Favourite Beijing Sounds

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1	Raising The Flag In Tiananmen Square	2:31
2	Beijing Newspaper Seller	1:33
3	Telegraph Building Clock Recorded By – Yan Jun	1:42
4	Old Songs In Jingshan Park	3:28
5	Character Engraving Machine	1:46
6	Pigeons Whistles In The Sky	4:42
7	Calling The Pigeons	1:34
8	Chinese Dates Falling Into Bowls	1:55
9	Knife Sharpener Man Recorded By – Dong Xuancheng, Gao Lei	2:47
10	Hutong Quiet	1:17
11	Beijing Wind In Caged Birds	2:54
12	Street Cry 1	0:27
13	Street Cry 2	0:34
14	Building Site At Night	3:16
15	Traffic Hoots Recorded By – Dong Xuancheng, Gao Lei	1:53
16	Beijing Taxi Meter Recorded By – Yan Jun	0:40
17	Hohei Evening Atmosphere	1:49
18	Taxi Meter Speaks English Too	0:35
19	Children In The Kindergarten	1:54
20	School Kids Reading Class	2:32
21	Female Middle School Students	1:50
22	Waiting In Gingko Tree Leaves	1:23
23	Magpie Chatter	1:18
24	'Have You Eaten'	0:46
25	Counting Bank Notes Recorded By – Dong Xuancheng, Gao Lei	1:18
26	Small Lane Restaurant	2:19
27	Beijing Subway Busker	2:04
28	Beijing Subway Announcements	3:54
29	Key In Front Door	0:31
30	Temple Of Heaven Park	0:56

Credits

• Artwork By [Design, Layout] – Nowhereblue
• Compiled By, Edited By, Other [Liner Notes] – Peter Cusack
• Other [Booklet Translation] – Frankie Su
• Producer – Yan Jun
• Recorded By – Peter Cusack (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 8, 10 to 14, 17 to 24, 26 to 30)

Notes

"What is your favorite Beijing sound and why? During September 2005 hundreds of Beijingers were asked this question and their replies make up the tracks of this compact disc [...]
Set up by British Council as part of their Sounds in the city initiative that took place in Shanghai, Chongqing & Guangzhou [...]
The Favorite sound project aims to discover what people find positive about their city's soundscape. It started in London in 1998 and still continues there."
Peter Cusack - April 2007.

Also issued with the book entitled Sound and the city edited by Yan Jun & Louise Gray and published by Horizon Media (Beijing, China).
Supported by the Cultural and Education section of the British embassy.

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