Cities And Memory

"The call to prayer carries deep cultural and spiritual significance. This recording from Essaouira captivated me, not just as a religious ritual, but as an acoustic force, inseparably tied to its surroundings. I wanted to explore what happens when this call is taken out of its original space. How does it transform? How does it resonate elsewhere? "My remix places the sound into new, imagined environments. Through layering and sonic shifts, the composition lets the call echo through different spaces—as if moving through cities, buildings, landscapes. The original recording remains untouched, no additional sounds were introduced. "This piece exists between sound preservation and reinterpretation. Field recordings are often seen as fixed documents, tied to a place and time. But sound is never static. It changes with its surroundings, shaped by resonance and space. "As cities shift through tourism and globalization, so do their sounds. How much of a place’s original sonic identity remains? And what happens wh