Cities And Memory

"The field recording and other materials immediately suggested a strong duality: natural flow versus human control. The description of a river heavily modified by channelization and reservoirs, combined with the image of a concrete fish passage designed to simulate natural conditions, felt deeply symbolic. The water moves peacefully, yet the echo reveals the artificial structure surrounding it. That tension became the emotional core of my composition."I began the piece using the field recording in its original, unprocessed form. At the opening, the listener hears exactly what was recorded: the calm lapping of water inside a human-made structure. This documentary moment establishes a sense of place and reality."From there, I gradually transformed the recording using granular synthesis. By fragmenting the sound into micro-particles and reorganizing them in time and space, I was able to stretch, disperse, and recompose the water’s movement. The contained flow begins to expand into something more unstable and te