Severe Burns (feat. Shamoozey) (King's Cross)

King's Cross reimagined by Nick St. George.

""t's difficult to pinpoint the origin of these pipes - given the somewhat (shall we say) lively acoustic of the London Underground. But I've taken a punt and assumed that they are of the Scottish variety (the player may well be appealing to already homesick Scots getting off the London train at Kings Cross). As a result, and given what was going on politically in the UK when this project was unveiled, I though about doing something about Brexit and a possible second referendum on Scottish independence. But this would probably date every quickly, so I set politics aside and went for a more literary approach (although the way the sounds slip and slide around, it's possible to interpret this as some sort of search for identity...) I found a ""rap"" of a Burns poem by Celtic Seamus aka Shamoozey (with thanks for granting permission; find him at www.celticseamus.com) and wove that in and around the treated field recording. Add a few other bits and bobs and it's turned into something that is probably more Scotland than London reimagined..."

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation