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The Rest Is Just Noise
Hosted by Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman · EN
The Rest Is Just Noise is a monthly podcast exploring the relationship between sound and our cities. Each episode our passionate and excitable hosts (three soundscape researchers) are joined by an expert guest from fields such as acoustics, architecture, and environmental psychology, to discuss their latest work and introduce our audience to the science, beauty, and noise of urban sound.
From the announcement of the 2023 ASA Science Communication Awards for Acoustic Expert Multimedia Winner:
"The Rest is Just Noise Podcast stands out as a remarkable audio journey into the realm of acoustics. With deep knowledge and captivating storytelling, co-hosts Dr. Andrew Mitchell, Dr. Francesco Aletta, and Dr. Tin Oberman explore various acoustical phenomena and their impact on our lives. Through interviews with experts and immersive soundscapes, this podcast educates and entertains listeners, creating a space where the beauty and significance of acoustics are celebrated."
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Spectres, Camouflage & Unruly Sound with Fiona Smyth
Jun 3000:43:37Tap to summarizeIn the beginning there was a morass of Unruly Sound but then came the Acousticians. Pistols were fired.To record the introduction for today's episode, Francesco and Tin went to St Paul's Cathedral in London, looking for a suitable sonic background for this episode, which we recorded in October 2024 in Cambridge with Fiona Smyth. We hope you will enjoy a conversation about the history of modern acoustics as Fiona leads us from the beginning of the first acoustic experiments and early acoustic materials to using soundscape to camouflage submarines.Find Fiona's fascinating book, "Pistols in St Paul's: Science, music, and architecture in the twentieth century".Follow Fiona's ERC project, "Spectres & Camouflage".Find Fiona at University of Cambridge.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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Soundscape Odyssey Québécois with Edda Bild
May 31, 202500:27:46Tap to summarizeBen là, we recorded this episode during the two days in May 2024 while travelling through Montreal, Québec (CA). Edda Bild (la ville sonore) led us from one luring soundscape intervention site to another. Francesco, Tin and Andrew applied field recording and field rant techniques, in situ, to stay focused on their mission.We hope you will enjoy this sound collage of ambiances and witful insights from Edda and your favourite hosts. We start from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and then visit the City and Quartier des Spectacles, exploring microsoundscapes and water features in quite some depth. Read about soundscape research conducted at Place des Fleurs-de-Macadam, Place du Portugal and other sites in:Soundtracking the Public Space: Outcomes of the Musikiosk Soundscape InterventionBringing music to the park: The effect of Musikiosk on the quality of public experienceHow does activity affect soundscape assessments? Insights from an urban soundscape intervention with musicA sonic perspective for the post-pandemic future of entertainment districts: the case of Montreal’s Quartier des SpectaclesFind our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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Urban Soundscapes in Microscope with Usue Ruiz Arana, Richard Bentley, Sarah Jones-Morris et al.
Jan 31, 202500:46:50Tap to summarizeFirst of all, thanks for coming!Today's episode was recorded in Microscope, Dalston last June at Usue Ruiz Arana's book launch, and we were lucky that Dan Rea from Periscope kindly introduced us, Usue and her guests.Stay tuned for an enticing conversation on soundwalks, soundscape practices and the future of mutispecies approach to soundscapes with Usue, Richard and Sarah and the very engaged audience - thanks to whose intervention, we end this episode with END (Environmental Noise Directive). Enjoy!Buy Usue's book, "Urban Soundscapes: A Guide to Listening for Landscape Architecture and Urban Design": https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003202981/urban-soundscapes-usue-ruiz-aranaFind Usue at Newcastle University.Follow microscope on Instagram @micro__scope for more audio delights if you're around Dalston this year.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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Left Ear Right Ear with Lola de la Mata
Dec 17, 202400:56:16Tap to summarizeLeft Ear Right Ear Pink NoiseSome listeners may find some of the sounds in this episode disturbing.In today's episode, we meet with a conceptual sound artist, composer, curator and musician, Lola de la Mata, working with tinnitus, spontaneous auto-acoustic emissions and aural diversity. We talk about how research-informed art shouldn't be pleasant at all cost as we dive in Lola's recent album Oceans on Azimuth and her exploration of her personal objective tinnitus.Find Lola at www.loladelamata.com Listen to Oceans on Azimuth at https://loladelamata.bandcamp.com/Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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#WiA special series with Jude Brereton
Nov 5, 202400:46:21Tap to summarizeWelcome to Episode 7 of the special series of Women in Acoustics podcast. Today we have the fabulous Prof. Jude Brereton from the University of York. Jude is a professor in audio and music technologies. We are going to talk about her interests in music, linguistics and acoustic phonetics and how they all tie in together to understand the singing voice in various acoustic spaces. This further goes on to explain her research and teaching which covers audio signal processing, psychoacoustics, spatial audio and virtual acoustics, music performance analysis and voice analysis and synthesis.Find Jude at:https://www.york.ac.uk/arts-creative-technologies/people/jude-brereton/ UK Acoustics NetworkUKAN+ brings together the internationally leading, but disparate UK acoustics research community.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/X: @JustNoisePodUK Acoustics NetworkUKAN brings together the internationally leading, but disparate UK acoustics research community.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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Jul 7, 202400:51:36Tap to summarizeWelcome to the Episode 6 of the special series of Women in Acoustics podcast. Today we have Professor Mariana Lopez with us. Mariana is a Latin American researcher based in the UK, specialising in sound design and accessibility, as well as acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes. She has a background in music and sound design and we were very excited to chat about medieval video gaming!Find Mariana at https://marianajlopez.com/.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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La ville sonore avec Catherine Guastavino
May 28, 202400:23:35Tap to summarizeFor today's episode, our hosts Francesco and Andrew met up with Prof Catherine Guastavino in Ottawa, during the May meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.They will be talking about the science and beauty of Sounds In The City - la ville sonore - easily one of the most famous research projects in the soundscape community that has been running for 10 years now. So, how it all started? What's the role of music here? What's the role of noise? And what does the rest have to do with international standards? Stay tuned to find out.Find Catherine at McGill University. Checkout The Sounds In The City project, including blog posts and published research outputs.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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#WiA special series with Reena Mahtani
Apr 29, 202400:42:15Tap to summarizeWelcome to the Episode 5 of the special series of Women in Acoustics podcast. Today we have a very special guest with us - Reena Mahtani. Reena is a Senior Acoustic Engineer at Sandy Brown Associates. We shall delve into Reena's personal and professional experiences, her international travels, and everything which helped her develop as an expert in occupational noise and sound measurements and a working mother, balancing her work life with her family.Find Reena at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/reenamahtani/?originalSubdomain=ukUK Acoustics NetworkUKAN brings together the internationally leading, but disparate UK acoustics research community.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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Soundscape Gentrification with Bethan Prosser
Mar 24, 202400:34:44Tap to summarize...If you're sitting, come to me...In today's episode we meet the soundscape trespasser and researcher, Dr Bethan Prosser, who is resisting the never-ending waves of gentrification on the English seaside through sound and participatory listening. Find Bethan at University of Brighton.Follow her on X: @bethanmathiasp and LinkedIn.Check out Bethan's upcoming chapter Listening to Gentrification and her PhD Thesis.Also a paper on community-university collaborations. UK Acoustics NetworkUKAN brings together the internationally leading, but disparate UK acoustics research community.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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#WiA special series with Alice Eldridge
Feb 14, 202400:48:05Tap to summarizeWelcome to the Episode 4 of the special series of Women in Acoustics podcast. Today we have a wonderful guest with us - Professor Alice Eldridge from University of Sussex. Alice is a Professor of Sonic Systems (Music) and a musician. We are going to talk about her love for music and her curious mind which has led her to a foundation interest in sound, and moving in between the strictly defined academic disciplines.Find Alice at:https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p127749-alice-eldridgeUK Acoustics NetworkUKAN+ brings together the internationally leading, but disparate UK acoustics research community.Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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