Electric Guitarist at Times Square, Heard Through a Payphone. December, 2014.
Listen to an electric guitarist at the Times Square subway station, recorded using a nearby payphone.
Music at Grand Central Subway Station, Heard Through A Payphone
Thanks to Sarah Theeboom at Details.com for giving a shoutout to The Payphone Project’s “Heard Through a Payphone” series: How Artists Are Reinventing the Pay Phone. Listen in to my latest capture of musicians at Grand Central subway station.
Subway Buskers, Heard Through a Nearby Payphone
Listen in as a drummer and electric violinist (or possibly violist) perform a cover of Led Zepplin's "Kashmir", with an interlude of what sounds like a rhapsody on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama".
Radio Interference, Payphone Style
Even if you actually wanted to make a call from this payphone it would be very difficult to communicate with another human. Audio coming through the earpiece of this landline payphone (718-424-2798) at 82nd Place & 63rd Avenue in Queens was completely subsumed by the sound of Radio Disney. These unintended analogue overlaps, reminiscent of…
TOO MANY ZOOZ, Payphone Style.
The hottest band playing in the New York City subway system these days has got to be TOO MANY ZOOZ. ZOOZ has become a fixture at the 14th Street/Union Square subway station, where I first caught them through a payphone back in February. I also spotted TOO MANY ZOOZ at the Grand Central subway station,…
Brass Band at Times Square Subway, Heard Through a Payphone
Subway musicians sound different when heard through a payphone. Heck, everything sounds different when heard through the raspy, rugged, monochrome sound of the landline. I caught this brass band at the Times Square station and picked up the nearest payphone to call it in.
New Payphone Sounds
Sound samples from payphones, including a brass band as heard through a payphone call, and a variety of messages announcing that calls to toll-free numbers are not allowed from payphones.
Radio Disney Payphone Opera
I sometimes hear, very faintly, the sound of Radio Disney when I pick up certain payphones. Today that sound of broadcast radio interference was just part of a sound world which could only exist inside a payphone. LIsten in.
Payphone Sounds: Recorded Messages
These sounds capture recorded messages which are unique to payphones, meaning most people would never hear them. Listen to timeless payphone classics such as "Your call cannot be completed from a payphone at this time", "The Call You Have Made Requires a Coin Deposit" and other greatest hits.
A Ringing Payphone
I started collecting sounds of payphones, and I shall begin sharing this ongoing collection with a signal rarely-heard today: the chirping, synthetic sound of a ringing payphone. Click to listen: An interesting thing about this particular payphone heard in this sample is that it accepts incoming calls, but with a catch: the person who answers…