Mark Vernon Sonograph Sound Effects Series Volume 2 Public and Domestic Plumbing and Sanitation WAV-FANTASTiC

《Sonograph Sound Effects Series Volume 2：Public and Domestic Plumbing and Sanitation》是 Mark Vernon 继《Sounds of the Modern Hospital》后推出的全新声音艺术作品。本系列延续了对日常场景声音的深入探索，本卷聚焦于人们熟悉却常被忽略的水管与排污系统声音——如下水道、漏水声、滴水的水龙头、冲水箱等，并用独特的方式赋予这些琐碎日常以声音美学。

Vernon 通过使用贴近声源的接触式麦克风与微型双耳麦克风，从极近距离捕捉了这些“管道世界”中的细微动态，不仅包括固定建筑内的水路系统，还涵盖了行驶中的车辆与船只上所录得的流动音响。本作有别于传统“功能型音效集”，它更像是一段声音纪录片，是对琐碎、重复、看似平凡日常背后“奇妙之处”的抽象提炼和审美重构。

此专辑既向 BBC Sound Effects Library 等经典音效系列致敬，也突破了它们的原有界限，在功能性之外形成一种有序的声音叙事。对音效爱好者、声音艺术创作者或广播影视从业者而言，这不仅是一套素材库，更是一段富有时间感与艺术性的声音旅程。

Mark Vernon Sonograph Sound Effects Series Volume 2 Public and Domestic Plumbing and Sanitation WAV-FANTASTiC

FANTASTiC | 13 December 2025 | 481 MB

“Mark Vernon presents the second volume of his Sonograph Sound Effects Series – the follow up to the unexpectedly popular ‘Sounds of the Modern Hospital’ LP. This time the focus is on sounds of plumbing and sanitation: drainpipes, plugholes, leaks, squeaky taps and cisterns.

Vernon has recorded many of the sounds from unusual perspectives, in extreme close-up scenarios, using contact mics or small binaural microphones to get into tiny inaccessible spaces. There is also a particular focus on plumbing on-board vehicles and vessels in motion. The intention here is to reveal the marvellous within the most mundane and every day of sounds.

The record masquerades as a collection of generic archetypal sounds whilst in actuality it revels in the specific and unique – some of the most idiosyncratic and characterful instances of such sounds. No two gurgles are alike.

As an avid collector of sound effects records these obsolete discs have gradually taken on new meaning for Vernon as unintended audio time capsules. As their use value has decreased their value as historical audio documents has grown. To produce a sound effects LP in the age of digital audio libraries is an anachronistic gesture intended to elevate what purports to be a generic collection of recordings intended for functional use to the level of an artwork.

The album is in part a homage to classic ranges of sound effects albums such as the BBC Sound Effects Library – even down to the utilitarian design and functional descriptions of the sounds (a key aspect of this release). Such generic collections of sounds were intended to fulfil the needs of professional and amateur broadcasters, filmmakers and theatre producers. However, through careful selection and sequencing it is also intended that this record works as a linear sound composition.