Fruit flies

Feb 24, 2021, 10:06 AM

"What do you get if you give one field recording to a host of audio artists and sound reimaginers from around the world?

A hundred different tracks, styles and reinterpretations.

What do you get if you give a beautiful field recording of the Orange Garden in the eternal city of Rome to Museleon?

You get a bunch of fruit flies buzzing around a lone orange in the said Orange Garden. Yes, all created from the one field recording using midi techniques, editing, sound shaping and including sampling the jet fighters.

Engage deeply you asked....I did, and my various fruit flies are enjoying the warmth and orange glow of their beautiful surroundings."

Piece by Odette Johnson as part of The Orange Garden project by Cities and Memory, in which multiple artists create a new composition using the same original field recording as source material and inspiration - see the whole project at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/orangegarden