the frightfulness of the upper, people were playing music, there in the subway, a light was penetrating the subterranean ... people were keeping busy at work...

A vertical travel in the depths. "

Mile End reimagined by Anne Lepere.

Part of the project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

Scope (Mile End station)

Here are some HUD effects that we created. Have fun using these for computers and futuristic devices!

SOUND OF THE WEEK 37: HUD Elements, Scanning, Charging, Navigating, Coding, Sci - Fi, Computer

We found a very quiet location to record these fireworks, with great reverberation and quality. 

Have fun using these in your projects!

SOUND OF THE WEEK 43: Fireworks, Multiple Variations, Explosion, Missile, Bomb, Rocket, Fire

We created this synthesised effect by using a hardware FX looper.

Have fun using it in your projects!

SOUND OF THE WEEK 52: Cyborg Data Scanner, Sci-Fi, Processing, Scanning, Future, Tech

My remix of an unreleased track by Éanna Butler (@yawha).  Remastered by TheMuzzl3Mastering (@themuzzl3)

Firstnight by Ya Wha? - pytchblend's nightlight mix (TheMuzzl3Mastering)

We recorded this interesting sound effect at a lake in Northern England. Enjoy using this in your projects! 

Find more sound effects at: 344audio.com/blog

SOUND OF THE WEEK 61: Boat, Row, Creaky, Lake, Wooden, Creak, Splash

Meticulously recorded old Soviet (USSR) radio with the significant sound of AM/FM frequency band switching, button clicks and clunks, detailed resonance of the case infuse a unique vintage charm into the sound library.

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Old Soviet Radio SFX

Soviet Radio SFX DEMO

We recorded these crickets during a warm night in the Cretan village of Gouves. Enjoy using this in your projects!
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You Know Too Much, Van Helsing

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