Harrogate Train Station Platform, Night

Harrogate Train Station Platform, Night

This is part of an ongoing project called The Stray Walkers - The Stray Walkers are a Harrogate based not-for-profit collective of artists, activists and urban wanderers interested in psychogeography, public space and the hidden stories of the city. More details can be found on www.thestraywalkers.org. Recorded by Allan Smyth.

Sunrise on Mowbray Square, Harrogate

This is part of an ongoing project called The Stray Walkers - The Stray Walkers are a Harrogate based not-for-profit collective of artists, activists and urban wanderers interested in psychogeography, public space and the hidden stories of the city. More details can be found on www.thestraywalkers.org. This was recorded on 3rd March 2026 between 5am and 6am.

Mic drop, dawn - Mowbray Square, Harrogate

This is part of an ongoing project called The Stray Walkers - The Stray Walkers are a Harrogate based not-for-profit collective of artists, activists and urban wanderers interested in psychogeography, public space and the hidden stories of the city. More details can be found on www.thestraywalkers.org. This was recorded June / July 2025 as part of a short course I did with OCA. To see the photography project that this is part of, please visit https://backhouse.wtf/project/east-parade-2025/

Kicking my heels outside Community House

This is part of an ongoing project called The Stray Walkers - The Stray Walkers are a Harrogate based not-for-profit collective of artists, activists and urban wanderers interested in psychogeography, public space and the hidden stories of the city. More details can be found on www.thestraywalkers.org. Mapping the soundscape of Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Walking over Skipton Road, down Westmoreland Street at night

This is part of an ongoing project called The Stray Walkers - The Stray Walkers are a Harrogate based not-for-profit collective of artists, activists and urban wanderers interested in psychogeography, public space and the hidden stories of the city. More details can be found on www.thestraywalkers.org. Popped to the Devonshire Tap House for a few pints with close friends. This recording works best on a pair of headphones, it is a binaural recording so microphones were placed either side of my head in the pub and my head acted as a baffle.