Recent favorites from the One-Minute Vacation series of volunteer-contributed field recordings at quietamerican.org/vacation.html, curated by Aaron Ximm: bells rung gently in Moscow for the Russian Orthodox Christmas (MP3); a mild cacophony of bugs, birds and a live band in Quito, Ecuador, (MP3); and a street scene in Hoi An, Vietnam, during which a vendor’s amplified voice sounds like a computerized sample against the techno-like aural vibe of the setting (MP3).
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