Song of the Romanovs
Jul 04, 2019, 08:16 PM
Outside the Moscow State Historical Museum reimagined by Cities and Memory.
The recorded announcements about the museum are on a short loop, being played fairly loudly from prominently positioned speakers quite high above head height. As such, they spread over a surprisingly wide distance, and they become quite gratingly irritating after a short time. This piece is based around the notion of how intrusive these sounds become to Red Square visitors, by constructing a piece made of heavy, distorted synth lines and a repetitive kick and snare pattern that lock the attention and repeat in a similar way to the announcements. The brief pause in the snare pattern represents the brief end of the recorded Russian announcement, before it restarts once again after a short respite.
The recorded announcements about the museum are on a short loop, being played fairly loudly from prominently positioned speakers quite high above head height. As such, they spread over a surprisingly wide distance, and they become quite gratingly irritating after a short time. This piece is based around the notion of how intrusive these sounds become to Red Square visitors, by constructing a piece made of heavy, distorted synth lines and a repetitive kick and snare pattern that lock the attention and repeat in a similar way to the announcements. The brief pause in the snare pattern represents the brief end of the recorded Russian announcement, before it restarts once again after a short respite.