KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ World Ear Project: Water Faucet Dripping Into a Cup of Water

Analog Audio

Event Type

Other Finds

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

WEP.1972.12.07

Program Series

World Ear Project

Program Length

12 min

Dates

| broadcast
| 1972-12-07 | created

Description

A recording of water dripping into a cup of water. No it’s not a form of torture, it's just raw sound emanating from a Berkeley faucet. One can use it as a type of meditation, or turn it into a new form of auditory art. Recorded on Dec. 7, 1972. Maybe it’s a tribute to the brave soldiers that died at Pearl Harbor? The volume of this stereo recording varies, allowing the listener to enjoy the full range of resonance.

Genres

Field recordings

Subjects

Ambient sounds
Field recordings

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related place

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles