Tubular Lockdown, by Cahn Ingold Prelog

Tubular Lockdown

by Cahn Ingold Prelog

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1.	564: Birds 00:51	buy track
2.	566: Van 08:22	buy track
3.	581: Clapping (Things Can Only Get Better) 08:58	buy track
4.	561: Dogs 08:02	buy track
5.	564: Is There Anybody Out There 04:58	buy track
6.	573: Cough 05:33	buy track
7.	562: Bells 08:04	buy track
8.	579: Hockey Neighbours 07:23	buy track
9.	560: Lorries 03:42	buy track
10.	576: Hip Hop 06:50	buy track
11.	563: Are You Feeling Better? 06:18	buy track
12.	572: Traffic 09:16	buy track
13.	565: Squeal 07:14	buy track
14.	571: Builder 08:45	buy track
15.	580: Birds 03:17	buy track
16.	569: Aeroplane 05:31	buy track
17.	578: Drug Deal 02:57	buy track
18.	582: Orchestra 02:05	buy track

about

While attempting to entertain a 4-year old during coronavirus lockdown, I discovered how otherworldly my back yard sounded when heard through a large cardboard postal tube. High frequencies (for instance, birdsong) seem relatively unaffected, but the all-too-familiar sound of traffic passing on the main road becomes filtered in interesting ways, and the general background sound of the outside is also amplified and filtered, the frequency range depending on the dimensions of the tube.

I set about collecting a range of tubes, some wide, some narrow, some long, some short, some open-ended, some sealed at one end, and recorded them in various combinations with two microphones.

A selection of the resulting recordings are presented here, unmanipulated except for some gentle noise reduction.

credits

released April 2, 2020

Recorded in north Wales between 25 March and 2 April 2020.
Artwork by ahappyline.com
Exotic Spresm Recordings catalogue number: es018