One Southwark
July 16th, 2009 by James BridleAnother layered, community-based sound piece, which seems to be becoming a bit of a Speechification speciality, this time from one of our favourite independent stations, Resonance FM.
One Southwark features "A tapestry of voices compiled from 15 individuals’ monologues", described as "a touching portrait of the London Borough of Southwark." [MP3]
Compare to How Macroom Remembers for another, gentler take on how radio docs create this sort of overlapping, shifting soundscape. One Southwark is a lot rougher and more noisy than Macroom - and perhaps more reflective of the bustling, noisy place it comes from.
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Thank you for this. The Rabbi’s eulogy at the end was very moving and prompted me to write it down and send it to my family as our mother died recently. Jonathan.
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
[...] with other people and with the food we eat. As one resident of my borough, Southwark, explains here at the 13 minute mark, it is an “antidote to urban [...]