These recordings were both very random occurrences. I recorded them a few blocks away from each other. I turned down Cass Street and heard a gas lawn mower. I didn't think too much of it. I figured that a lawn mower is a pretty common sound, and wouldn't be interesting in the least. Nonetheless, I recorded the sound as I was walking by. It wasn't until I stumbled upon a man mowing his lawn with a manual/push mower that I thought the lawn mower sounds would be pretty interesting. I thought it'd be a cool contrast to combine a gas mower with a push mower in one recording to see what sounds / aesthetics came out of it. The resulting recording is just that, a gas mower and a push mower, going head to head.
As a side note, I had to ask the man with the push mower to push it around more, because when I arrived at his lawn, he had finished mowing. After he finished mowing for me, we had a short chat about how much better manual mowers compared to gas mowers. I myself grew up with a manual mower, so I completely agreed.
This was recorded between 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008.
Listen -----------> MOWER
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