Let’s say someone from 1929 walked into 2013. What do you think would stand out to someone from back then about the sonic landscape now? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125600756″ params=”color=ff6600″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] TRANSCRIPT: I’m not sure that it would be that different in a way that would be unmanageable to someone from the […]
Q&A Question 3: The Roaring ’20s
If you had to explain to a child what it would sound like if he traveled back in time to the 1920s, what would you say? What would stand out to us now? What would we hear? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125600503″ params=”color=ff6600″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] TRANSCRIPT: One of the interesting things that really hit home […]
Q&A Interview 2: The Roaring ’20s
Did you come across any examples of people who tried to subvert sound in a rebellious way, like punk, metal or rock ‘n roll, and turn it into something beautiful? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125602566″ params=”color=ff6600″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] TRANSCRIPT: Well, I think within musical culture, musicians and composers of some very different stripes are really […]
Q&A Interview 1: The Roaring ’20s
Many of the sounds from your site, such as the church bells and locomotive trains, make me feel nostalgic for simpler times. And yet these are the sounds that people were complaining about. How can your work help us understand how people in the 1920s would have heard these sounds? TRANSCRIPT: The idea is that […]
Noise of New York City
The last decade has seen a boom in construction and the noise that comes with it. 219West reports on how the city has tried to dial down the sounds of the city. Find out where the loudest spots are in New York City, check out our timeline of sound and map of complaints by location.
