My question and research for today:
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What urban noise / city sound do you like? Gives you a good feeling?
Here some answers i got from my urban friends:
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ich würde mal sagen der wummernde dumpfe entfernte bass eines Berliner open Airs im Sommer...
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i guess i might like the sound of my bicycle the most - it just makes me feel happy.
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I love the sound of the Metro, sounds of people yelling at each other on the street, the sound of cars accelerating, I also love when you accidently hear a bird singin...
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the noise of U1 driven past when i´m in a good mood
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fahrende Fähre, Wummern vor dem Club, türkische Gesänge aus dem Shisha Café, klackern von High Heels, knurpsen von Bierscherbe wenn man drauftritt, Flüche unseres Hausmeisters, das rascheln der 1000 Euro Scheine, wenn ich meine Millionen zähle.
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first and foremost: all sorts of subway sounds...
the general squeeking and rumbling. it's nice to hear while driving through the curved tunnels.
the swelling noise from an approaching train inside the dark tunnel that you hear, standing on the platform.
it's particularly good hearing it off the elevated rails from afar, from like a block away.
or from atop with a train rattling up there somewhere over your head...
i also like the doodling sirens and the steamy sound of air pressure operated doors on subway cars shutting...
the echoing footsteps of the lots of people on the steep stairsets descending into metro stations, or precinct underpasses.
second thing would be the doppler effects of the police cars and ambulances speeding through the city, getting to places and persons that are at once close by your life and in most cases entirely removed from it at the very same time...
stuff like that basically... cant tell you why stuff like that feels good to me though.
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My favorite Urban noise are the birds in the city, specifically the crows and seagulls. They somehow soothe me when I'm walking around town, but at the same time I've always envied their point of view of the city. I wish I could see what they see and when I hear them I almost feel that I can.
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a thunderstorm, although i guess that doesnt count as urban noise so i will choose distant traffic.
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car alarm!!
my favourite:
http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdsuUlEP57g&feature=channelit's south america bro!
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the sounds of the city in the heavy rain, the cars running fast through the puddles, the sound of the rain drops on the umbrellas, the steps...
the sound of the ice cream seller in liverpool and of the "sharpener" -who sharps the scissors and the knifes- in valencia
the sound of confusion in the street markets
the mute noise of the traffic city and the engine on the bus -just if I'm sat by the window
the sound of the wind, traffic, the missed conversations while I'm riding my bike in the way to uni
when snows -where snows-, the snow seems to steal the sounds of the city, and there is a special quiteness that I love and miss!
in the sunny windy spring days, resting in a park, the sound of the tree branches moving, with the distant traffic and the sun stroking in my face
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I guess for me there are 2 types of noises I particularly like and each time, it's a combination of sounds heard in a particular place. Then, I also like some urban noises but heard in some conditions.
The two noisy places I like :
A train station : all signals of the departures or arrivals of the trains in the station : alarm whistles, message annoucements, excitement of the crowd...it’s the sound of the travel, for me and also vacation most of the time ! Better in a train station than in airport for me : it s more lively, human, spontaneous...
A cosy coffee bar or restaurant, typically in a french café : the hub-bub of other people's conversations, the chinking between glasses, the jingling or fourks and knifes in a plate while eating, the jokes and the "show" of the waiter...of course it has to be not too noisy : you still can talk to each other, envoying your meal or coffee but you feel part of a place and a bunch of people....so it also work when you're alone (if you work or something), you have your own space but you feel also not too alone...it's very lively and kind of stimulating...
Other urban sounds I appreciate :
The sound of the subway entering the platform, it's more linked to the idea of speedth, modernity and technology...but only this particular sound because after that, when the doors'train open, it's most of the time too crowded and noisy and people are careless : listening their own music and talking too loudly ...
It’s also the noises I hear from my window, when I open it : so it’s a mix of all the noises of the street : cars, traffic-jam, people’s voices passing by and sometimes birds’chirping…while I’m feeling quiet and safe at home, it reminds me that any time if I want some action or something, I just have to go downstairs on the street…it’s a little bit like the quintessence of the city : the liberty, all the possibilities that it offers :all the places to go, people to meet and see, so it’s always lively, different, stimulating…and still, I have my own peaceful place whenever I want.
So, for me, I think the noises I like are mainly « expérientiel » - linked to the emotions and sensations of the experience : it's connected to the pleasure I have to be in such places (train station and café) representing travel & sharing while talking/eating/drinking and the sensation of feeling the city (places and people), always alive, challenging and inviting but not too intrusive…
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the times when everything goes really quiet, just for a moment, before another car comes along or a siren starts wailing
contraversial but the cathedral bells as long as I am not too close, they remind me of home
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Hmm i guess the sound of a road like cars and traffic light signals, but from someones apartment/balcony. You know when it feel like you are elevated, and the noise is below you. Ringvägen right before Vitabergsparken from an apartment on top floor my ideal noise place :)
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Det hjärtslagliknande ljudet av ett tåg, när rälsens avslut "tillverkar" ett ljud.. Det gillar jag. Kan lätt somna till det, men jag tror att det är ganska naturligt. Påminner väl om när man hörde mammas hjärtljud innan man föddes gissar jag...
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Siberia / Mockba
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das Pfeiffen der Vögel oder das Läuten der Kirchenglocken!
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the sound of my neighbours having grill partys on their balcony. feels nice to have dinamic people around me.
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Well, I like construction sites. The sound of cranes moving through the air with some kind of heavy metal attached to them. It's as if something flies right past your ear.
Approaching trains, S-Bahns and U-Bahns. Only from a distance though.
I also like the sound of elevators. The high-speed ones, when you get in at ground level and have a speed-travel up to the 30th floor.
I actually think they all sound very similar. It's all the same kind of sound. It's about speed, but also about distance. You're not the one moving fast, but the one standing still and listening...
But still they are all very different in a way. London doesn't sound like Paris and Paris not like Berlin. Berlin is different from New York and they all are from Sao Paolo. And this is great too...
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tourists! you hate them and love them. good to know to live in a interessting city!
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seagulls in Liverpool (urban because they come for the waste from the pubs – and of course because Liverpool is by the sea…)
rustling of leaves (there are many cities that are that grey ad concretey that the rustling of leaves is sth very rare)
wind carrying the sound of church bells through city centre roads
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I love it when between car and car motor I manage to hear some bird tweet.
Crashing the ice layer on the puddles with the bike.
Noisy children playing on the park (although lately is an rare phenomenum :s)
I agree with street markets.
Identifying my neighbours for the pace of their walking on the stairs.
The wind whistling through the closed window in very windy days. And the drops falling on
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The sound in busy coffeshop of course :)
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the sound of a train gives me a good feeling.
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in istanbul i love listening to seagulls and ferry sounds. You can hear these sounds from many parts of the city since the bosphorus separates it into two sides
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thank you!
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inspiration link today:
http://www.fastcompany.com/article/the-most-addictive-sounds-in-the-world-advertising-neuromarketing__________________
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