Cities And Memory

"I enjoy feeling disorientated sometimes; being exposed to sound worlds which don’t reveal their inner logic. The bamboo recording felt like one of those moments.  "I wanted to take the rhythms of the creaking bamboo & weave something around it, thinking about nature, preservation and the encroachment of technology, as well as Brazil’s immense percussive heritage & influence. "The piece of music which has emerged is darker than I anticipated, perhaps reflecting the times we’re living through. "The main components were put together on a train, which may have informed its repetitive nature. Some serendipitous equipment malfunctions; digital distortion, timing inaccuracies, also made their way in, and have been retained. "Initial work was done using segments of the recording as samples in a Polyend Tracker Mini, then supplemented by Logic Pro running various plugins, some analogue outboard distortion, and a Dreadbox Nymphes synthesizer. "Off-kilter rhythms, and a sense that everything might fall ove