Ball Games 2 minutes, 54 seconds "Ball Games"

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BALL GAMES
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A group of children from the local Bangladeshi community playing ball games in a side lane off Commercial Street on a Sunday afternoon. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
50 Moganshan Lu 3 minutes, 09 seconds "50 Moganshan Lu"

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50 MOGANSHAN LU
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Before the hype, 50 Moganshan Lu was a collection of warehouses that housed what were then Shanghai’s up-and-coming independent galleries. It was all very low-key and seemed to blend in effortlessly with what had been there already. This recording was made one late Saturday afternoon and I was taken by the serenity of the whole scenery: children playing, people singing while passing on their bicycles, birds chirping. A year later the place had been rebranded as M50, listed in tourist guides, and building works were under way in every corner. These days, the place is like a miniature arts entertainment district, filled with commercial galleries, design shops, art bookshops and the obligatory cafes. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Brilliant City.
Balloons 2 minutes, 57 seconds "Balloons"

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BALLOONS
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Balloons being filled with air, to be used in one of the shoot-em up stalls at RueiFeng night market. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Tropical Storm 3 minutes, 17 seconds "Tropical Storm"

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TROPICAL STORM
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The daily tropical storm, here with some particularly fierce thunderbolts, recorded at Central Market. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Workers + Tourists 2 minutes, 36 seconds "Workers + Tourists"

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WORKERS + TOURISTS
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While a pair of workers carry sand into a building site, a group of drunk tourists are trying to find their way back to their hotel after the 11:30 pm bar curfew in Hanoi’s old town. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Sugar Cane 2 minutes, 47 seconds "Sugar Cane"

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SUGAR CANE
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Accompanied by relentless Taiwanese eurodance, the recorded voice stoically continues to repeat its promotion of sugar cane juice at this stall close to the defunct Ciaotou Sugar Refinery. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Funfair Ride 3 minutes, 14 seconds "Funfair Ride"

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FUNFAIR RIDE
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This funfair ride, located at a sedate entertainment park in a public garden in Shanghai sounds like a rather sad affair. And actually it wasn’t much fun riding on it either, so the melancholy groans and creaks it emitted seemed to be rather fitting. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Brilliant City.
Old Ferry 4 minutes, 03 seconds "Old Ferry"

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OLD FERRY
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A ride (abridged) on a ramshackle ferry across the southern arm of the Zhujiang river. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Chongqing Construction Workers’ Percussion Ensemble 3 minutes, 29 seconds "Chongqing Construction Workers’ Percussion Ensemble"

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CHONGQING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS’ PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
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A group of construction workers attacking paving stones with pickaxes and chisels in Jiefangbei. The fact that their pickaxes are all tuned to different notes makes the process sound more like a musical performance than a building site. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Graz Hauptplatz 4 minutes, 08 seconds "Graz Hauptplatz"

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GRAZ HAUPTPLATZ
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The main square in Graz on a summer evening: A busker plays local hits on his harmonica, another one plays jazzy saxophone somewhere in the background, people eat sausages and chat about their holidays, trams pass.
Public Announcement 3 minutes, 24 seconds "Public Announcement"

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
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Hanoi’s streets are lined with megaphones broadcasting announcements by the government to its people at the same time every day. This one, warning of the dangers of illegal fireworks, has been recorded at an outdoor cafe. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Flyover 2 minutes, 38 seconds "Flyover"

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FLYOVER
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Under a flyover in East London, the passing cars create interesting rhythms while driving over a joint in the structure. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Swimming Pool 3 minutes, 04 seconds "Swimming Pool"

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SWIMMING POOL
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Evening in Lianxing: Children of various ages playing in a swimming pool among a complex of high-rise residential buildings, accompanied by the humming of cicadas and air-conditioning units. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.