London Sound Survey

I had this great idea about a year ago: Wouldn’t it be great if there was an audio version of the geograph project. A visual map of the UK divided into grids with each grid offering a sound recording made from that location.

However having brilliant ideas is easy, realising them is something rather different. Professor Malcolm Griffiths (Director/Author/Academic) once said to me:

“Everyday on my way home I compose the worlds greatest rock music in my mind… but no-one will ever know!” 

 
A few days ago I was contacted by Ian Rawes who must have had a similar idea to me, yet he took that extra long step and made it a reality : The London Sound Survey what he’s created is truly inspiring an almost complete catalogue of environmental sounds of contemporary London accompanied by an engaging compilation of written records of the sounds of historical London. The wealth of recordings on the site is overwhelming, even more remarkable is that Ian has recorded many of these himself – yet he is accepting contributions so if you have anything do contact him.

In addition to the sound map, the historical records, the sound actions pages and a comprehensive page of related links the site also includes a blog section that features news and features on the sounds of London and audio related events, you may read his first post here.

This really is a truly remarkable project – and definitely worth a Listen!