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Tricycle

Tricycle

Recorded by Aaron Ximm

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This clip conjures a variety of emotions, from nostalgia to mortal dread. The child's voice (presumably the tricycle rider) inevitably reminds one of a simpler past. But when stripped of its usual context, as it is here, the voice sounds almost wild, being at one point reminiscent of a whale call. The intonations of a foreign language also contribute to the alien character of the recording. When the metal-on-metal creeking of the tricycle wheels finally pans from left to right channels near the end, the already disconcerting sound seems to further penetrate the skull - particularly for headphone wearing listeners.

Image courtesty of Dark Passage

-Brennan Alcott

posted by Rob D. @ 1:37 PM