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village PA announcement (mistni rozhlas), Czechia, song and female speech, from distance, huge echo, summer, crickets, grass rustle, Mladejov na Morave, wind hits.mp3

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be_a_hero_no...

February 24th, 2019

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Soundscapes > Urban
Mladějov na Moravě, Pardubice, Czech Republic

Street megaphones hang on buildings and poles in most Czech and Slovakian villages.
As a tourist I've always been surprised by outbursts of loud old school music suddenly taking over these otherwise rather peaceful places.
There are many speakers in every village and they broadcast simultaneously. Listening to the delays thus caused is quite a feast for a field recordist.
This one has been recorded from a distance of a few hundred metres from the NEAREST speaker.

If you understand some Czech you can learn more:
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADstn%C3%AD_rozhlas

WARNING - wind hitting the mic badly a few times during the recording. Lo cut filter has been already applied.

Recorded with Zoom H4n.

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country
czechoslovakia
dub
echo
local
radio
vocal

Type

Mp3 (.mp3)

Duration

5:10.428

File size

11.8 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bitrate

320 kbps

Channels

Stereo

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be_a_hero_no...

4 years ago

It it fucking cool indeed ain't it!
I actually followed the idea, so there is more of that and in better quality (although the music track from Mladejov remains unbeatable):
https://saamleng.bandcamp.com/album/m-stn-rozhlas
Enjoy!

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BJorn90

4 years ago

Really fucking cool, thanks

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Pencil_Neck

6 years, 4 months ago

I spent some time in South Moravia and those speakers were just the craziest thing to me while I was there.

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