Topic: Car Auction News - London Sound Survey Captures The Buzz Of London (Londonist)
The London Sound Survey offers hundreds of answers in the form of short audio files from every corner of the city. They can take the form of fashions, from singing canaries and windchimes to boomboxes and car horns that played the first eight notes of ‘Colonel Bogey’. They are shaped by developments in trade, industry and technology, by the growth of the city itself, and by demographic and social change. Although we’ll never enjoy a recording of an 17th century market or the raucous din of a Georgian tap room, an archive of literary descriptions at least gives a flavour of the times. The London Sound Survey is a beautifully crafted labour of love. read more
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