The first movement of The Busker Symphony (2006). 
Recorded at DIN Studios, Cable Street, London, July 2006. 
Produced and co-written by Julian Simmons. 

Performed by Woody's One Man Band and the sounds of the City Of London.

Julian and Benjamin spent the hottest day of 2006 on the streets of East London recording every sound they heard - particularly those with natural pitches or rhythms. 
Julian got sunstroke and Benjamin had the most horrific argument with an ice cream man who refused to play his jingle for them.

Everything on the recording is either one of the sounds Julian and Benjamin recorded on that day, or Woody playing one of his countless instruments.

The picture on the left shows Julian at a recycling machine, braving the putrid smell of rubbish in the Summer heat, to get many of the percussive noises that were used as the basis for the piece.

View the Busker Symphony Directing page to watch the film in full