Cities And Memory

"Multiple tracks were played on a keyboard, arranged and combined with the audio field recording using midi workstation computer software. "The sound for this piece is a recording of a stream running under the snow with the sounds of running water, the popping of ice melting and pebbles bumping and clacking as they are rolled by the water. I live in California now but as a child I lived for a time in the northeastern United States where cold, snowy winters were the norm. As the snow melted I could hear water moving under the hard crust. The recording from the High Coast region of Sweden reminded me of that magical wintery memory. Melt water slowly begins to move beneath the glistening surface and gently forms channels through the snow, trickling downhill. Eventually the water makes its way into an established stream bed, carving a tunnel through the snow and ice while above, the snow still hides the movement beneath, reminiscent of the creatures of Nordic mythology who inhabit caverns and rivers. The stream