I had exactly the natural/man-made experience you describe on bank holiday Monday walking on the Isle of Grain in North Kent. It’s a secluded and, at times desolate place on the south bank of the Thames estuary and teems with wildlife – wading birds, butterflies, larks. The latter were particularly melodious yesterday but in the background was a constant menacing, low pitched thrumming. I suspect this was the engines of the huge container ships docked at the Thames Gateway Superport on the opposite bank. This would be a great place for field recording, so great I’m sure someone has already made one.
Thanks for sharing that, Tom, it must have been fascinating to hear. One of my own favourite field recordings was made in what may have been a similar kind of environment, on a beach in Par, on the east Cornwall coast. There’s some kind of industrial plant at the end of the beach, and i ended up spending way too long sitting on the beach with my recording equipment marvelling at the way the chorus of birds and the noise of the sea mingled with the surging noises (and incredible bass!) coming from the factory. i came close to including that recording in this project but wondered if it might be a bit too ‘ascetic’ for the general listener. i think of it almost like ‘extreme ambient’!
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I had exactly the natural/man-made experience you describe on bank holiday Monday walking on the Isle of Grain in North Kent. It’s a secluded and, at times desolate place on the south bank of the Thames estuary and teems with wildlife – wading birds, butterflies, larks. The latter were particularly melodious yesterday but in the background was a constant menacing, low pitched thrumming. I suspect this was the engines of the huge container ships docked at the Thames Gateway Superport on the opposite bank. This would be a great place for field recording, so great I’m sure someone has already made one.
Thanks for sharing that, Tom, it must have been fascinating to hear. One of my own favourite field recordings was made in what may have been a similar kind of environment, on a beach in Par, on the east Cornwall coast. There’s some kind of industrial plant at the end of the beach, and i ended up spending way too long sitting on the beach with my recording equipment marvelling at the way the chorus of birds and the noise of the sea mingled with the surging noises (and incredible bass!) coming from the factory. i came close to including that recording in this project but wondered if it might be a bit too ‘ascetic’ for the general listener. i think of it almost like ‘extreme ambient’!