Homeless Assistance 2 minutes, 29 seconds "Homeless Assistance"
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
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A representative of Homeless Assistance offers help to homeless people on a New York subway train.
Pest Control 0 minutes, 50 seconds "Pest Control"
PEST CONTROL
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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
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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"
ARCADE GAME
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One of the many arcade games at RueiFeng night market. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Numa Numa 1 minutes, 29 seconds "Numa Numa"
NUMA NUMA
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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"
BALLOONS
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Balloons being filled with air, to be used in one of the shoot-em up stalls at RueiFeng night market. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Childhood Photos 2 minutes, 22 seconds "Childhood Photos"
CHILDHOOD PHOTOS
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Mum and auntie are posing for photos with their children on Chichin island. It takes a few attempts to get the perfect shot. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Island Leisure 2 minutes, 33 seconds "Island Leisure"
ISLAND LEISURE
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Evening on Chichin island: an elderly gentleman is enjoying a bit of karaoke, while a couple of teenagers play a basketball arcade game, which seems to be particularly popular in Taiwan. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Gong Yuan Lu 2 minutes, 29 seconds "Gong Yuan Lu"
GONG YUAN LU
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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"
SUGAR CANE
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Accompanied by relentless Taiwanese eurodance, the recorded voice stoically continues to repeat its promotion of sugar cane juice at this stall close to the defunct Ciaotou Sugar Refinery. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Tropical Storm 3 minutes, 17 seconds "Tropical Storm"
TROPICAL STORM
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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"
WORKERS + TOURISTS
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While a pair of workers carry sand into a building site, a group of drunk tourists are trying to find their way back to their hotel after the 11:30 pm bar curfew in Hanoi’s old town. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Streetcriers 3 minutes, 15 seconds "Streetcriers"
STREETCRIERS
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Hanoi’s streetcriers are nocturnal creatures who traverse the streets of the old town on their bicycles following seemingly random patterns, each one of them having a unique song advertising the wares they sell. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Internet Cafe 3 minutes, 44 seconds "Internet Cafe"
INTERNET CAFE
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Youngsters playing games at a late-night internet cafe in Hanoi’s old town. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.
Public Announcement 3 minutes, 24 seconds "Public Announcement"
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
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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"
BLIND BUSKER
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A blind woman sitting by a busy road with a microphone and a tambourine. She was mostly ignored by the few passersby, but I found the whole scene and her song incredibly poetic. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Surface.