Toshkent-Shimoliy railway station

By the time of this entry, I have been in exile for half a year and am forced to draw disappointing conclusions. I never managed to assimilate and form any working contacts. The formats of sound work in which I have worked and want to continue working are not in demand in the local context. I am actively involved in field recording, keeping a kind of sound diaries, trying to record the maximum sounding environment and myself in it. An old zoom H4N recorder, a mobile phone recorder and a cassette voice recorder are used. 

At the time of this recording, my partner and I (who also came to the residence but will soon return to Russia) decided to take the opportunity to visit Samarkand and Bukhara, here I am filled with hope for the therapeutic potential of this trip, inspired by the opportunity to spend time with a loved one and looking forward to the potential of sound impressions awaiting me. In this recording, you can hear the drone of a train awaiting departure, as well as infrequent remarks from passengers and train conductors.

Recorded by Vladimir Bocharov.

Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration. 

For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration

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