Sonic Graffiti - Self initiated project research

http://www.mrunderwood.co.uk/news/sonic-graffiti/

Another interesting piece that combines themes of sound and location, this time with physical installations.

Hackney Hear - Location based radio - Self initiated project

http://www.hackneyhear.com/

This fascinating new App is an extension of the Hackney Podcast, a series of freely downloadable programmes dedicated to exploring the many faces of the borough.  Now, with the addition of the App, the service has been awarded a new dimension in the form of location bassed content -

"Triggering audio via GPS-location, Hackney Hear provides an innovative way to explore and rediscover London Fields through the stories of residents, local writers and musicians."


This is a concept that I had already considered for my own work and it is interesting to see someting like this is already in existence.  

Self initiated Project - Music Mapping - The Makara Movement

http://soundcloud.com/the-makara-movement/tracks


Something I came across a while back whilst researching my Self initiated music mapping project, but which I just realised is done little justice when simply mentioned in a sketch book.  Instead, I invite you to take a look and a listen to the recorrdings of this group of east London residents, who describe their work as - 

"A collective of friends, artists, sound designers, composers, engineers collaborating to provide original material, edits, recorded samples, field recordings and a few live performances of all of the above. A platform for all advocating freeform thought and individualism"


I also managed to get in contact with one of the members of the group, Ben, who gave me some invaluable info on making my own field recordings and introduced me to this, similar project entitled Under The Rose Bush -


http://soundcloud.com/aboutfacemusik/living-beneath-the-rosebush


Very interesting work, totally in line with what I am currently doing.  

A history of the world in 100 seconds

http://vimeo.com/19088241

Yet another fascinating piece of work here that concerns the themes of mapping and data visualisation that I am currently most interested in.  This well executed project cross references the geographical and historical information provided in Wikipedia articles to provide a stunning, animated time line / global event map.

Despite currently working on two mapping projects, this piece has inspired me to take an entirely new direction with my Unknown Alphabets project from earlier this year.  The results of which should be on here within the next few months.

Audio Mapping

http://datavisualization.ch/showcases/sound-mapping-in-new-york-city/

Just discovered an excellent piece of work that ties in beautifully with the audio mapping themes I am exploring in my current, self directed project.

"This work was created by Mark Edward Campos, an Architecture student at California College of the Arts in San Francisco."


Perhaps something like this would be a good direction in which to develop my work..

A couple of short interviews with independent record shop staff in London's Lucky Seven and Eldica Records. Some pretty interesting stuff in there. Video clips are from Lucky Seven, Eldica and Flash Back; record shops in north London. 

Apologies for the poor quality and dodgy editing.


Part of the research for my current mapping project

Record store interviews - Haggle Vinyl

Part of my current project that aims to map record stores in London, this is an interesting (if not entirely sensible) interview with the proprietor of Haggle Vinyl in Angel. 
Despite predominantly off topic responses to my questions the interview manages to prove both entertaining and insightful.  The notoriously rude proprietor, Lynn Alexander, has built up a quite reputation for himself but despite a few off-the-cuff racist remarks that seemed entirely tongue in cheek considering the multi-ethnicity of his staff, my experience in Haggle was an enjoyable one.  Enjoy