May I Have This Dance?

Roman buskers reimagined by Christina Wong. 

"The first thing that popped into my head when I first heard the recording was the idea of playing records on a hot summer day/night. And dancing. 

I asked a few friends what the Italian equivalent of “May I have this dance?” would be and had them record themselves saying it. 

And I imagined this old-time feeling to the piece in general so I went on a search for old Alan Lomax field recordings and I came across one he made in Romania that featured horns and it was just the sound I was looking for. 

I didn’t make too many changes to the original recording; rather, I imagined myself playing a record of the piece on a hot summer day, or night, windows wide open, birds chirping, cicadas and crickets singing, and I'm humming along to the music."