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Mirema Highview Estate
-1.212994
36.886933
null
sitting outside on a ground-floor balcony
Binaural microphone
Zoom0014
null
Bird sounds, Cock crowing, Matatu Horns, Shuttering of doors
2019-09-14 06:05:00+00
dcfb9cee-1e87-481e-8412-f2663ef1e1c1
232
664
Transami Road
-1.330143
36.889483
null
Along Transami Road to City Cabanas
Binaural microphone
null
null
indistinct human chatter, birds chirping, human dialogue, metal grinding, construction knocking
2020-08-10 02:52:00+00
5136520e-8f5f-4216-a874-bef018f7a6b2
12
780
Maasai Mbili Artists' Centre - Kibera Drive
-1.311547
36.774538
null
Walking along Kibera drive
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0019_EQ
null
Drums, singing, voices, shakers, Salvation Army, Choir, engine sound, children singing, laughing, motor bike engine, wind
2019-09-15 15:38:00+00
7ff56050-76fc-46cd-87ab-3402b57f043a
185
554
Cathrine Ndereba Road
-1.32305
36.887612
null
Cathrine Ndereba Road
Binaural microphone
null
null
foot steps, voices (language) from kiosk radio, shouting, engine revving and humming, sneezing, water splashing, morning prayer song behind closed doors (harmonic under tone), conversation
2020-05-22 05:30:00+00
fde83f00-f1a9-4564-a5a7-eb59e653f075
216
420
Bar, Kibera
-1.311456
36.774747
null
Bar, Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
conversation, music
2020-07-22 18:47:00+00
d4d76b0f-d9ee-43f8-83f7-60be641ff116
214
376
Bar, Kibera
-1.311456
36.774745
null
Bar, Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
conversation, music, TV
2020-07-22 18:20:00+00
eee3258c-f1a8-448c-a6de-590b7fd6af1a
66
380
Nairobi National Museum
-1.273966
36.814488
null
Seated outside the main hall on a stone seat
Phone
null
null
crickets, conversation, laughing, Kenyan accents, car screeching
2019-11-27 21:00:00+00
e5da641b-0adc-4064-b4fe-a70338ec6e87
300
618
Harambee Avenue crosswalk
-1.288117
36.826412
Binaural microphone
At Harambee Avenue crosswalk nearest to building with Indian Embassy and then crossed to Electricity House
Walked from crosswalk on Harambee Avenue, went straight down the road upto the Kencom stage. Lingered at the bus stop the walkway between bus stop and kencom building, turned back and walked back to Harambee Avenue along the side closer to Reinsurance Plaza, Children and girls with babies running and laughing (likely street families), people sitting along the way.
null
null
Traffic signals beeping at crosswalk, people on phone, people in conversation, hawkers in conversation outside Uchumi, mask hamsini, water bowser at Kencom, preacher at Kencom, bus conductors shouting routes, 40 Kawangware
2020-05-07 11:05:00+00
9fa15b9f-3c65-4438-9fdd-cc4040425984
9
606
Kikuyu Town - Nderi Road
-1.236837
36.662268
null
Walking from Nderi Road to Powerstar Kikuyu
Binaural microphone
Brian_ZOOM0009_EQ
null
Matatu breaking down, conversations in Kikuyu and Kiwahili, hum of trucks and PSVs on the Southern Bypass
2019-09-12 19:12:00+00
1b85c468-14a5-4e9e-81eb-ae5c04160531
334
655
Homestead on Kinoo Road
1.3065
36.777833
Binaural microphone
Around the house on Kinoo Road
Binaural microphone and recorder
null
null
birds, chicken, womens voice speaking, childrens voices, mans greeting a child, footsteps on concrete, wind, chockerel crying, metal gate, water, scraping of metal, hitting dishes in plastic bowl, flys buzzing, squeaking of metal, conversations women, laughter, dog barking, TV voices in distance, boda boda engine far away, water sound
2021-03-15 11:48:00+00
3a192f8d-ebbc-4832-9bbc-a945a6ef603d
15
77
Kibera
-1.311485
36.787948
null
Walking from Soweto to Bombululu, Kiandani
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0012
null
Cars, women laughing, footsteps, whistling
2019-09-17 17:10:00+00
7b8da860-6610-4442-9e23-e3bcaad7a485
10
651
Roysambu bus station (route 44), A2
-1.217264
36.893697
null
sitting in bus number 44, back left side, from Roysambu to Garden City Mall stage via Thika Road highway
Binaural microphone
Zoom0017
null
Voices, Laughing, Crying, Children voice, Shaking coins in hand, Banging of bus roof/door, Shouting, Birds, Metallic Banging
2019-09-15 13:51:00+00
03607396-be1a-4850-82e2-9f009d40d505
221
610
Kibera, Bombolulu
-1.311312
36.7747
null
Kibera, Bombolulu – round walk
Binaural microphone
null
null
metal cloncking, music from radio, water running, splashing, laughing, footsteps, voices, sweeping, banging, cock crying, cars, motor biles, conversation, radio/tv voices and music
2020-07-23 09:30:00+00
64d2d507-1642-4ab6-b30e-1c35eb2ecefb
217
309
Bar, Kibera
-1.311456
36.774748
null
Bar, Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
conversation, music
2020-07-22 19:20:00+00
c65a75c9-56f0-4025-bc9d-d0b1dbfcc52e
179
247
Kikuyu Cyber Cafe
-1.248048
36.664097
null
Kikuyu Cyber Cafe
Binaural microphone
null
null
foot steps, music, paper, voices, echoing voices
2020-05-20 09:37:00+00
c93e05e5-1506-4c80-b456-819580d0195f
19
114
Oloolua Forest - Cave
-1.358267
36.7125
null
Caves at the Oloolua Nature Trail
Binaural microphone
Kamaru_cave
null
footsteps, falling twigs, echoes, birds, voices
2019-09-18 15:20:00+00
07dff448-cb0b-46dc-b4e6-756d43d09ae7
342
125
Kikuyu-Nderi Road to market
1.244056
36.662778
Binaural microphone
Kikuyu-Nderi Rd to the market, walking south
Binaural microphone and recorder
null
null
Cars passing, boda bodas, voices, children voice, weaver birds, squeaking car breaks, wind
2020-11-12 10:19:00+00
ea79f5e8-e7e8-4a69-846c-cfe2bdbe35c8
212
323
Railway Station Matatu Stage
-1.289558
36.827576
null
Railway Station Matatu Stage
Binaural microphone
null
null
Matatu touts shouting, repetition, footsteps, car engines, engine rumble
2020-07-22 13:20:00+00
50406a11-906c-441b-ad4e-890b0ab112e1
13
35
Kibera near Olympic stage
-1.313242
36.779468
null
Standing in front of a workshop
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0011
null
grinding and sanding, People making jewelery from horns
2019-09-17 16:57:00+00
22d11c31-394c-4fd3-9197-507bb3c44766
236
668
Eastleigh, Ninth Street
-1.276095
36.850524
null
Ninth Street, branched off to 2nd Avenue to Fourth Section into a Cafe
Binaural microphone
null
null
Street PA advertising systems, boda boda engines roaring, human chatter, garage knocking sounds,
2020-08-12 12:40:00+00
267626de-5b82-4aad-8101-495d7e791595
8
601
KNH bus stage 32, outside Kenyatta Hospital
-1.300687
36.808813
null
Sitting in the bus number 32, back left side, KNH bus stage to Ngong Road, branch left to Kabarnet Road then right to Kibera Road, join Kibera drive and end at Kwa DC stage
Binaural microphone
Zoom0018
null
Voices, Conversations, Car hooting, Revving of engines, Birds, Coughing, Phone ring, Slamming of Bus door, Wrapping paper, Bus door rattling, Child crying, Car braking, Phone conversation, Tout shouting
2019-09-15 14:38:00+00
308c8f35-0612-421b-8ccc-d6f8d18f28d0
176
347
Nairobi CBD
-1.291113
36.828088
null
Sitting in Bus Nairobi CBD to Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
rattling, metal, squeeking, motor sounds, voices, conversations
2020-05-16 03:00:00+00
1f7cdff8-e935-417e-b21e-8d86c3456fa1
67
602
ronald ngala st
-1.285254
36.828723
null
waiting at a matatu stage on ronald ngala street
Recorder
null
null
Matatu honking, touts shouting, aggression, traffic
2019-09-30 21:00:00+00
deb66c40-3c77-4c77-a67b-69b227691170
210
242
Kibera
-1.31149
36.778299
null
Kibera in Matatu to Railway Station
Binaural microphone
null
null
music in car (hip hop, rap), car engine faint
2020-07-22 12:30:00+00
665c2ad1-db3c-4739-a8c4-05c6e1c76626
229
595
Avenue Park
-1.310754
36.891675
null
Avenue Park along Outering Road to Naivas Eastgate Donholm
Binaural microphone
null
null
Velocity whooshing of cars. Vehicular engines roaring. Church music playing on the PA. Car alarm going off. Motorbike engines throttling. Human chatter. Boda boda exhaust thrumping. Feet trending
2020-08-09 03:00:00+00
3ff5cbec-fa3a-40c9-b7f3-aa75f6977750
6
588
Mirema bus stage 44
-1.212957
36.892885
null
Standing at the bus stop, seated inside the number 44 bus in the middle left side, from Mirema to Roysambu via Kamiti Road
Binaural microphone
Zoom0016
null
Building noise hammers hitting stones, touts shouting route/ calling out to passengers, banging on the bus door, Coughing, Car hooting, Wind in ears, Touts on the road instructing drivers out of the deadlock, Bus engine, Background Music, Conversations, Motorcycles passing by, Child mumbling, Car braking
2019-09-14 16:37:00+00
6f131f77-cb45-48aa-a9f5-c55aef2f30b5
219
540
Bar, Kibera
-1.311456
36.77475
null
Bar, Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
conversation, music
2020-07-22 19:40:00+00
c373c35b-6208-4385-9683-e725dfb39319
26
606
Cyber Cafe Kikuyu
-1.248438
36.664438
null
Walking: on a road with shops on boths sides, up the stairs in to a cyber cafe, standing in the cyber next to the printer then corridor and out again
Binaural microphone
Waringa_ZOOm0004
null
voices, conversations, motors revving, typing on keyboards, paper rustling, bubble wrap, radio, coughing, sound of water in the drainage, footsteps, reverberation of footsteps in staircase
2019-09-18 15:06:00+00
df0b8a27-3c65-4614-a56f-ea9be703bad6
25
589
Silanga Road, Karen
-1.347217
36.744569
null
Walking: Silanga road to Red Brick
Binaural microphone
Waringa_ZOOm0005
null
birds, car motors, children laughing and talking, zip being closed, footsteps, voices, wind
2019-09-18 16:45:00+00
ce7fa26b-01c2-40be-98b4-957260627e09
64
null
Woodvale
-1.263181
36.803443
null
Walked and stood around the kiosks at the end of Woodvale Grove, Westlands
Recorder
null
null
Traffic sounds, conversations, phone conversation with boda boda rider
2019-10-15 19:17:00+00
098535b1-ca69-42e5-92f0-258f643bfc5d
27
363
The Den, Kerarapon Drive, Nairobi, Kenya
-1.314776
36.660218
null
Sitting at the bar
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0020_EQ
null
Benga music, voices, laughter, conversations in Dholuo & Sheng
2019-09-15 15:38:00+00
91d7cfe2-32f5-4c53-931f-3b943ec7bfc0
31
575
Murram Road, AA Grounds, Catherine Ndereba
-1.322786
36.887457
null
walking along Murram Road, over AA Grounds, off Catherine Ndereba Road
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0009_EQ
null
footsteps on dirt road, tuk tuk horn, tuk tuk motor sound, music reggae close by, wooden planks onto each other, Karibu costumer, motor/car sounds, sneezing, laughing, squeeking of cars, coughing, plates rattling, sweeping, high heel footsteps
2019-09-13 05:55:00+00
20125946-1f6f-4180-b787-29d936392f56
231
703
Transami Road
-1.324645
36.893052
null
Along Transami Road to City Cabanas
Binaural microphone
null
null
Car horn honking, wind blowing, vehicular speed whooshing, industrial AC whirring,
2020-08-10 02:47:00+00
86c450f9-27e8-4754-add1-bb8b62f9b988
35
368
Naivas Supermarket Donholm
-1.295919
36.887159
null
voice of woman in conversation on mobile phone, Sound of TV broadcasting the Lion's den program, Phone ringing, cleaning machine, beeping of till, closing of till, tape, motor/car sound, supermarket trolly
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0007_EQ
null
Birds, wind, dogs, cats, cars, footsteps, gate opening
2019-09-12 18:14:00+00
da644bb3-1aa7-4e8d-a034-9afa90517d78
191
null
Carrefour mega
null
36.825513
null
Standing outside Carrefour entrance and then entering a car
Phone
null
null
Trolleys, car engine, car horn, alarm, laughing, people talking, conversation, car door
2020-08-09 16:35:00+00
883752fc-66ad-43b4-bdf8-1988e54fed94
226
600
Mirema Highview Estate
-1.211314
36.887879
null
Mirema Highview Estate to Mirema Drive and back
Binaural microphone
null
null
opening and shutting gate, traffic on Bunyala Road
2020-07-31 06:40:00+00
7781074b-1982-46dd-bb80-3570c2aa7d57
14
219
Railways Bus Stop
-1.289873
36.827694
null
Walking then standing at the Railways bus stop
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0003
null
touts calling the different routes, asking people to board the matatus, matatu sliding doors closing and opening, high head and bass sound of music from matatus, wistheling, motor sound, route chants of matatu routes, rongai, ngong-bypass, lenana – race course, hooting of matatus, heavy motor sound, hitting of car door/roof/side
2019-09-17 12:53:00+00
bbe3e1f8-4633-4edf-b6f2-cf63bbd6bd9a
30
128
Landhies Road
-1.287169
36.836521
null
I am on Ladhies Road and I use the bike at a speed of 5km/hr. I got stationary for 2min then I walk down at the Jua Kali Market
Binaural microphone
Alacoque_ZOOM0035_EQ
null
Tuktuk, motorcycle, welding and metalwork banging, people speaking Kikuyu
2019-09-23 11:44:00+00
a0492a74-b1b6-4021-b7e4-2603a4fbd892
204
729
Globe roundabout
-1.278192
36.81908
null
Globe roundabout- MOI avenue to railways station
Binaural microphone
null
null
engines ravving, voices, shouting, metal banging
2020-07-17 11:08:00+00
7116cddd-1451-4f44-af03-77a56669da09
201
678
Langata to Kibera
-1.337883
36.722306
null
Langata to Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
motor humming, wind, voices, shouting, loughing, squeaking breaks, air stream, metal gate, footsteps, voices, TV, shutting door
2020-06-02 06:30:00+00
a73b3bbf-f953-490b-be3c-9ec15dc42b9f
28
772
High Court Car Park / Maasai Market
-1.292066
36.821946
null
Walking: entering at main entrance, turn to the right, until circle is completed
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0032
null
voices, haggling, conversations, voices in English addressing tourists, drum beats, laughter, car alarm, footsteps, clincking cutlery, different languages (Kikuyu, English, Swahili, Kamba, Sheng), being called sister, radio broadcast music and conversation, coughing, rustling bags/packaging, plastic chairs dragging on the ground, rustling canvas paintings
2019-09-18 12:18:00+00
c61525de-5a5e-481a-bb9e-64399890ce16
192
300
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza
-1.299766
36.788085
null
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza via Kibera to Langata
Binaural microphone
null
null
motor humming, wind, voices, shouting, loughing, squeaking breaks, air stream, motor bike
2020-06-02 03:49:00+00
435d3de1-747c-49fe-b896-4b6f9eb6fec5
193
300
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza
-1.299766
36.788085
null
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza via Kibera to Langata
Binaural microphone
null
null
motor humming, wind, voices, shouting, loughing, squeaking breaks, air stream, motor bike
2020-06-02 03:55:00+00
435d3de1-747c-49fe-b896-4b6f9eb6fec5
195
169
Langata
-1.337883
36.722306
null
Langata
Binaural microphone
null
null
conversation, shouting, voices, finger snipping, laughing
2020-06-02 04:55:00+00
e5d4b421-1331-4f0c-8347-59515b25daae
197
300
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza
-1.299766
36.788085
null
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza via Kibera to Langata
Binaural microphone
null
null
motor humming, wind, voices, shouting, loughing, squeaking breaks, air stream, motor bike
2020-06-02 03:49:00+00
435d3de1-747c-49fe-b896-4b6f9eb6fec5
198
300
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza
-1.299766
36.788085
null
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza via Kibera to Langata
Binaural microphone
null
null
motor humming, wind, voices, shouting, loughing, squeaking breaks, air stream, motor bike
2020-06-02 03:55:00+00
435d3de1-747c-49fe-b896-4b6f9eb6fec5
203
729
Kenya National Theatre
-1.278468
36.816114
null
National theatre-Kijabe street-Globe roundabout- MOI avenue to railways station
Binaural microphone
null
null
engines ravving, voices, shouting, metal banging
2020-07-17 11:00:00+00
7116cddd-1451-4f44-af03-77a56669da09
199
300
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza
-1.299766
36.788085
null
Ngong Road/Prestige Plaza via Kibera to Langata
Binaural microphone
null
null
motor humming, wind, voices, shouting, loughing, squeaking breaks, air stream,motor bike
2020-06-02 04:02:00+00
435d3de1-747c-49fe-b896-4b6f9eb6fec5
206
514
Landhis Road
-1.29275
36.842342
null
Landhis Road to City Stadium, Wakulima Market
Binaural microphone
null
null
engines ravving, voices, shouting, metal banging
2020-07-17 11:39:00+00
c046d2f4-74f8-48eb-9486-527f6a8d35e5
208
530
Bahati, Heshima Road
-1.292913
36.852654
null
Bahati, Heshima Road
Binaural microphone
null
null
cars, voices, shouting, footsteps
2020-07-18 12:00:00+00
a742ddf4-19e4-4b73-a285-5049dc89e24f
215
420
Bar, Kibera
-1.311456
36.774746
null
Bar, Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
conversation, music
2020-07-22 18:40:00+00
d4d76b0f-d9ee-43f8-83f7-60be641ff116
209
499
Kibera, Bombolulu
-1.311373
36.774683
null
Kibera, Bombolulu – round walk, through the neighbourhood and back in to the compound
Binaural microphone
null
null
Music, car engine, cloncking, metal, talking, voices, laughing, conversation, metal gate
2020-07-21 13:00:00+00
f40d6850-62d9-4ad4-a818-69ab42790058
205
514
Landhis Road
-1.286924
36.831744
null
Landhis Road to City Stadium, Wakulima Market
Binaural microphone
null
null
engines ravving, voices, shouting, metal banging
2020-07-17 11:30:00+00
c046d2f4-74f8-48eb-9486-527f6a8d35e5
170
665
Kirinyaga Road
-1.279794
36.824897
null
Kirinyaga Road / Nairobi River/ Globe Roundabout
Binaural microphone
null
null
mechanics, banging metal, vernaculars, voices in khat market
2020-05-12 11:00:00+00
73ab17d9-0ca3-4253-9972-a517cf7ed545
173
712
Kibera
-1.311456
36.774745
null
Changa den, Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
voices, conversation about Covid-19 pandemic, music, beats, glass clincking
2020-05-15 10:17:00+00
64b10aad-2207-4d0c-9be3-0f21ce3b559b
171
665
Kirinyaga Road
-1.279794
36.824897
null
Kirinyaga Road / Nairobi River/ Globe Roundabout
Binaural microphone
null
null
mechanics, banging metal, vernaculars, voices in khat market
2020-05-12 11:11:00+00
73ab17d9-0ca3-4253-9972-a517cf7ed545
218
309
Bar, Kibera
-1.311456
36.774749
null
Bar, Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
conversation, music
2020-07-22 19:26:00+00
c65a75c9-56f0-4025-bc9d-d0b1dbfcc52e
178
470
Kikuyu Southern Bypass
-1.246142
36.66469
null
Kikuyu Southern Bypass
Binaural microphone
null
null
foot steps, metal knocking, sniffing, car engines revving, rattling of metal, squeaking of breaks (high-pitched, standing tone)
2020-05-20 09:25:00+00
05d304bf-e824-481c-9153-35b227775bbf
169
270
Luthuli Avenue
-1.284151
36.827764
null
Luthuli Avenue
Binaural microphone
null
null
matatu stage (Town Terminal), Ruaka, voices, shouting, banging
2020-05-11 14:33:00+00
ab3dcc3a-2a9e-4c8c-9648-dcc1e3172aa0
174
434
Kibera
-1.311456
36.774745
null
Changa den, Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
voices, conversation about Covid-19 pandemic, music, beats, glass clincking
2020-05-15 10:29:00+00
64b10aad-2207-4d0c-9be3-0f21ce3b559b
175
228
Railway
-1.287062
36.826468
null
Railway to National Archives
Binaural microphone
null
null
foot stape, voices, motor sounds, hooting
2020-05-16 02:20:00+00
79de6a20-4761-4c51-839d-6c73ee7cdd3c
177
388
Nairobi CBD
-1.298353
36.800238
null
Sitting in Bus Nairobi CBD to Kibera
Binaural microphone
null
null
rattling, metal, squeeking, motor sounds, voices, conversations, phone beeping, vibrating, hooting, crushing of sweet paper
2020-05-16 03:08:00+00
519c7dae-859e-4ed3-93c0-e1b314b27b79
168
563
Norfolk Hotel
-1.278611
36.816281
null
Norfolk Hotel to Moi Avenue
Binaural microphone
null
null
traffic, hooting, voices, conversations
2020-05-11 14:00:00+00
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181
260
Kikuyu Town
-1.244709
36.662975
null
Kikuyu Town
Binaural microphone
null
null
sirens, cars engines, voices, hooting
2020-05-20 07:00:00+00
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183
231
Kikuyu Town
-1.242611
36.662306
null
Kikuyu Town/inside house
Binaural microphone
null
null
water splashing, clicking, squashing, dishes clincking
2020-05-21 09:20:00+00
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36
409
Mpya Pipeline Stage, Outer Ring Road
-1.313412
36.891447
null
standing at Stage Mpya, Pipeline
Binaural microphone
ZOOM0008_EQ
null
Christian Crusade, Speaker using a megaphone, aeroplane passing, feedback in megaphone, receding to Women shouting and singing, music, voices of conversations, singing
2019-09-12 18:43:00+00
937eea60-d4c2-42a4-adce-5e1ead94b4be
184
440
Kikuyu Stage
-1.242916
36.664589
null
Kikuyu Stage to Southern Bypass
Binaural microphone
null
null
car engines, voices shouting, conversations, language, birds chirping
2020-05-21 09:49:00+00
1fb2b62a-ea11-4cfa-b597-49440f41feb9