A sound project centred on a small amateur football club, Grupo Desportivo de Parada, in the town of Parada de Ester (Castro Daire, Portugal). GD Parada are very much a source of local pride, playing in the top tier of Portugal's regional league structure (Divisão de Honra). The project set out to explore the significance of GD Parada within the community of Parada de Ester, through detailed soundscape work focused on the team in training and in competition.

Recordings at training sessions involved a variety of stereo and multichannel recording techniques to capture the sounds of training drills and exercises. The resultant work was first presented as a quadrophonic sound and video work in GD Parada's club house, at a fierce derby match against local rivals Lamelas.

The project was developed during an artist residency at Binauralmedia's rural arts media space in the neighbouring village of Nodar (region of Viseu, Portugal) in October 2008, and fieldwork is to be continued as part of a second residency in September 2009.

Thanks especially to Luis Costa for his assistance in the recording sessions, to the Binaural team and to the players, the coach and staff at GD Parada.