Sound of BASEL – Marcus Tse FS25

For this task, I went to Basel and recorded the sounds of the public spaces. Of which, the first space I went to was the busy public street outside of the Kunstmuseum Basel. Where people’s voice and footsteps, cars and trams filled the space. The function of this space is mainly for transversing and public gathering.

The most interesting part of this audio is the audio visual you can hear/see of the bikes in Basel. From left to right, and from far to near then far again. I would describe the sound as lively, large, open, and loud and Sizzly.

Still around the area, but in the back streets. Although it is quite a lot more quiet. There were these really interesting construction sound.

Whilst I was walking, I stumbled upon a small construction site – possibly for renovation of a room and a whole building. However, if this sound was placed out on the main street, such as a road side construction. I would not have noticed it that as the public main street sound may muffle the sounds. Just like how people’s conversations cannot be heard on the main street. I would describe this space as Boomy, Echoey, and sometimes harsh.

For the last space, I have recorded the Migros canteen of BASEL. The space is for gathering, eating, and also shopping. People have a lot of conversations there, making the space quite loud, and it is often quite difficult to focus on one person’s voice as the space is filled with noises.

I would describe this space audio as boxy, live, muddy, sizzly, and very dense.

Thank you!