URBAN AMBIENCE

152 Files

96khz and 48khz 24-bit

17.9 GB

11 hours 39 minutes

Full UCS and Soundminer Metadata

With strong flavours from London, Berlin, Kathmandu, Nepal and Lisbon, these sounds are both specific and broad enough for wider use. I love ‘spotmos’ - spot effects used as atmos or backgrounds and I seek out those kind of useful sounds wherever I record.

Standouts:

• The bustling London streets sweep you up in their kinetic swirl

• Extended recordings of a quiet Berlin street with many types of specific activity to build interesting natural backgrounds for any city. Inspired by the film ‘Zodiac’

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• A summer day in Koreatown, Los Angeles gives a relaxed atmosphere

• The sheer physical force of a coal fired power station turbine hall

• The streets of Kathmandu, Nepal - during daylight a constant bustle of activity, horns blaring, tuk tuks, industrious adults and playful kids. As dusk approaches the calm of the temple draws in, the smell of incense slowing the pulse to a meditative chime. And as night truly falls, the residents go to sleep, the dogs eventually doing the same after calling out across a tranquil unlit cityscape.