Homeless Assistance
2 minutes, 29 seconds
"Homeless Assistance"
Pest Control
0 minutes, 50 seconds
"Pest Control"
PEST CONTROL
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
5 am at Han-Hsien International Hotel and the pest control man is spraying the lobby with chemicals designed to kill the numerous mosquitoes that tend to congregate in there. Quite a different sound to the player piano that usually infuses the soundscape in the evening with sweet aural perfume. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
5 am at Han-Hsien International Hotel and the pest control man is spraying the lobby with chemicals designed to kill the numerous mosquitoes that tend to congregate in there. Quite a different sound to the player piano that usually infuses the soundscape in the evening with sweet aural perfume. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Pop-Song Shoot-Em-Up
2 minutes, 47 seconds
"Pop-Song Shoot-Em-Up"
POP-SONG SHOOT-EM-UP
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
An arcade game at RueiFeng night market with glorious 4-bit sound. It’s a kind of pinball machine, where one appears to be shooting down pop songs, as everytime you score a hit, the currently playing melody is interrupted by a bomb sound effect. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
An arcade game at RueiFeng night market with glorious 4-bit sound. It’s a kind of pinball machine, where one appears to be shooting down pop songs, as everytime you score a hit, the currently playing melody is interrupted by a bomb sound effect. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Arcade Game
2 minutes, 00 seconds
"Arcade Game"
Numa Numa
1 minutes, 29 seconds
"Numa Numa"
NUMA NUMA
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
The song Dragostea Din Tei (also known as the Numa Numa song) by Moldovan one-hit wonder O-Zone was a summer hit in Europe in 2003-04 and then took East Asia by storm in 2006. For some time, it was virtually impossible to leave the house without hearing the song blaring from some speakers somewhere. Two years later, at RueiFeng night market in Kaohsiung, the spectre of the tune lingers on in ghastly, disfigured 4-bit beeps seeping out of a row of arcade machines like putrid toxic sludge. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
The song Dragostea Din Tei (also known as the Numa Numa song) by Moldovan one-hit wonder O-Zone was a summer hit in Europe in 2003-04 and then took East Asia by storm in 2006. For some time, it was virtually impossible to leave the house without hearing the song blaring from some speakers somewhere. Two years later, at RueiFeng night market in Kaohsiung, the spectre of the tune lingers on in ghastly, disfigured 4-bit beeps seeping out of a row of arcade machines like putrid toxic sludge. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Balloons
2 minutes, 57 seconds
"Balloons"
Childhood Photos
2 minutes, 22 seconds
"Childhood Photos"
Island Leisure
2 minutes, 33 seconds
"Island Leisure"
Gong Yuan Lu
2 minutes, 29 seconds
"Gong Yuan Lu"
GONG YUAN LU
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
Gong Yuan Lu is a street lined with small shops dripping in motor oil, where parts of engines and other industrial equipment get recycled and resold. As part of the rebranding of Kaohsiung, all of these shops will be closed by June 2008 and razed to make way for a new park. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
Gong Yuan Lu is a street lined with small shops dripping in motor oil, where parts of engines and other industrial equipment get recycled and resold. As part of the rebranding of Kaohsiung, all of these shops will be closed by June 2008 and razed to make way for a new park. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Sugar Cane
2 minutes, 47 seconds
"Sugar Cane"
Tropical Storm
3 minutes, 17 seconds
"Tropical Storm"
TROPICAL STORM
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008
The daily tropical storm, here with some particularly fierce thunderbolts, recorded at Central Market. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008
The daily tropical storm, here with some particularly fierce thunderbolts, recorded at Central Market. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Workers + Tourists
2 minutes, 36 seconds
"Workers + Tourists"
Streetcriers
3 minutes, 15 seconds
"Streetcriers"
Internet Cafe
3 minutes, 44 seconds
"Internet Cafe"
Public Announcement
3 minutes, 24 seconds
"Public Announcement"
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Hanoi, Vietnam, 2008
Hanoi’s streets are lined with megaphones broadcasting announcements by the government to its people at the same time every day. This one, warning of the dangers of illegal fireworks, has been recorded at an outdoor cafe. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Hanoi, Vietnam, 2008
Hanoi’s streets are lined with megaphones broadcasting announcements by the government to its people at the same time every day. This one, warning of the dangers of illegal fireworks, has been recorded at an outdoor cafe. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Blind Busker
3 minutes, 15 seconds
"Blind Busker"