listen hear sound projects: steven brown

Today I was woken by the sound of the Sussex Police helicopter, hovering over my flat as it monitored a march by some rather suspect right wing fascist bigots. It’s wonderful to live in a city where such behavior and views isn’t tolerated by the majority of those who chose to live here. It’s been ‘lively’ around my flat for most of the day…

….so the end of the 6th year of this blog… As I’m currently undergoing some medical treatment I’m housebound right now….quietly listening to the world going on outside my window… Download Standard Podcasts

The pure joy of Kits Popcorn Making Machine…..everyone should have one! Download Standard Podcasts

An offering for the New Year… After pretty much a month in hospital, which of course meant no field recordings, I offer this as my first post of 2013! Various outtakes and noises created over the past few months before I fell ill….. Here’s wishing everyone a very happy and healthy 2013! Download Standard Podcasts

shaking a cage in the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall earlier this month… Download Standard Podcasts

The strangest sounding extractor fan in my hotel room….Helsinki, Finland Download Standard Podcasts

…playing around with some recordings I’ve made of sounds which I hear pretty much everyday whilst in my home…an attempt at finding the ’soul’ of the recording, the mood it sets and the subconscious tones which underscore our lives… Download Standard Podcasts

This weekend, in Brighton, is Pride … which is difficult to avoid, especially if you have a flat in the centre of the city. I thought I’d take the opportunity, as always, to record the parade as it passes the end of my street. This time though I thought I’d try recording it binaurally. So here’s an 11 minute edit of various parts of the parade (which in all lasts around 45 minutes), completely unprocessed in any way, no EQ, limiting, compression, just ...

I’ve been messing around with contact mics, clocks, fridges and some other things in my kitchen, with the view of releasing something very soon on my Bandcamp page. Here’s a little demo. Download Standard Podcasts

Train (interior perspective) 1989 Approaching East Croydon from Victoria, wait, depart, cross fade into running. Slam doors, Zippo lighter lighting cigarettes (?), Gatwick Express pass, squeaks, rattles, track and points. Windows open. From the days when the passenger was deemed responsible enough open doors themselves, despite the handles being on the outside of the train, and carriages had windows that could be opened and closed.