Hanoi, Vietnam, and the sound of church bells at St.Joseph’s Cathedral (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Lớn Hà Nội) – the field recording was taken at 5.30pm from a nearby balcony by Nhung Nguyen. City version: “Church bells were the internet of the 1500s, but churches didn’t play them twenty-four hours a day. Back then they knew […]
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