lo-tech, documentary type thing, recorded on an ancient device

King's Square, York, evening, 10 June 2013, morris dancing(2)

lo-tech, documentary type thing, recorded on an ancient device. Never mind the quality, feel the authenticity ... ;)

King's Square, York, evening, 10 June 2013, morris dancing

More lo-tech audio. Real York, snippets of sound recorded about the place in 2013. Recorded on an ancient device and edited with Audacity. Never mind the quality, please appreciate the authenticity. See also: www.yorkstories.co.uk

York sound snippets, 2013

Just for fun, because I can, a short compilation of some memorable sounds from 2012, in York, UK.

This is very lo-tech. Recorded on a rather old mobile phone, whenever I felt I wanted to record something important while out and about in York. Don't judge on the sound quality, please do your best instead to admire the authenticity ...

A chorus of geese honking to greet the spring, by the River Foss. 26 March 2012

Machinery demolishing parts of the Terry's factory site. 29 March 2012

York City FC victory parade. St Helen's Square. 21 May 2012

York Waits playing, part of the mayor-making procession. Davygate/Parliament St, 24 May 2012

Minster bells ringing when the Olympic torch passed through York. Duncombe Place, 19 June 2012

Ebor Vox, choir and drummers. Parliament St/Coppergate. 9 July 2012

York Waits playing, procession for the York Mystery Plays on waggons. 12 August 2012

Minster bells, and an anonymous passer-by chatting to a friend, no particular occasion. Duncombe Place, walking down Petergate, to Bootham Bar. 30 October 2012



From the streets of York, UK, 2012

Spring has been a long time coming. Here in the UK we're particularly surprised when a bank holiday weekend is fine and sunshine-filled, as this one was. The birds and bees were doing their springtime thing. Bees flying in through our open kitchen door, a blackbird singing for spring, from the garden wall.

Recording device: an old Sony Ericsson 'dumb phone'.

At home, sounds of spring, May bank holiday morning

May bank holiday, 6 May. Three sounds. (1) The riverside path by York's Museum Gardens, a ?barrel organ? playing, with background birdsong (2) My footsteps, fleeing a busy city centre, along the alleyway at the bottom of Bootham Terrace, with background birdsong (3) Walking over pine cones on Strensall Common, later that afternoon. 

All recorded on an old Sony Ericsson 'dumbphone'. Because I could.

Walking: York city, alleyway, Strensall Common

Wandering around the ruins, entertained by a wandering minstrel (from available information I deduce that this was Peter Bull: www.peterbull.com). Plus sheep and crows. Recorded in amateur fashion on my dumbphone, just an attempt to catch a moment - or several - and the spirit of the place.

At Rievaulx Abbey, 23 June 2013

www.yorkstories.co.uk, founded 2004. Recording lesser-known histories, recent history, heritage, alternative viewpoints, opinion. On Soundcloud sharing snippets of sound recorded in a lo-tech fashion on my phone, trying to capture moments and the spirit of the place.

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