Comments on: A field recording of two minutes of silence.

Question: A field recording of two minutes of silence.

grefo — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:08:25 -0800

Is there a field recording of the two minutes of silence yesterday honoring the London bombing victims?

I read a blog post describing the moments leading to the two minutes. The writer described the cacophany of the city suddenly becoming quiet. It seems to me that a recording of that event would be interesting to hear.

By: socratic

socratic — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:32:32 -0800

Ok, so, just to clear this up, you're really looking for a recording of the transition to silence rather than a recording of the silence itself? :)

By: phearlez

phearlez — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:13:23 -0800

I'm sure there's still ambient noise from animals, cars, etc - I think the transition from that + voices to just that and back again would also be striking.

By: socratic

socratic — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:25:36 -0800

This isn't entirely what you're looking for, but the sixth story (A moment of silence for bombing victims) is a montage, and is very interesting. At first I thought there was something wrong with the sound in the video player, but there (apparently) wasn't.

By: nylon

nylon — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:45:29 -0800

Seek out Kenotaphion by Jonty Semper on Charrm Recordings. It's a 2CD set of minutes silences.

Available from Forced Exposure and Aquarius Records.

He's also released the 1 minute silence from the funeral of Princess Diana on 7".

By: nylon

nylon — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:59:11 -0800

And to specifically answer the question, there's video and audio of the London bombing two minutes available on the BBC (see the right of the page)

By: nylon

nylon — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:03:25 -0800

Oops, duh, sorry Socratic - I now see you've already posted a link to a montage. I can't tell whether the BBC one is the same, because CNN won't let me watch theirs.

By: Miko

Miko — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:31:40 -0800

NPR did a story on it this morning, and it began with the tolling of a bell (I would say Big Ben, but you know, I'm not entirely sure that was it) and some ambient sound. Search the Morning Edition page for today.

By: grefo

grefo — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:39:55 -0800

Yes, I am looking for a recording of the transition to silence. Including the silence as well, if possible.

By: handee

handee — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 03:57:41 -0800

The guardian has this:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/audio/2minsilence.mp3