Thames, by The London Sound Survey

Thames

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1.	Tower Bridge: North Bascule Chamber 06:56	info
2.	Allhallows Marshes: Day 03:01	info
3.	Coryton Refinery Siren 03:55	info
4.	Maplin Sands 04:02	info
5.	Tower Bridge: South Bascule Chamber 06:00	info
6.	Allhallows Marshes: Night 04:47	info
7.	The Albert Basin 03:06	info
8.	Tower Bridge: Machine Room 05:46	info

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This collection of field recordings by the London Sound Survey brings the Thames to life through sound. Over many years Ian Rawes has made an audio mosaic reflecting this extraordinary landscape, from Tower Bridge to estuarine marshes and a now-lost oil refinery, allowing listeners a unique insight into the experience of these places.

- Rachel Lichtenstein, author of 'Estuary: out from London to the sea' (Penguin, 2016)

This album presents sound interactions along the River Thames that will surprise listeners with its diverse musicality, including the pitched, quasi-musical sound of Tower Bridge lifting up, recorded inside its Bascule Chamber, which houses the structure's huge counterweights swing whenever the bridge lifts.

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released March 14, 2021

All recordings by Ian Rawes
Mastered by Adaq Khan
Design by Matthew Young

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The London Sound Survey Cambridge, UK

Ian Rawes' London Sound Survey recorded the changing sound of the UK's capital through a huge array of new field recordings, capturing every aspect of London life.

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