"Anyone noticed how nice the freezers sound in the eccy road co-op? someone wrote on the Sheffield Reddit page in January. It's like all the fans have been carefully tuned to the calmest droning chord ever, it's like being in an electrical gong bath. Earlier this week, another Redditor shared a video of the freezers in all their aural glory, later earning a huge second audience when reposted to X."
"I was curious, and the Ecclesall Road shop is not too far from where I live. Armed with an iPhone, I went to see if I could capture the sound. Immediately, I was struck by how noisy the supermarket was. Alongside Co-op's in-store radio, the fridges housing prepacked sandwiches and chilled fruit were giving off a low groan. I wondered if there could be an ambient classic hiding in every appliance, before I remembered the mechanical buzz that my own fridge makes throughout the day."
A distinctive low, droning hum is emanating from the back aisle freezers of the Co-op on Ecclesall Road in Sheffield. Local Reddit users noticed and described the sound as like 'an electrical gong bath' and speculated about musical pitch, including C# major and fragments of 'Nothing Compares 2 U.' A shared video was reposted to X and attracted wider attention. A visit to the shop revealed general store noise, but a cluster of three freezers produced a singular, symphonic hum described as like an orchestra playing underwater. Staff reported no prior customer complaints about the sound.
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