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- Recording from old jetty
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budhaditya- September 21st, 2009
The series of ghat (jetty) around river Hooghly in Kolkata suggests a vibrant and active sound environment. A wide depth of field of sonic variety can be perceived on an alert sound walk on these ghats. Sounds from moving trains on the circular rail cross fades with steamer siren from river and steamer siren gets merged with bells and chimes from the kali temples. Sound from nearby tram lines and busy traffic intrudes into sonic actuality of blind alleys. The continuous and ancient sound of Ganges gets layered with new building constructions. Ghat area is specifically a meeting place of people on the move and waiting faces; sound of discreet hawkers, hand pulled rickshaw bells, forgotten melodies from radio and voices from another generation moves within an area of diverse hues.
- suburban rails
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- budhaditya
- September 21st, 2009
Sounds from suburban rail in West Bengal in India. The suburban rails in an Indian city is severely affected by its network of trains. Diverging from some discreet hubs and zones, the emerging urban space shows significant dynamics in terms of its rails and stations. A train-station is not just a place for availing transport, but from an avid observer’s point of view a vibrant space for interacting with locale-specific media. In the domains of sound, still and moving image a train-station offers rich and diverse layers of media content. The evident interplay between an apparent stasis and perpetual motion forms a particularly active media environment that is interesting to study and create media archive based on an intense and live interaction in terms of sound.
- pig smelling
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- budhaditya
- April 23rd, 2009
A close audio-portrait of a village pig. Recorded with an MD recorder.
- snake breathing
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- budhaditya
- March 10th, 2009
A snake is breathing in early monsoon. Recorded with an MD recorder.
- beauty seller
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- tanusree
- September 13th, 2009
A street hawker is doing hairdressing and stuff roadside. These people are slowly disappearing due to rapid urbanization of suburban Bengal. Recorded with a portable tape recorder on August 2009.
- transreligious oracle
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- upanita
- September 13th, 2009
A man is giving oracle to a gathering in native dialect. He is preaching in the name of Islamic as well as hindu religious texts, quite significant and rare, to be recorded. Recording done on location in south Kolkata, July, 2009.
- law-book seller
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- tanusree
- September 12th, 2009
This is a recording of a mobile hawker selling books on law. Recorded with a portable digital recorder, July 2009.
- medicine seller
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- upanita
- September 12th, 2009
On a train journey by suburban rail in Kolkata, one finds an archaic medicine seller selling homemade medicine for headache using his oratory skills. The sound of his selling act is recorded with a portable digital recorder, September 2009.
- guava seller
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- tanusree
- September 12th, 2009
On the platform of Jadavpur in south Kolkata, a guava seller is selling guava. Recorded with a portable tape recorder, July 2009.
