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An Industrial Work Soundscape from Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Museum

During our first research visit we spent a day at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Museum. It forms part of a former steel-working site on the River Sheaf in Sheffield with a history going back to at least the 13th century. Sounds of tools, metal objects, floors, doors  and windows  as heritage remnants  have been curated, mixed and mastered by musicologist and composer Kim Cunio for this project. I was thrilled to see Kim as professional working totally ‘in the moment’, inspired by place and heritage as much as I was.

Diana Scarborough · Industrial Sounds at Work Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet visit

 Blog by Diana  Scarborough

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