Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/the-surprisingly-soothe-sounds.html
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I lived in SF for ten years in the '70s and '80s - I loved the sounds of the foghorns around the bay in the night, when the city was nearly quiet. They’re a big part of the soundtrack of the many adventures I enjoyed there.
Yes, I understand that radar and GPS are more dependable for ships, but it’s sad they’ve mostly gone.
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“Soothe” is an adjective now?
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The soundscape these days is a bit more post modern: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881451/the-golden-gate-bridge-sounds-like-a-david-lynch-movie-now
Hearing a bit of Eno’s Music for Airports in this…the seemingly stochastic sounds of the horns against the waves. Gonna have to find a way to use this for a sleep aid, I think. More soothy than the hoonigans I hear racing in the local streets.
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My inner cetacean wants to sing along!
Nice,.reminds me a lot of this:
For obvious reasons (iirc it’s San Francisco the field recording that the brass plays to is from). I heard this as a string quartet and tape performance ten or more years ago.
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