For the project urban sound stories vol. 01-05, I spent two days in Dublin, the capital and biggest city of the Republic of Ireland. I searched for interesting sounds which characterize the city. It was not easy to find fine, rhythmic, and multilayered sounds in the permanent noise of engines and voices - which sometimes appeared to me as a mixture of annoying and disturbing frequencies. The flight into parks was part of the project, of course. But it also became a physical need. The park, too, though, was not quiet. The noise of the city left no room for silence. I still tried to capture sounds, that vary from the more dominant and familiar soundscape. With each recording I felt closer to the city, listening into it. I very much enjoyed the moments in which I immerged into the sounds and become one with them.
There were also plenty of interesting sounds which I missed. The siren of a ferry, for example, was only to be heard after I had switched off the recorder. The next ferry left three days later – too long a time to wait. I take it as a sign – the world is full of sounds which are only waiting to be found.

Blackrock:

Map

Wicklow Mountains:

Map

Link:
http://www.urbansoundstories.gruenrekorder.de