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Theo Okafor
Field recording
Night recordings and radio repairs from Jersey City: one tape a week with time, place and gear, and the bench log from a shop on Mercer Street.
The radio belongs to the repair shop on Mercer. At the edge of the dial, between two stations, there is a soft pulse: a voice, then rain, then the room itself.
I left the recorder on the bench after the last bus passed. Rain ticked against the shelter roof. A loose sign tapped once every few seconds, and somewhere behind the wall a refrigerator motor gave up and started again.
Fri 6 Nov, 01:12. Newark Avenue near Summit, Jersey City. Ice merchandiser outside a bodega that closed at midnight. Handheld recorder plus two contact mics on the left side panel, gaffer tape, 48 kHz / 24-bit. 4:38. 6…
Tue 3 Nov. Mercer Street. Zenith Royal 500H, 1962, leather case, brought in by a woman from Bayonne who found it in her father's garage.
Sat 7 Nov, 09:40. Shutter half up. Mr. Delacroix is here for a pickup and says the bench is mine until noon, as long as I don't touch his coffee.
Mon 9 Nov, 06:50. Not a repair day. Mr. Delacroix lends me the key on condition that I'm gone before he's in.
Field recording
Night recordings and radio repairs from Jersey City: one tape a week with time, place and gear, and the bench log from a shop on Mercer Street.