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by Contributing Editor Des Coulam. Recording the street sounds of Paris attempting to capture that gratuitous, never-ending show for which no ticket is needed.
Steam in the Bois de Boulogne
In my last column for Letter From Paris I featured the grand and majestic sounds of the original Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Eglise Saint-Sulpice. But sounds don’t have to grand and majestic to be interesting and enjoyable.
It winds its way, twisting and turning, through the undergrowth of this former hunting ground of the Kings of France. Balanced on its two narrow-gauge railway lines, it travels slowly and, in its own way, rather majestically.
The sound of this little steam train in the Bois de Boulogne is far removed from the sound of the grand Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Eglise Saint-Sulpice but that doesn’t make it any less important. Both sounds are an integral part of the sonic landscape of this wonderful city.
Click here to listen to the Steam Train - Bois de Boulogne
This is a binaural stereo recording so if you listen using headphones you will experience this little steam train passing right through your head!
Des Coulam has a passion for recording and preserving our sonic environment. He writes and records the Soundlandscapes blog at www.soundlandscapes.wordpress.com
