Cities And Memory

When I first heard this field recording, I wanted to join in with the band on the beach. With every subsequent listen, I always find myself tapping or nodding along with the beat and wanting to dance. I decided to pursue this idea of jamming with the band across time, mixing in both my own high and low-tech approaches to creating sounds. The recording database and archival descriptions for this field recording described it as both “South Pacific 'pop' music” and “Monica’s wedding dance”, so I wanted to keep the joy and upbeat feelings of those descriptions in my piece.This piece uses the first 2:20 of the 5:51 field recording with no added effects as the backbone, this sample plays throughout the duration of the track. Within the entire field recording, this section sounds like a specific song that starts and ends. First, In order to jam with the band I’ve added two different approaches to composing/creating sonic textures. First, I added a second layer of that same 2:20 section, but this one features ensemb