The Creek

Here are recordings of a rushing, crashing and clucking creek, recorded mainly around an old watermill near Aarhus, Denmark. Everything was recorded at night, which means no birds or insects, and very little traffic (what little there was is edited out, of course).

The sounds vary from near-surface to more distant and diffuse, from almost white noise, to vocal-like clucking and plopping. There are both mono close-ups and wide stereo ambiances, with lots of tonal and textural variety. Also included are recordings from an underpass pipe, a small stream flowing into a drain, and a leak near the mill-wheel.