Sonograph Sound Effects Series Volume 2: Public and Domestic Plumbing and Sanitation, by Mark Vernon

Sonograph Sound Effects Series Volume 2: Public and Domestic Plumbing and Sanitation

by Mark Vernon

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1.	Shower Hose Attachment 00:27	buy track
2.	Toilet Flush and Cistern Refill 00:51	buy track
3.	Draining Bath Tub 1 00:23	buy track
4.	Exterior Water Tank 01:14	buy track
5.	Draining Kitchen Sink 1 00:32	buy track
6.	U-Bend-Domestic Sink 00:34	buy track
7.	Plughole Drone - Passenger Ferry Toilets 01:03	buy track
8.	Drainpipe Trickle 00:45	buy track
9.	Dishwasher Drainage 00:53	buy track
10.	Cold Water Tap Pulses 00:35	buy track
11.	Vibrating Water Pipes 01:03	buy track
12.	Hot Water Tap 01:00	buy track
13.	Water Container 00:27	buy track
14.	Plughole Drone - High Speed Train Toilets 02:06	buy track
15.	Bust Water Mains Pipe 01:34	buy track
16.	Boiler Heating Water 01:29	buy track
17.	Exterior Water Pump 00:37	buy track
18.	Shower Cubicle Drain 01:13	buy track
19.	Plughole Drone - Steam Train Toilets 01:22	buy track
20.	Toilet Flush And Cistern Refill 2 01:32	buy track
21.	Drain - Car Deck Of Vehicle Passenger Ferry 01:43	buy track
22.	Draining Kitchen Sink 2 00:48	buy track
23.	Drainpipe Drips 02:49	buy track
24.	Radiator 01:01	buy track
25.	Draining Kitchen Sink 3 00:46	buy track
26.	Cold Water Tap 01:01	buy track
27.	Toilet Bowl - Passenger Ferry 00:52	buy track
28.	Cistern Refill 01:47	buy track
29.	Overflow Gurgles 00:27	buy track
30.	Shower Drain Acoustics 01:16	buy track
31.	Squeaky Taps 00:46	buy track
32.	Bath Taps With Shower Attachment 00:40	buy track
33.	Plughole Drone - Vehicle Passenger Ferry Toilets 01:14	buy track
34.	Wash Basin Tap 00:30	buy track
35.	Shower Attachment In Bath Tub 00:48	buy track
36.	Electric Emersion Heater 01:11	buy track
37.	Waste Disposal Unit 00:18	buy track
38.	Refilling Radiators 00:52	buy track
39.	Leaking Water Pipe - Smelting Plant 00:30	buy track
40.	Kitchen Sink Plughole During Washing Machine Cycle 03:25	buy track
41.	Wet Room Drain 00:31	buy track

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Mark Vernon presents the second volume of his Sonograph Sound Effects Series – the follow up to the unexpectedly popular ‘Sounds of the Modern Hospital’ LP. This time the focus is on sounds of plumbing and sanitation: drainpipes, plugholes, leaks, squeaky taps and cisterns.

Vernon has recorded many of the sounds from unusual perspectives, in extreme close-up scenarios, using contact mics or small binaural microphones to get into tiny inaccessible spaces. There is also a particular focus on plumbing on-board vehicles and vessels in motion. The intention here is to reveal the marvellous within the most mundane and every day of sounds.

The record masquerades as a collection of generic archetypal sounds whilst in actuality it revels in the specific and unique – some of the most idiosyncratic and characterful instances of such sounds. No two gurgles are alike.

As an avid collector of sound effects records these obsolete discs have gradually taken on new meaning for Vernon as unintended audio time capsules. As their use value has decreased their value as historical audio documents has grown. To produce a sound effects LP in the age of digital audio libraries is an anachronistic gesture intended to elevate what purports to be a generic collection of recordings intended for functional use to the level of an artwork.

The album is in part a homage to classic ranges of sound effects albums such as the BBC Sound Effects Library - even down to the utilitarian design and functional descriptions of the sounds (a key aspect of this release). Such generic collections of sounds were intended to fulfil the needs of professional and amateur broadcasters, filmmakers and theatre producers. However, through careful selection and sequencing it is also intended that this record works as a linear sound composition.

>>> Utilitarian unsounds for undisclosed purposes <<<

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released August 23, 2021

All Recordings made by Mark Vernon
Sleeve Design and Artwork by Marc Baines

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