"What is your favourite sound of Berlin, and why?" During 2011/12 many Berliners were asked this seemingly simple question and their responses are as fascinating and varied as the city itself. Almost no one says exactly the same as anyone else, but together they reveal the Berlin of the ear - quite different to that of the eye. A myriad of places and experiences, familiar and obscure, are brought to life in these recordings. From S-Bahn trains at speed to atmospheres inside the city's unique courtyards, waves slapping in the River Spree to memorial bells, bustling markets and midnight nightingales to football matches heard citywide. These are Berlin's favourite sounds.
The CD was compiled by Peter Cusack with recordings made by himself and Anna Bogner, Elen Flügge, Thomas Koch, Jasmine Guffond, Klaus Hamlescher, Valeria Merlini and Udo Noll. 31 tracks run for 77min.
01 Bells Of The Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche 02 Breitscheidplatz 03 Boats And Waves 04 River Spree At Bellevue 05 S-bahn Trains 06 Alexanderplatz Station 07 Midnight Crowds 08 Warschauerstrasse S-bahn Station 09 Schinkstrasse Hinterhof 10 Table Tennis Outdoors 11 Panke River Quiet 12 U-bahn Screeching
13 Gleisdreieck Bridges 14 Traffic Light Clicks 15 Passing Trains 16 Riverside Atmosphere 17 Treptower Park 18 Glass Bottle Recycling 19 Marienburgerstrasse Hinterhof 20 Football By Ear 21 Germany V Greece Euro 2012 22 Small Stones Thrown On Ice 23 Engelbecken 24 U-bahn Sounds 25 Late Evening Klosterstrasse Station 26 Berlin Nightingale 27 Midnight 28 Quiet Streets In The Small Hours 29 Footsteps 30 Home 31 Blackbird 32 Hinterhof Dawn 4.00am 33 Reuterstrasse Hinterhof 8.00am 34 Stralau Church Bell Chimes 7.00am 35 Trumpet And Accordion Street Musicians 36 Maybachufer Street Market Walk 37 Berlin Hauptbahnhof 38 Regional Train Jingles 39 S-bahn Acceleration 40 Inside The Train 41 'passengers For Schoenefeld Airport 42 Please Change Here' 43 Seaplane 44 Summertime 45 Stralau 46 Tempelhof Airfield Atmosphere With Crickets 47 Synchronous Kite Flying 48 Tempelhof Airfield 49 Wind Through Canvas And Plastic Sheeting 50 Teufelsberg 51 Cold War Reverberation 52 Bicycles On Cobblestones 53 Bergmannstrasse 54 New-year Fireworks From The 24th Floor