Tuesday, April 10, 2012

David Byrne Sound Installation: "Get It Away"



David Byrne spent a few days staying at London's A Room for London installation and recorded the sounds of the city as which were presented to him during this time...then he compiled the various sounds and mixed them into the above piece.

According to David, the sounds he used in the piece come from the following:

Strawberry seller: Borough Market
Train: Southwark
Woman Evangelist: Spitalfields Market
Organ: Southwark Cathedral
Jackhammer: near Waterloo
Footsteps: mine, embankment
Thames waves: near Surrey water

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