The period of confinement that we have experienced following the identification of the COVID-19 pandemic exposed us to a different sound atmosphere. Quieter than usual, far from the noises of the cities’ everyday traffic and movement, this new soundscape brought to the foreground sounds to which we are usually less sensitive. For several weeks, the world around us has reverberated some kind of echoes from the distance.
In a free initiative, AUDIRE invited other ears to listen to the acoustic effects of COVID-19’s containment quarantine. The records show a certain sound consensus around the sounds of natural landscapes, the echo of empty cities and the percussion of domestic environments.
Urban public spaces
Sete Fontes, Braga, 18 March 2020, mroning :: Recording by António Durães (iphone SE)
Rua Engenheiro Nuno Alvares Pereira, Braga, 25 March 2020, 00h58 :: Recording by António Durães (iphone SE)
Sete Fontes, Braga, 30 March 2020 :: Recording by António Durães (iphone SE)
Gamil, Barcelos, 9 April 2020, 10h00 :: Recording by Frederico Dinis (recorder Zoom H6, microphone Sennheiser ME66, Vermona Retroverb Lancet)
Portão da Sé, Braga, 24 April 2020, 22h54 :: Recording by Luís António Santos (recorder Zoom H5)
Fontanário Largo do Paço, Braga, 24 April 2020, 23h22 :: Recording by Luís António Santos (recorder Zoom H5)
Fontanário da Avenida Central, Braga, 25 April 2020, 00h01 :: Recording by Luís António Santos (recorder Zoom H5)
Quinta da Reguenga, Nogueiró, Braga, 25 April 2020, 15h00 :: Recording by Luís António Santos (gravador Zoom H5)
Rua 25 de Abril, Braga, 25 April 2020, 15h00 :: Recording by Luís Pinto (recorder Zoom H4N, microphone Shotgun/Videomic Rode)
Largo Carlos Amarante, 25 April 2020, 15h20 :: Recording by Luís Pinto (recorder Zoom H4N, microphone Shotgun/Videomic Rode)
Avenida Central, 25 April 2020, 15h40 :: Recording by Luís Pinto (recorder Zoom H4N, microphone Shotgun/Videomic Rode)
Praça das Industrias, Alcântara, Lisboa, 25 April 2020, 15h10 :: Recording by Miguel van der Kellen (recorder Zoom H6, microphone XY A 90º)
Rua Cidade de Cardiff, Lisboa, 25 April 2020 :: Recording by Sofia Saldanha (phone iphone and binaural microphones Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset)
Travessa do Rosário de Santa Clara, Lisboa, 30 April, 20h00 :: Recording by Sofia Saldanha (phone iphone and binaural microphones Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset)
Calçada do Galvão, Belém, Lisboa, 30 April 2020, 7h30 :: Recording by Francisco Sena Santos (recorder Tascam DR-05X with 2 integrated mocrophones)
Calçada do Galvão, Belém, Lisboa, 30 April 2020, 8h30 :: Recording by Francisco Sena Santos (recorder Tascam DR-05X with 2 integrated mocrophones)
Calçada do Galvão, Belém, Lisboa, 30 April 2020, 9h30 :: Recording by Francisco Sena Santos (recorder Tascam DR-05X with 2 integrated mocrophones)
Calçada do Galvão, Belém, Lisboa, 21 May 2020, 7h30 :: Recording by Francisco Sena Santos (recorder Tascam DR-05X with 2 integrated mocrophones)
Calçada do Galvão, Belém, Lisboa, 21 May 2020, 8h30 :: Recording by Francisco Sena Santos (recorder Tascam DR-05X with 2 integrated mocrophones)
Calçada do Galvão, Belém, Lisboa, 21 May 2020, 9h30 :: Recording by Francisco Sena Santos (recorder Tascam DR-05X with 2 integrated mocrophones)
Praça dos Poveiros, Porto, 1 May 2020, 11:40 :: Recording by Henrique Fernandes (recorder Sony Com-100, binaural microphones)
Rua Engenheiro Nuno Alvarez Pereira, Braga, 3 May 2020, 9h45 :: Recording by António Durães (phone iphone SE)
São Vicente, Braga, 3 May 2020, 22h00 :: Recording by Luís Pinto (recorder Zoom H4N, microphone Shotgun/Videomic Rode)
São Vincente, Braga, 3 May 2020, 22h15 :: Recording by Luís Pinto (recorder Zoom H4N, microphone Shotgun/Videomic Rode)
Rua Nuno de Morais, Areal, Braga, 9 May 2020, 10h00 :: Recording by António Durães (phone iphone SE)
Rua das Comunidades Lusíadas, Braga, 15 May 2020 :: Recording by António Durães (phone iphone SE)
À volta das Torres de Lisboa :: Recording by Fernando Alves (recorder Marantz)
São Martinho do Bougado, Trofa, 24 April 2020, 18h30 :: Recording by Mariana Areal (phone iphone 6S)
Natural landscapes
Vila Velha, Vila Real, 16 April 2020, 16h00 :: Recording by Luís Mendonça (phone iphone XR)
18 April 2020 :: Recording by António Durães (phone iphone SE)
Rua dos Prazeres, Lisboa, 24 April 2020, 6h00 :: Recording by Sofia Saldanha
Braga, 3 May 2020, 9h51 :: Recording by Ana Patrícia Silva (phone)
Nogueira, Braga, 7 May 2020 :: Recording by Joana Gama (phone)
Ponta do Sol, Ilha da Madeira, 27 April 2020 :: Recording by Dayana Lucas (phone iphone)
Ruínas da Quinta de São Francisco, Casais da Serra, Azeitão, 3 April 2020 :: Recording by João Farelo (recorder Zoom H4N, microphone stereo X/Y 120º)
Recording by Neuza Carvalho (phone)
Valongo, 25 April 2020 :: Recording by Ana Ferreira (phone iphone)
Recording by Daniela Fonseca
Celorico de Bastos, April 2020, 7h37 :: Recording by Maria João Ferreira (phone)
Celorico de Bastos, April 2020 :: Recording by Maria João Ferreira (phone)
Celorico de Bastos, April 2020 :: Recording by Maria João Ferreira (phone)
Celorico de Bastos, April 2020 :: Recording by Maria João Ferreira (phone)
Celorico de Bastos, April 2020 :: Recording by Maria João Ferreira (phone)
Celorico de Bastos, April 2020 :: Recording by Maria João Ferreira (phone)
Ribeira de São Tomé, close to the village of Várzeas, Luso, 6 May 2020 :: Recording by Miguel Midões (phone)
Recording by Rui Torrinha (phone)
Recording by Rui Torrinha (phone)
Recording by Rui Torrinha (phone)
Recording by Rui Torrinha (phone)
Recording by Rui Torrinha (phone)
Recording by Tiago Alves
Vilar do Paraíso, Gaia, 27 May 2020, 6h00 :: Recording by Rita Falcão Monteiro
Recording by Marta Ângela (phone)
Domestic environments
Lar de Nossa Senhora das Dores, Vila Real, 24 March 2020, 20h14 :: Recording by Luís Mendonça (phone iphone XR)
Arruda dos Vinhos, de 4 April to 8 May 2020, different times :: Recording by João Paulo Baltazar (phone iphone + audacity)
Graz, Áustria, 28 April 2020, 13h27 :: Recording by Teresa Costa Alves with Filipe Aragão (iPhone and Dictafone)
Recording by Neuza Carvalho (phone)
Guimarães, 24 April 2020 :: Recording by Pedro Ribeiro (phone)
Café :: Recording by Marta Ângela (phone)
Commercial locations
Auchan Amoreiras, Lisboa, 29 March 2020, 13h30 :: Recording by Sofia Saldanha
Avenida Doutor António Palha, Makro de Lamaçães, Braga, 2 May 2020, 8h30 :: Recording by António Durães (phone iphone SE)
Avenida Doutor António Palha, Makro de Lamaçães, Braga, 2 May 2020, 8h30 :: Recording by António Durães (telemóvel iphone SE)
Mercado Municipal, Esposende, 9 May 2020 :: Recording by Luís António Santos (recorder Zoom H5)
Mercado Municipal ao ar livre, Esposende, 9 May 2020, 11h00 :: Recording by Luís António Santos (recorder Zoom H5)
Transportation
On an ambulance between Ribeira de Pena and Vila Real Hospital, 29 April 2020, 22h35 :: Recording by Sara Tapa (phone)
