Japan By Ear

A binaural field recording made while standing on a conveyor belt carrying me through the Tokyo Big Sight building in Japan on 20th March 2009. An anime and manga convention was in progress at the time.

Tokyo Big Sight

A field recording made while sheltering from the rain beneath a flimsy umbrella in Kyoto on 22nd March 2009.

Rain on umbrella

A binaural field recording made near the Okura-ike pond in Arashiyama, Kyoto on 24th March 2009.

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Okura-ike Pond

A binaural field recording made during a visit to the Yasaka shrine in the Gion district of Kyoto, Japan on 21st March 2009.

Yasaka-Jinja 1

Yasaka-Jinja 2

A binaural field recording made while walking through the tunnel of Torii at the Fushimi-Inari-Taisha shrine in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto on 23rd March 2009.

Fushimi-Inari-Taisha

A binaural field recording made in Inokashira Park in the Mitaka district of Tokyo, Japan on 18th March 2009

Inokashira Park

A binaural field recording made while standing outside the Tokyo Dome complex and listening to the fairground rides on 28th March 2009.

Tokyo Dome fair ride

A binaural field recording made during a visit to Odaiba, Tokyo on 20th March 2009

Odaiba 1

A binaural field recording made when travelling on the Tokyo Metro to Asakusabashi, on the Asakusa subway line.

Tokyo Metro

Odaiba 3

Odaiba 2

A binaural field recording made inside an amusement arcade situated within the Venus Fort shopping complex in Odaiba, Tokyo on 20th March 2009.

Venus Fort games

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A binaural field recording made in Ueno Park, Tokyo, while listening to the 'Bell of Time' on 16th March 2009.

Ueno Bells of Time

A binaural field recording made in Ueno Park, Tokyo, on 16th March 2009.

Ueno

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A binaural field recording made at the Sensō-ji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan on 19th March 2009.

Sensō​-​ji 1

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A field recording made while listening to Buddhist chanting at Chion-in temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto on 25th March 2009.

Buddhist Chanting at Chion-in temple

Sensō​-​ji 2

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A field recording made in an Izakaya at Myoden Station in Chiba, Tokyo on 28th March 2009

Izakaya 1

Izakaya 2

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The Binaural Diaries is my collection of field recordings, or ‘sound photographs’.

Much of this work is created using a technique called 'binaural recording'. This is a method of recording sound that uses two microphones, arranged with the intent to create a 3-D stereo sound sensation for the listener of actually being in the environment that was captured.  Listen using headphones to enjoy this effect.

My current field recording setup comprises of a pair of Sound Professionals SP-TFB-2 binaural microphones and a Sony PCM M-10 recorder.

Japan By Ear

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